arorag wrote:
In an attempt to attract more tourists, the Swiss government commissioned several lifesize
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
Hello Mikemcgarry and Plumer250.
The explanation given by you does make C the Correct option but the question can also intrepreted as follows
To attract more Tourists, Swiss Govt did 2 things
1. Commissioned life -size fiberglass Cow statues and
2. Set them up on the streets of Zurich.
The construction will be of "X & Y type". In Choice A, "having them decorated by local artists" provides additional information about preceding clause that is Cow statues were decorated by local artists.
In Choice C, All the 3 activities are given equal importance but in option A only 2 activities are given importance.
Don't you think in C there is meaning change in this case ??
Your views please!!!
The only problem I have with A is "ing modifier' does only provide information about the preceeding clause but does not go with the subject of the clause "The Swiss Govt". For this reason itself, we can remove A but then C does change the meaning!!
Thanks