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On June 11,1993, Steven Spielberg released his film Jurassic Park, this was the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.

A. Jurassic Park, this was the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
B. Jurassic Park, thus marking the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
C. Jurassic Park, both inaugurated a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination from dinosaurs.
D. Jurassic Park, and this was the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
E. Jurassic Park, whose inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.

Choice A: In Option A, it is not clear what the pronoun "this" is referring to; it could refer to "Jurrasic Park" or "June 11, 1993. Thus, Option A is incorrect.

Choice B: Option B uses the appropriate modifier, the "verb+ing" form, conveys the intended meaning of the sentence, and avoids using any incorrect idioms. Thus, Option B is correct.

Choice C: By applying the modifying phrase "both inaugurated..." to the clause "On June 11, 1993, Steven Spielberg released his film, Jurassic Park", Option C implies that both Steven Spielberg and the film inaugurated a new style of film and the audience's fascination. Option C also utilizes an unidiomatic construction, "both X and Y". Thus, Option C is incorrect.

Choice D: Option D incorrectly utilizes a comma and the word "and" to connect two clauses. Thus, Option D is incorrect.

Choice E: Option E utilizes "whose" to refer to an inanimate object. Thus, Option E is incorrect.

Hence, B is the best answer choice.

One important thing to note here is that there are certain cases wherein the pronoun "whose" can be used for inanimate objects.

To understand the concept of “Can Whose be Used for Things or Objects on GMAT”, you may want to watch the following video (~2 minutes):



To understand the concept of “Avoiding Pronoun Ambiguity on GMAT”, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):



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A. Jurassic Park, this was the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
Unclear as to what 'this' refers to. Eliminate.

B. Jurassic Park, thus marking the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
Correct answer. Uses the correct present participle to modify the preceding clause.

C. Jurassic Park, both inaugurated a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination from dinosaurs.
Incorrect idiom. It should be fascination with. Eliminate.

D. Jurassic Park, and this was the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
Same reason as A. Eliminate.

E. Jurassic Park, whose inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
Incorrect use of 'whose'. Requires a verb in this relative clause. Eliminate.

Hope this helps!
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On June 11,1993, Steven Spielberg released his film Jurassic Park, this was the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.

A. Jurassic Park, this was the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
B. Jurassic Park, thus marking the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
C. Jurassic Park, both inaugurated a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination from dinosaurs.
D. Jurassic Park, and this was the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
E. Jurassic Park, whose inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.

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Answer: B

The sentence, as given, is a run-on sentence because it uses a comma to connect two independent clauses. B is the correct answer as it gets the placement of both right and also uses the parallel structure correctly.

C. The placement of both is incorrect. The original sentence implies that the release of Jurassic Park led to the inauguration of two things; hence, both should come after inauguration.

D. The use of and is not appropriate because it fails to show the causal relationship implicit in the sentence. Also, the preposition ‘of ’ does not have to be repeated in the phrase of the audience’s fascination with dinosaurs because of is coming before both, which implies that it applies to both the things that come after both.

E. This sentence is missing a main verb.
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This can't be used for a clause as used in choice A and D. So A& D out.
Option E is completely wrong.
Option C, both refers for nothing here.
B is correct.
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A. Jurassic Park, this was the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
Unclear as to what 'this' refers to. Eliminate.

B. Jurassic Park, thus marking the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
Correct answer. Uses the correct present participle to modify the preceding clause.

C. Jurassic Park, both inaugurated a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination from dinosaurs.
Incorrect idiom. It should be fascination with. Eliminate.

D. Jurassic Park, and this was the inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
Same reason as A. Eliminate.

E. Jurassic Park, whose inauguration of both a new style of film-making and the audience's fascination with dinosaurs.
Incorrect use of 'whose'. Requires a verb in this relative clause. Eliminate.

Hope this helps!


Please explain option "E" as you have mentioned that "whose" require a verb in a relative clause.

can you please explain this in detail.
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