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Updated on: 27 Apr 2019, 01:58
Originally posted by AjiteshArun on 27 Apr 2019, 00:27.
Last edited by AjiteshArun on 27 Apr 2019, 01:58, edited 1 time in total.
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To get through this question, we should focus on the main subject-verb pairs and the modifiers. For example, option B has a was to which the second highest price is attached, and the sold is inside a modifier in that option. Option C does exactly the opposite. It makes sold part of the main verb for The Bridge of Trinquetaille and makes the second highest price a modifier.
A The Bridge of Trinquetaille, Vincent van Gogh's view of an iron bridge over the Rhone sold for $20.2 million and it was the second highest price ever paid for a painting at auction. ← "TBoT sold for X and it was the second highest price..." The it is ambiguous, and as there is no comma after Rhone, it's hard to say whether TBoT is the subject or view is the subject.
B The Bridge of Trinquetaille,Vincent van Gogh's view of an iron bridge over the Rhone, which sold for $20.2 million, was the second highest price ever paid for a painting at auction. ← "TBoT was the second highest price..."
C The Bridge of Trinquetaille,Vincent van Gogh's view of an iron bridge over the Rhone, was sold for $20.2 million, the second highest price ever paid for a painting at auction. ← "TBoT was sold for X, the second highest price..."
D The Bridge of Trinquetaille, Vincent van Gogh's view of an iron bridge over the Rhone was sold for $20.2 million, being the second highest price ever paid for a painting at auction. ← Again, no comma after the modifier. Being is unclear; it makes it sound as if TBoT is the second highest price.
E The Bridge of Trinquetaille,Vincent van Gogh's view of an iron bridge over the Rhone, sold for $20.2 million, and was the second highest price ever paid for a painting at auction. ← "TBoT sold for X and was the second highest price..."
A The Bridge of Trinquetaille, Vincent van Gogh's view of an iron bridge over the Rhone sold for $20.2 million and it was the second highest price ever paid for a painting at auction. ← "TBoT sold for X and it was the second highest price..." The it is ambiguous, and as there is no comma after Rhone, it's hard to say whether TBoT is the subject or view is the subject.
B The Bridge of Trinquetaille,
C The Bridge of Trinquetaille,
D The Bridge of Trinquetaille, Vincent van Gogh's view of an iron bridge over the Rhone was sold for $20.2 million, being the second highest price ever paid for a painting at auction. ← Again, no comma after the modifier. Being is unclear; it makes it sound as if TBoT is the second highest price.
E The Bridge of Trinquetaille,
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Thanks buddy, but It can be confusing when two moderators respond to the same post, so perhaps in future please be conscious of this as to someone who isn't at your level it comes across as offering two sets of advice.
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My apologies. That was not my intention at all, and I did not mean to make the issue more confusing for you, if that is what happened here. I can make my previous response not directed at you, if you wish.
In general though, your opinion must remain your own. I firmly believe that multiple responses can help, especially when a particular explanation includes something new, or presents an explanation in a way that is more likely to "click" for someone out there, even if that someone is not here right now.
) so thats why we (users) tag. C`est la vie. 
