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Released in 1970, the creators of MASH were two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger.


A. Released in 1970, the creators of MASH were two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger.

B. Released in 1970, two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger, created MASH.

C. Released in 1970, MASH was created by two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger.

D. MASH was created by two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger, and released in 1970.

E. The creators being two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger, MASH was released in 1970.
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Released in 1970, the creators of MASH were two Academy Award nominees 02 Sep 2019, 00:25
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Released in 1970, the creators of MASH were two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger.


A. Released in 1970, the creators of MASH were two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger.

B. Released in 1970, two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger, created MASH.

C. Released in 1970, MASH was created by two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger.

D. MASH was created by two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger, and released in 1970.

E. The creators being two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger, MASH was released in 1970.
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Creating a filter: the original sentence has a problem early on, because grammatically it's indicating that the creators of MASH were released in 1970, contrary to the intended meaning.

Applying the filter: choice (B) has the same problem as (A), saying that "nominees" were released in 1970. Choice (C) fixes the problem and may be okay, so we can come back to it. In choice (D), the phrase at the end, "and released in 1970," is a would-be independent clause without a grammatical subject, and it's ambiguous. So (D) is out. Choice (E) uses the awkward participial construction "being" unnecessarily.

The correct answer is (C).
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Released in 1970, the creators of MASH were two Academy Award nominees 09 Jan 2020, 20:42
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Can anyone please help me understand why option D is incorrect.

is released a v-ed modifier? why it cannot act as a verb?

I think it makes sense to say
MASH was created by...
and Mash released in 1970

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Can anyone please help me understand why option D is incorrect.

is released a v-ed modifier? why it cannot act as a verb?

I think it makes sense to say
MASH was created by...
and Mash released in 1970

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Hello, Verbal33. The issue is really one of clarity, due to the placement of the released phrase. Even in the stripped-down sentence for choice (D), a parallel was would be needed after the second and:

MASH was created by two Academy Award nominees, A and B, and was released in 1970.

The auxiliary verb was does not reach across the entire sentence, but to be honest, it would need to appear twice even if the two -ed phrases were side by side:

MASH was released in 1970 and was created by two Academy Award nominees, A and B.

Replacing in with by or vice-versa breaks up any carryover of the auxiliary link. Note that the following sentence would be grammatically fine:

MASH was created and released in 1970.

The sentence conveys that MASH was created in 1970 and that MASH was released in 1970. Without using the same preposition, the auxiliary verb breaks down and applies only to the first verb.

I hope that helps. Please let me know if you have further questions.

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hi Verbal33,
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Can anyone please help me understand why option D is incorrect.

is released a v-ed modifier? why it cannot act as a verb?

I think it makes sense to say
MASH was created by...
and Mash released in 1970

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Almost :angel: "MASH was created .. and Mash was released in 1970" will work better.

There is nothing wrong to omit "was" after the "and", so it is not the reason for elimination.

I think the only good reason for elimination that makes option D worse than option C is a shift in meaning. According to original meaning Mash was released in 1970, but we were not told when it was created (it might be the case that it was created in 1969 or even in 1965 :roll: ).

By changing the placement of modifier ("in 1970") in D, meaning starts to be ambitious as official explanation mentioned: according to D, both actions - was created and was released - might happen in 1970. C avoids such confusion, so C is a winner.
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Dear Friends,

Here is a detailed explanation to this question-

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Released in 1970, the creators of MASH were two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger.

A. Released in 1970, the creators of MASH were two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger.

B. Released in 1970, two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger, created MASH.

C. Released in 1970, MASH was created by two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger.

D. MASH was created by two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger, and released in 1970.

E. The creators being two Academy Award nominees, Robert Altman, who would go on to direct The Player, and director Ingo Preminger, MASH was released in 1970.
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Choice A: In Option A, "Released in 1970" incorrectly modifies "two Academy Award Nominees", rather than "MASH". Thus, Option A is incorrect.

Choice B: Option B repeats the error seen in Option A and is similarly incorrect.

Choice C: Option C is a fine option, as it is concise, maintains parallelism, and does not suffer from any modifier errors.

Choice D: Option D suffers from a meaning related error. The original sentence does not mention when MASH was created, only when it was released. However, in its use of the modifier “and released in
1970”, Option D implies that MAS was both created and released in 1970, altering the meaning of the sentence. Thus, Option D is incorrect.

Choice E: Option E is needlessly wordy and awkward, due to the use of "being".

Hence, C is the best answer choice.

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To be clear about my earlier post, I was responding to an inquiry by Verbal33 about why released in 1970 was not acting as a verb. Placing a was in front of it would have done the job, nothing more. I was not saying that I eliminated any choices based on the lack of was, nor was I recommending anyone do so. In fact, I was quite careful about how I phrased the second sentence of my post: The issue is really one of clarity, due to the placement of the released phrase. I assumed everyone could read and interpret the official explanation, so I felt the need to address the question posted by the user rather than explain what made the correct answer correct.

I could have chosen my words more carefully across the entire post, but sometimes that happens when I write between lessons. I hope anyone stumbling across this dialogue understands that I had intended to draw attention to why released in 1970 was a phrase instead of a second verb in choice (D).

I wish everyone good luck with their studies.

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