James Joyce wrote the novel Ulysses through the teens and published it

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James Joyce wrote the novel Ulysses through the teens and published it in 1922, although in 1906, when he was finishing the short story collection Dubliners, he had considered the addition of another story about the canvasser Bloom, who was Jewish and who later was the title Ulysses character.

(A) he had considered the addition of another story about the canvasser Bloom, who was Jewish and who later was the title Ulysses character.
--> wrong. had.pp is not necessary and does not go along with the subordinate clause "was finishing"'s tense.

(B) he had been considering that he add an additional extra story, the Jewish canvasser Bloom, and to later make him the Ulysses' title character.
--> wrong. had.pp is not necessary and does not go along with the subordinate clause "was finishing"'s tense.
--> additional and extra have the same meaning. redundant.

(C) considering the inclusion of the story of Bloom, the Jewish canvasser who would become the Ulysses title character later
--> wrong. no subject or a verb, hence a sentence is fragmented.

(D) he considered including another story about the Jewish canvasser Bloom, who later would be the title character of the Ulysses
--> correct.

(E) he considered adding the Jewish canvasser Bloom’s story, and Bloom later would have become the Ulysses title character
--> wrong. here "would have become" suggests Bloom did not become Ulysses.

deabas · Answer

Eliminate A and B: two events are not in sequence so no need to use had+been
Eliminate C: verb-ing modifier incorrectly modifies Dubliners

Eliminate E: incorrect parallelism .., and Bloom

the correct answer is D

sudhirmadaan · Answer

Two events not are in sync and Clear time frame is given so simple past tense, directing to D and E
E is not parallel. SO D is the answer.
One more thing to which I am not 100% sure about E. E does not have verb for 'he", but not sure if "Although structure" permits noun and noun phrase. 
Please confirm.

mikemcgarry · Answer

Dear sudhirmadaan , I'm happy to respond. :-)

I am not sure what you mean when you say that " (E) does not have a verb for 'he' ." The word " considered " is a fully-fledged past tense verb. The subordinate conjunction " although ," like any other, always requires a full + structure. Mike :-)

Mahmud6 · Answer

Dear friend,  mikemcgarry 
 
Does subordinate conjunction always require   +    structure? Somehow I came to know that subordinating conjunction can be followed by  a noun or a sentence , depending on the meaning. I may be wrong, but to be confirmed I am citing few sentences below:

After lunch, I felt sleepy.
After I worked twelve hours, I felt tired.
I worked until midnight.
I worked until I felt tired.

I would be happy, if you assist me in removing my confusion. 
Thanks in advance.

arvind910619 · Answer

Imo D
Only D makes sense 
Had in A is wrong and there is redundancy in A ( who is used multiple times).
Had been considering is wrong in B
C has a fragment and use of ing modifier is wrong .
E distorts meaning by using Jewish canvasser Bloom’s story the story was about him and he did not write it .

mikemcgarry · Answer

Dear Mahmud6 , I'm happy to respond. :-)

My friend, here's the maddening thing about the English language. The words " although " and " after " and " until " each have two roles: as a subordinate conjunction and as an ordinary preposition. As a preposition, any of these can be followed simply by a noun. As a subordinate conjunction, each one demands a full + structure. As a general rule, there's no confusion between these two usages. Following " after " by a fixed noun is very different from following " after " with a full action. Does all this make sense? Mike :-)

Sateni7628 · Answer

All other choices except D distort the original meaning. Hence choice D is the right answer.

h31337u · Answer

James Joyce wrote the novel Ulysses through the teens and published it in 1922, although in 1906, when he was finishing the short story collection Dubliners, he had considered the addition of another story about the canvasser Bloom, who was Jewish and who later was the title Ulysses character.

(A) he had considered the addition of another story about the canvasser Bloom, who was Jewish and who later was the title Ulysses character.
--> wrong. had.pp is not necessary and does not go along with the subordinate clause "was finishing"'s tense.

(B) he had been considering that he add an additional extra story, the Jewish canvasser Bloom, and to later make him the Ulysses' title character.
--> wrong. had.pp is not necessary and does not go along with the subordinate clause "was finishing"'s tense. 
--> additional and extra have the same meaning. redundant.

(C) considering the inclusion of the story of Bloom, the Jewish canvasser who would become the Ulysses title character later
--> wrong. no subject or a verb, hence a sentence is fragmented.

(D) he considered including another story about the Jewish canvasser Bloom, who later would be the title character of the Ulysses
--> correct.

(E) he considered adding the Jewish canvasser Bloom’s story, and Bloom later would have become the Ulysses title character
--> wrong. here "would have become" suggests Bloom did not become Ulysses.

minalgambhir · Answer

ERROR ANALYSIS -

1) Since time period '1906' is given, simple past should be used

ANSWER CHOICE ANALYSIS -

A) Since time period '1906' is given, simple past should be used
B) Since time period '1906' is given, simple past should be used
C) Since time period '1906' is given, simple past should be used
D) CORRECT
E) Bloom used repititively

jppresa · Answer

(D) he considered including another story about the Jewish canvasser Bloom, who later would be the title character of the Ulysses

Doesn't this sentence allow meaning issues? Is it another story about the Jewish canvasser (meaning there are already more stories about this theme)? Or is it adding one more story about this particular theme to the other unrelated stories?

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