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Resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials, there was only the athlete’s silence in the locker room.

A) Resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials, there was only the athlete’s silence in the locker room.

B) There was only silence in the locker room, the athlete was resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials.

C) There was only silence in the locker room whereas the athlete was resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials.

D) Resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials, the athlete’s silence permeated the locker room.

E) Resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials, the athlete remained silent in the locker room.
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My answer is (E). It took me 30 seconds.

(A) Who is "resigned to accept his disqualification"? It cannot be "there" or "silence".

(B) Comma splice.

(C) whereas is used to indicate a contrast between two facts or ideas. There is no such contrast in the subordinate clause and main clause.

(D) Who is "resigned to accept his disqualification"? It cannot be "silence".
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Correct Answer : E

Eliminate B, C - Dangling Modifier error.
B) There was only silence in the locker room, the athlete was resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials.
C) There was only silence in the locker room whereas the athlete was resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials.

A) Resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials, there was only the athlete’s silence in the locker room.
Eliminate A : No Athletes, No subject :dazed :roll:


D) Resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials, the athlete’s silence permeated the locker room.
Eliminate : D - Permeated - means spread throughout something, Athelete silence spread in room creates ambiguity.

E) Resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials, the athlete remained silent in the locker room.
Correct Modifier, No error, intended meaning is through

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Resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials, there was only the athlete’s silence in the locker room.

A) Resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials, there was only the athlete’s silence in the locker room.
Ask the question who is resigned to accept? 'His' pronoun refers to what subject? The subject here is "athlete's silence". The subject should be athlete in this sentence, so that the modifier modifies correctly. Eliminate

B) There was only silence in the locker room, the athlete was resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials.
Two independent clauses when added to one sentence, conjunction is necessary. Here 2 clauses are separated by comma. Also, there is again the problem with what is the subject?. Eliminate

C) There was only silence in the locker room whereas the athlete was resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials.
'Whereas' usage is to contrast two related ideas, facts & opinions, and in this sentence is unnecessary as the comparison is flawed. Eliminate


D) Resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials, the athlete’s silence permeated the locker room.
Ask the question who is resigned to accept? 'His' pronoun refers to what subject? The subject here is "athlete's silence". The subject should be athlete in this sentence, as the modifier is modifying the subject incorrectly . Eliminate


E) Resigned to accept his disqualification from the Olympic trials, the athlete remained silent in the locker room.
Pronoun, 'his' properly refers to the subject 'the athlete' and the modifier correctly modifies the subject. This is the
correct answer choice, E.
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