Raised in a convent until age 13, Oscar Wilde nicknamed her

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Raised in a convent until age 13, Oscar Wilde nicknamed her "the divine Sarah" when Sarah Bernhardt  achieved fame as the most beloved American stage actress.
(A) Raised in a convent until age 13, Oscar Wilde nicknamed her "the divine Sarah" when Sarah Bernhardt 
(B) Raised in a convent until age 13, Oscar Wilde had nicknamed her "the divine Sarah" when Sarah Bernhardt 
(C) Sarah Bernhardt spent her childhood in a convent until age 13, and Oscar Wilde nicknamed her "the divine Sarah" when she 
(D) Sarah Bernhardt, growing up in a convent until age 13 and nicknamed "the divine Sarah" by Oscar Wilde when she 
(E) Oscar Wilde nicknamed Sarah Bernhardt "the divine Sarah" when she was raised in a convent until age 13 and

greenandwise · Answer

My answer is C...

Clearly not A or B because Sarah Bernhardt needs to follow the comma. Cancelled out D because "growing up" should be grew up....i.e. she is not continuing to grow...and E is out because seems Oscar Wilde would only nickname her "divine Sarah" when she achieved fame, not when she was raised in a convenant...

methana · Answer

(A) Raised in a convent until age 13, Oscar Wilde... says O W was raised in a convent -NO
(B) Raised in a convent until age 13, O W... same as A - NO 
(C) Sarah Bernhardt spent her childhood in a convent until age 13, and Oscar Wilde nicknamed her "the divine Sarah" when she - YES
(D) Sarah Bernhardt, growing up in a convent until age 13.. no parallelism - NO 
(E) Oscar Wilde nicknamed Sarah Bernhardt "the divine Sarah" when she was raised in a convent.. says OW named her when she was raised in a convent - NO

I go with C

Paul · Answer

25 seconds. C it is
A and B have misplaced modifier problem
D, use of present participle sounds as if the "growing" is still happening
E, it sounds as if the she was name  at the same time  as when she was raised
It is ok to have a comma before conjunction "and"

qhoc0010 · Answer

Yes OA is (C)

But why this sentence connects two seperated clauses like that with "and"?

jpv · Answer

There is nothing grammatically wrong in (C). "and" is a Conjunction and here it is connecting two indendent clauses. However, I did not like this sentence. They(clauses) are completely disconnected.

ywilfred · Answer

Wrong placement of the modified noun here. Oscar Wilde wasn't raised in the convent. It's Sarah Berhnhardt who's raised in the convent.

We can rule out (A) and (B).
(E) changes the meaning by saying Sarah got her nickname not because she was famous, but becuase she stayed in the convent till she was 13.

I'll pick (C) over (D). Sarah spent her childhood in a convent and 'nicknamed the divine sarah' flows more seemlessly than choice (D) (growing... and nickenamed).

However, I'm still not entirely pleased with the passive construction 'nicknamed.. by...'. I think it would be better if the to be verb 'was' is placed in front of the participle nicknamed.

Nevertheless, I'll go with (C)

Raised in a convent until age 13, Oscar Wilde nicknamed her

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