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Publishing in 1829, the evils of slavery were publicly condemned by George Moses Horton, who was the first black poet to do so.

A) Publishing in 1829, the evils of slavery were publicly condemned by George Moses Horton, who was the first black poet to do so.

B) George Moses Horton, whose work was published in 1829, was the first black poet to condemn publicly the evils of slavery.

C) George Moses Horton, publishing in 1829, condemned the evils of slavery publicly and was the first black poet to do that.

D) Publicly condemning the evils of slavery, George Moses Horton was the first black poet to do so and he was published in 1829.

E) George Moses Horton, who was published in 1829, was the first black poet who publicly has condemned the evils of slavery.

generis · Answer

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yashikaaggarwal · Answer

1) the statement is depicting time back in 1829 which is past. Using present participle is wrong with past Occurance. We can eliminate A and C because of that.

A)  Publishing  in 1829, the evils of slavery were publicly condemned by George Moses Horton, who was the first black poet to do so.(Wrong usage of present participle) (Incorrect)

B) George Moses Horton,  whose  work was  published  in 1829, was the first black poet to condemn publicly the evils of slavery.(Whose depicts belongingness, George Work was been published(which is also in its correct past participle form)) (Correct)

C) George Moses Horton,  publishing  in 1829, condemned the evils of slavery publicly and was the first black poet to do that.(Work is already been published back in 1829, using present participle is wrong) (Incorrect)

D) Publicly condemning the evils of slavery, George Moses Horton was the first black poet to do so and  he was  published   in 1829. (The work of jose moses was published not the author himself, frangmented sentence) (Incorrect)

E) George Moses Horton,  who  was  published  in 1829, was the first black poet who publicly has condemned the evils of slavery.(Though it correct present participle issue, the who after comma depicts a person but it's the work which had been published) (Incorrect)

IMO B
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vijk · Answer

Let's pick on meaning because it is easy to pick on.

A - who did what? George Moses condemned slavery and was the first black poet to do so. He did so in general, not while publishing. This sentence distrots that meaning.

B - looks proper, correctly indicates the required. let's come back

C - two issues - first that at the end is unclear, what was it referring to? Publishing or condemning? Next, usage of ing form of the verb is wrong, it if were used 'while publishing' it would at least make some sense here, it is just lost.

D - Again, change in intended meaning. by placing 'and he was....' towards the end, it appears that the poet was published after he condemned the evil. Surely that is not the case. - out

E - George Moses Horton can not be published - out!

B remains alone as a winner.

dharam9610 · Answer

Publishing in 1829, the evils of slavery were publicly condemned by George Moses Horton, who was the first black poet to do so.

Seems to be a case of modifier errors at the beginning - let's check the choices.

A) Publishing in 1829, the evils of slavery were publicly condemned by George Moses Horton, who was the first black poet to do so.

Opening modifier error, Who or what is 'publishing'? Can't be evils of slavery - reject

B) George Moses Horton, whose work was published in 1829, was the first black poet to condemn publicly the evils of slavery.

Seems good - but lets quickly check the other choices

C) George Moses Horton, publishing in 1829, condemned the evils of slavery publicly and was the first black poet to do that.

Meaning error, usage of 'publishing' is wrong

D) Publicly condemning the evils of slavery, George Moses Horton was the first black poet to do so and he was published in 1829.

Run-on error

E) George Moses Horton, who was published in 1829, was the first black poet who publicly has condemned the evils of slavery.

Meaning error, usage of 'who was published' is wrong

B is our winner!

aviddd · Answer

A) Publishing in 1829, the evils of slavery were publicly condemned by George Moses Horton, who was the first black poet to do so.
Wrong tense. Publishing implies happening right now. We need past tense.

B) George Moses Horton, whose work was published in 1829, was the first black poet to condemn publicly the evils of slavery.
Perfect. whose correctly refers to Horton. Sentence is complete even if we take out the non vital clause.

C) George Moses Horton, publishing in 1829, condemned the evils of slavery publicly and was the first black poet to do that.
Wrong tense. Publishing implies happening right now. We need past tense.

D) Publicly condemning the evils of slavery, George Moses Horton was the first black poet to do so and he was published in 1829.
The poet was not published. His work was published. Incorrect.

E) George Moses Horton, who was published in 1829, was the first black poet who publicly has condemned the evils of slavery.
The poet was not published. His work was published. Incorrect.

Nevernevergiveup · Answer

A) Publishing in 1829,  the evils of slavery  were publicly condemned by George Moses Horton, who was the first black poet to do so............ evils of slavery cannot be publishing and even if so what is being published is also not clear.

B) George Moses Horton, whose work was published in 1829, was the first black poet to condemn publicly the evils of slavery.......... perfect with no redundancy

C) George Moses Horton, publishing in 1829, condemned the evils of slavery publicly and was the first black poet to do that........... what is publishing is not clear; and was structure is redundant

D) Publicly condemning the evils of slavery, George Moses Horton was the first black poet to do so and  he was published  in 1829.

E) George Moses Horton, who was published in 1829, was the first black poet who publicly has condemned the evils of slavery......... author cannot be published his work is published

chaitralirr · Answer

Publishing in 1829, the evils of slavery were publicly condemned by George Moses Horton, who was the first black poet to do so.

George Moses Horton: 
1) was the first black poet to publicly condemn evils of slavery
2) He published his work in 1829

A) Publishing in 1829, the evils of slavery were publicly condemned by George Moses Horton, who was the first black poet to do so.  Meaning not conveyed

B) George Moses Horton, whose work was published in 1829, was the first black poet to condemn publicly the evils of slavery.  Correct modifiers used. clearly conveys the meaning

C) George Moses Horton, publishing in 1829, condemned the evils of slavery publicly and was the first black poet to do that.  what is published is not clear

D) Publicly condemning the evils of slavery, George Moses Horton was the first black poet to do so and he was published in 1829.  he was published is incorrect his work was published

E) George Moses Horton, who was published in 1829, was the first black poet who publicly has condemned the evils of slavery.  same error as D

Fighter1095 · Answer

GMH himself was not published (Foolish) 
His works were published

Hence B stands out.

Abhishek009 · Answer

Must be (B) for the highlighted error in other options....

George Moses Horton,  whose work was published in 1829,  was the first black poet to condemn publicly the evils of slavery.

Publishing in 1829, the evils of slavery were publicly condemned by Ge

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