Kritika09 wrote:
Can someone please explain the flaw in A,B and D.
C is clearly wrong -
(C) Although' they' were forbidden by Church law to marry, it was not unusual for 'a priest' during the Middle Ages to sire a family.
(E ) looks perfect , but I wanted to clearly understand the flaw in a,b and d.
(A) Having been forbidden by Church law to marry, it was not unusual for a priest during the Middle Ages to sire a family. - Might be wrong because 'having' here is not clearly modifying the subject of the sentence.
(D) Although a priest was forbidden by Church law to marry, it was not unusual for 'him' during the Middle Ages to sire a family. -- Placement of him looks awkward to me.
Hello
Kritika09,
We hope this finds you well.
To answer your query, Options A and B fail to convey the needed sense of contrast; the constructions "Having been forbidden by Church law to marry" and "Forbidden by Church law to marry" incorrectly convey that
because priests were not allowed to marry, it was not unusual for them to have families; the intended meaning is that
despite the fact that priests were not allowed to marry, it was not unusual for them to have families.
In Option D, the use of "a priest" and "him" illogically implies that a
single priest was forbidden by Church law to marry, but it was not unusual for this
one priest to have a family' the intended meaning is that
all priests were forbidden by Church law to marry, but it was not unusual for priests
in general to have families.
We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team
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