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Noted for its tenacity and courage, the English bulldog, having originally been bred for the brutal sport of bull-baiting, but now is cherished as a loyal animal companion.



A) the English bulldog, having originally been bred for the brutal sport of bullbaiting, but now is cherished

B) English bulldogs were originally bred for the brutal sport of bull-baiting, but they are now cherished

C) English bulldogs were originally bred to bait bulls in a brutal sport, but it is now cherished

D) the English bulldog was originally bred for the brutal sport of bull-baiting, but it is now cherished

E) the English bulldog, originally bred to bait bulls for a brutal sport, is now being cherished
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Noted for its tenacity and courage, the English bulldog, having originally been bred for the brutal sport of bull-baiting, but now is cherished as a loyal animal companion
Meaning : intended for bull baiting but now cherished as loyal companion.
Non underline portion mentioned 'its' . Therefore ,option B , c can be eliminated.In option E , it distort the meaning " braid to bait bulls for a brutal sport ".Also usage of being is wrong.
In option A, SV pair missing.
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Noted for its tenacity and courage, the English bulldog, having originally been bred for the brutal sport of bull-baiting, but now is cherished as a loyal animal companion.



A) the English bulldog, having originally been bred for the brutal sport of bullbaiting, but now is cherished
No main verb

B) English bulldogs were originally bred for the brutal sport of bull-baiting, but they are now cherished
Plural "bulldogs" do not agree in number with non underlined pronoun

C) English bulldogs were originally bred to bait bulls in a brutal sport, but it is now cherished
Plural "bulldogs" do not agree in number with non underlined pronoun

D) the English bulldog was originally bred for the brutal sport of bull-baiting, but it is now cherished
Correct

E) the English bulldog, originally bred to bait bulls for a brutal sport, is now being cherished
Essential information enclosed in comma
Being is wrongly used

(D) is correct
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My answer is (D). It took me 40 seconds.

(A) "but", as a coordinating conjunction, should be used in the following fashion to construct a coordinating sentence: IC1 + Comma + FANBOYS + IC2. (IC stands for Independent Clause.) This version does not provide the first IC.

(BC) can be eliminated because "English bulldogs" do not agree with "its" in the modifier.

(E) The use of present progressive tense (is being cherished) and "now" is redundant.
Even after "now" is removed, it is still hard to justify progressive tense.
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IMO D

A) the English bulldog, having originally been bred for the brutal sport of bullbaiting, but now is cherished -> sentence formation error

B) English bulldogs were originally bred for the brutal sport of bull-baiting, but they are now cherished -> it should be bulldog (singular)

C) English bulldogs were originally bred to bait bulls in a brutal sport, but it is now cherished -> same as B

D) the English bulldog was originally bred for the brutal sport of bull-baiting, but it is now cherished -> Correct

E) the English bulldog, originally bred to bait bulls for a brutal sport, is now being cherished -> wrong use of being
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