Resulting from the repeated destruction by fire of parts of

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Resulting from the repeated destruction by fire of parts of the Forbidden City of ancient Nanjing, the name for what today is Beijing, the Chinese people of the Ming Dynasty lost countless books, works of art and calligraphy, and other treasures and found themselves in an almost constant state of reconstruction.

A) Resulting from the repeated destruction by fire of parts of the Forbidden City of ancient Nanjing, the name for what today is Beijing,

B) The destroying of the ancient parts by fire of the Forbidden City of Nanjing, what today is Beijing resulted and

C)Because of the result of the repeated destruction by fire of parts of the Forbidden City of Nanjing, the ancient name for what is today Beijing,

D)Nanjing’s Forbidden City, the ancient name for Beijing was repeatedly destroyed by fire and

E)As a result of the repeated destruction by fire of parts of the Forbidden City of Nanjing, the ancient name for what is today Beijing,

Please explain why the answer is what it is... :dunnow

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E

vivesomnium · Answer

A) Resulting from the repeated destruction by fire of parts of the Forbidden City of ancient Nanjing, the name for what today is Beijing, Resulting from is awckward, as a result of (as in E) is preferred idiom

B) The destroying of the ancient parts by fire of the Forbidden City of Nanjing, what today is Beijing resulted and Wrong positioning of be fire of the..does the fire belong to the city? ambiguous

C)Because of the result of the repeated destruction by fire of parts of the Forbidden City of Nanjing, the ancient name for what is today Beijing, Because of the resullt- redundant usage.  
D)Nanjing’s Forbidden City, the ancient name for Beijing was repeatedly destroyed by fire and  possessive nanjing's is awckward and distrorts a name; it seems that the name was destroyed! ,

E)As a result of the repeated destruction by fire of parts of the Forbidden City of Nanjing, the ancient name for what is today Beijing,
 As a result of is used correctly, by fire of parts os the city - removes any ambiguity.

daagh · Answer

Look at a similar OG topic, where the answer is D,using 'as a result of'

In A.D. 391, resulting from the destruction of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria, later generations lost all but the Iliad and Odyssey among Greek epics, most of the poetry of Pindar and Sappho, and dozens of plays by Aeschylus and Euripides. 
(A) resulting from the destruction of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria, 
(B) the destroying of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria resulted and 
(C) because of the result of the destruction of the library at Alexandria, the largest of the ancient world, 
(D) as a result of the destruction of the library at Alexandria, the largest of the ancient world, 
(E) Alexandria's largest library of the ancient world was destroyed, and the result was

The answer for the current one by Rohit is also that which uses ' as result' of'  namely E , for bringing out the cause and effect explicitly

agdimple333 · Answer

B and D has several errors.
Of A, C and E
E is preferable because of 'As a result' idiom and phrase- 'the ancient name ..'

LifeChanger · Answer

i Opted D

a question: Would D be right if i insert a comma after 'Beijing'? i reckon not as the Cause and effect is not obtained..am i right? Nanjing’s Forbidden City, the ancient name for Beijing , was repeatedly destroyed by fire and OR is the below modified phrase correct ? Nanjing’s Forbidden City, the ancient name for Beijing , was repeatedly destroyed by fire and as a result

anordinaryguy · Answer

Unfortunately no, either of the alternatives proposed by you can't be better than the Option E. Because both the alternatives, despite of the comma, are giving the impression that its not "the city of Beijing" but "the ancient name for Beijing" was repeatedly destroyed by fire.

So, the possible correct constructions would come by placing "was repeatedly destroyed by fire" phrase before "Nanjing’s Forbidden City", so all the phrases/clauses that need to be placed together are together.

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