Once extremely expensive and used primarily for ornamental or decorative purposes, a metal now known as aluminum, which can be effective in an ever-expanding suite of production applications for a relatively low cost, is now used in food packaging, structural engineering, and bicycle manufacture.
A basic tenet of modification is that, an adjectival modifier at the end of the modification( marked by the punctuation "," )should be immediately followed by the noun it modifies and no additional intrusions are permittedA. Once extremely expensive and used primarily for ornamental or decorative purposes, a metal now known as aluminum, which can be effective in an ever-expanding suite of production applications for a relatively low cost, ---
This is the correct choice. B. Once extremely expensive and used primarily for ornamental or decorative purposes, being effective in an ever-expanding suite of production applications for a relatively low cost, a metal now known as aluminum ---
The participle 'being' effectively modifies 'a metal'. Being as a modifier is wrong, wordy and extraneous C. A metal once extremely expensive and used primarily for ornamental or decorative purposes, now known as aluminum, which can be effective in an ever-expanding suite of production applications for a relatively low cost, ---
The phrase 'now known as'--- is erroneous as explained above.
D. A metal once extremely expensive and used primarily for ornamental or decorative purposes, now known as aluminum, which can be effective in an ever-expanding suite of production applications and for a relatively low cost, --
The same error as in C. E. A metal that was once extremely expensive and used primarily for ornamental or decorative purposes and can be effective in an ever-expanding suite of production applications for a relatively low cost, called aluminum --- '
called Aluminum' is improper. It should be simply 'Aluminium'. E. A metal that was once extremely expensive and used primarily for ornamental or decorative purposes and can be effective in an ever-expanding suite of production applications for a relatively low cost, called aluminum --- 'called Aluminum' is improper. It should be simply 'Aluminium'.
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