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Much to the chagrin of citizens who enjoyed such performances as The Sleeping Beauty and Carmen, London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbed to flames in both 1809 and 1856.

A) London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbed to flames

B) London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbing to flames

C) twice destroyed by fires, London's Royal Opera House succumbed to flames

D) twice destroyed by fires, London's Royal Opera House succumbing to flames

E) London's Royal Opera House has been destroyed twice by fires, succumbed to flames


IMO correct answer is B. Why? Because the original presents an incorrect grammatical construction with "was...destroyed...,succumbed"

C and D incorrectly place "twice destroyed by fires" to create confusing modifier constructions/ambiguous meaning issues

E is wrong in that it is not parallel and uses "has been" for no reason followed by past tense "succumbed"

B corrects these issues and correctly uses the verb+ing modifier to clarify meaning/present more relevant info.
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Much to the chagrin of citizens who enjoyed such performances as The Sleeping Beauty and Carmen, London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbed to flames in both 1809 and 1856.

A) London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbed to flames ( Awkward, verb+ed modifier used after a comma, not modifies the subject )

B) London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbing to flames ( Correct)

C) twice destroyed by fires, London's Royal Opera House succumbed to flames (Incorrect, twice destroyed should be after London,s Royal...)

D) twice destroyed by fires, London's Royal Opera House succumbing to flames ( same as c)

E) London's Royal Opera House has been destroyed twice by fires, succumbed to flames (incorrect, tense issue, has been and succumbed usage is wrong)



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Project SC Butler: Day 87 Sentence Correction (SC1)


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Much to the chagrin of citizens who enjoyed such performances as The Sleeping Beauty and Carmen, London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbed to flames in both 1809 and 1856.

A) London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbed to flames

B) London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbing to flames

C) twice destroyed by fires, London's Royal Opera House succumbed to flames

D) twice destroyed by fires, London's Royal Opera House succumbing to flames

E) London's Royal Opera House has been destroyed twice by fires, succumbed to flames


IMO B

So lets look at what the intent of the sentence was, London's Royal Opera House got destroyed twice, so the subject should be after the comma.

With this in mind, we can eliminate C and D.

A) London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbed to flames
Not sure what "succumbed" to flames here ?? IMO ed form is ambiguous here. -> Eliminate

B) London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbing to flames
+ing form maintains the continuity of the sentence and clears the intent.

E) London's Royal Opera House has been destroyed twice by fires, succumbed to flames
Something happened in the past, as we even have a fixed timeline. -> Eliminate
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Much to the chagrin of citizens who enjoyed such performances as The Sleeping Beauty and Carmen, London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbed to flames in both 1809 and 1856.

Meaning of the sentence is pretty clear, we have to pay close attention to the sentence construction.

All SV agrees in number, but following v-ed modifier is devided by "comma" it is wrong construction.
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Opening part is DC so it's better to start second part of the sentence with subject of main clause.

A) London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbed to flames

C) twice destroyed by fires, London's Royal Opera House succumbed to flames
(misplaced modifier)

D) twice destroyed by fires, London's Royal Opera House succumbing to flames
(misplaced modifier)

E) London's Royal Opera House has been destroyed twice by fires, succumbed to flames
(since we know exact time of the fire 1809 and 1856 better to use past simple, wrong construction of v-ed modifier)

B) London's Royal Opera House was twice destroyed by fires, succumbing to flames
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B is the answer
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