Mary received nine reports from her students after the

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Mary received nine reports from her students after the midterm, using it to to help calculate  the overall grades.

(A) Mary received nine reports from her students after the midterm, using it to help calculate

(B) Mary received nine reports from her students after the midterm, and used it to help in calculating

(C) Mary used the nine reports she received from her students after the midterm to help calculate

(D) Mary’s nine reports she received from her students after the midterm were used to help her in calculating

(E) Receiving nine reports from her students after the midterm, Mary used them to help calculate

nov79 · Answer

(A) Mary received nine reports from her students after the midterm, using  it  to help calculate- wring, supposed to be them.

(B) Mary received nine reports from her students after the midterm, and used  it  to help in calculating- the same as A.

(C) Mary used the nine reports she received from her students after the midterm to help calculate- The correct answer.

(D) Mary’s nine reports she received from her students after the midterm were used to help her in calculating- wordy and sounds wrong.
(E) Receiving nine reports from her students after the midterm, Mary used them to help calculate- same as D.

mariyea · Answer

In A " it " is used to refer to the nine reports. That's wrong in S-V agreement terms- so A's out.
In B same thing here - B's out
In D, the  passive construction  is unnecessary and therefore makes D incorrect. D's out.
In E, the way the sentence is constructed makes it sound like as if she is still receiving reports... which is not supposed to be the case. She's supposed to be able to calculate the grades after she has received the reports.
So C is your answer. " To " is used appropriately to express purpose.

vinzycoolfire · Answer

C it is.
eliminate E for it is not clear what "them" refers to.
A and D sounds wordy and awkward resp.
B is plain wrong

Wishbone · Answer

c - concise to the point, gets the author's point straight away

daryayurlova · Answer

C. 
(a) + (b)  it  reports are clearly not  it 
(d) the reports are not of Mary but of her students!
(e) What  them  refers to: reports or students???????
C wins!

intcan · Answer

C is terse and does not have any have modifier problems.

AR15J · Answer

Hi Expert,

I found C and E both correct, please provide the solid reasoning to reject choice E

sayantanc2k · Answer

The pronoun "them" is ambiguous. It could refer to "reports" or "students". Hence E is wrong.

jrk23 · Answer

Please explain why "E" is wrong. If "them is not there" would it be correct.
thanku.

Splash14 · Answer

I think C has a meaning ambiguity. Brackets indicate modifier.
1) Mary used the nine reports (she received from her students) after the midterm to help calculate
2) Mary used the nine reports (she received from her students after the midterm) to help calculate

Did she use reports after the mid term or did she use reports that she received after mid term (to evaluate end term grades)

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