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The famous actor, whose last three movies
were severely criticized both by the critics and the general public for their extremely graphic action scenes, deciding to work in family dramas only.
(A) were severely criticized both by the critics and the general public for their extremely graphic action scenes, deciding
(B) had been severely criticized by both the critics and by the general public for his extremely graphic action scenes, has decided
(C) were subjected to severe criticism by both the critics and the general public for their extremely graphic action scenes, has decided
(D) were severely criticized by both the critics and the general public for their extremely graphic action scenes, decided
(E) had extremely graphic action scenes, has been severely criticized by the critics and by the general public, therefore deciding
Official Explanation:
Answer: C
(A) This sentence is a fragment because it is missing a main verb such as
decided. Since
by comes after
both, it needs to be repeated before the
general public.
(B) The use of the past perfect tense
had is incorrect since the sentence does not refer to two past events. Since
by comes before
both, it does not need to be repeated before
general public. The use of
his in
his extremely graphic action scenes is incorrect because the graphic scenes are not of the actor but of the movies.
(C)
The correct answer. The placement of
by is correct and so is the usage of tenses.
(D) The sentence talks about two events—
public’s criticism and the actor’s decision—that took place at different time periods. First, the public criticized and then the actor decided, so the two cannot be in the same time period. This sentence puts both of these in the simple past tense—
were and decided.(E) There is a verb missing at the end of the sentence giving out the actor’s decision.
Deciding is a participle; the verb would need to be
has decided.