In an attempt to attract more tourists,
the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and set them up on the streets of Zurich.
(A) the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and
(B) the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, they were decorated by local artists, and then
(C) the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, had them decorated by local artists, and
(D) several life-size fiberglass cow statues were commissioned by the Swiss government, decorated by local artists, and then
(E) several life-size fiberglass cow statues, commissioned by the Swiss government, were decorated by local artists, and they
A. Parallelism error : commissioned several life-size... not parallel to having them decorated by.
B. They were decorated by local artists has different subject (cow statues). This clause cannot be joined with a comma to the preceding clause Swiss govt commissioned...
C. Correct answer as it maintains correct parallelism.
D. The subject of "In an attempt to attract more tourists" should be the Swiss govt. Even if cow statues is the subject then also there is parallelism error:
cow statues 1. commissioned by the swiss govt 2. were decorated by local artists 3. set them up on the (error)
E. same kind of parallelism error as D. cow statues they set them up is a clear error.
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