A. As Chris Adams punished county attacks with a series of swashbuckling innings for Derbyshire and Sussex, he was born today, looking tailormade to be the middle-order enforcer England were lacking.
-this sentence has all the errors. As Chris punished county..he was born today.. makes it sound like he was born while playing.."looking" a verb-ing modifier modifying the whole preceding clause.. does not make sense here.-incorrect.B. As he punished county attacks with a series of swashbuckling innings for Derbyshire and Sussex, Chris Adams, born this day, looked tailormade to be the middle-order enforcer England were lacking.
"England" is singular.. "were" is wrong.
C. Punishing county attacks with a series of swashbuckling innings for Derbyshire and Sussex, Chris Adams, who was born this day, looked tailormade to be the middle-order enforcer England lacked.
-correct. proper verbing"punishing"... verb-ed modifier "looked" modifying Chris Adams.. and gets rid of "were"D. As he punished county attacks with a series of swashbuckling innings for Derbyshire and Sussex, Chris Adams, who was born on this day, looked tailormade to be the middle-order enforcer England were lacking.
"England" is singular.. "were" is wrong.E. As he punished county attacks with a series of swashbuckling innings for Derbyshire and Sussex, Chris Adams, being born today, looked tailormade to be the middle-order enforcer England were lacking.
"England" is singular.. "were" is wrong.