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17 Sep 2021, 01:30
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Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, was the subject of a famous Internet hoax in the 1990s.
A. Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure,
B. A compound, which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), and used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds,
C. Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
D. A compound that was found with prolonged exposure to cause irritation of facial skin and was used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS),
E. A compound, which it was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds
A. Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure,
B. A compound, which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), and used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds,
C. Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
D. A compound that was found with prolonged exposure to cause irritation of facial skin and was used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS),
E. A compound, which it was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds
18 Sep 2021, 01:15
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, was the subject of a famous Internet hoax in the 1990s.
A. Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure,
This question deals with readability. This sentence presents a noun (compound) with three modifiers:
- used in many cleaning detergents ...
- named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate ...
- found to cause irritation ...
These modifiers should be placed in the most readable construction.
This answer choice correctly places the V3 modifying phrase Used in many cleaning detergents [...] before the complex noun it modifies (a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)), and correctly places the relative clause which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure directly after the same noun.
B. A compound, which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), and used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds,
Incorrect.
This question deals with readability. This sentence presents a noun (compound) with three modifiers:
- used in many cleaning detergents ...
- named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate ...
- found to cause irritation ...
These modifiers should be placed in the most readable construction.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. It creates a parallelism of all the clauses describing a compound (which was (a) found... (b) named ... and (c) used), but these items are not logically parallel and do not belong in a list: the first is a finding about the compound, the second is its name, and the third is its function.
There is an answer choice which better organizes the relationship between these three modifiers, making the sentence more readable. Find it!
C. Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
Incorrect.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The modifier Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds should be placed immediately before the noun it is meant to modify - a compound. However, here it is followed by found, another V3 participial modifier.
Remember one of the mistake types with modifiers: Too many cooks in the kitchen: When two modifying clauses modify the same noun, the sentence should be structured so that both are correctly positioned next to the noun they logically modify. Instead, in this answer choice, found to cause irritation seems to modify suds.
D. A compound that was found with prolonged exposure to cause irritation of facial skin and was used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS),
Incorrect.
This answer choice changes the original meaning. The V3 participial modifier named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) is incorrectly placed after the noun suds, describing suds instead of describing a compound.
E. A compound, which it was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds
Incorrect.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. This answer choice unnecessarily adds the pronoun it to the relative clause which [it] was found to cause but the relative pronoun which already refers to a compound and serves as the subject of the clause.
In addition, this answer choice lacks a comma at the end separating the last V3 participial modifier used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds from the sentence's main conjugated verb was. Make sure you check that the underlined and non-underlined parts of the sentence grammatically and logically fit.
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Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, was the subject of a famous Internet hoax in the 1990s.
A. Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, Everything looks good here : Correct ( But first eliminate other options on solid grounds of reasoning)
B. A compound, which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), and used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, The sentence structure of A is better and coveys the intended meaning in a efficient fashion so Eliminate B
C. Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) Need an "and" before found - used and found not used , found - Eliminate C
D. A compound that was found with prolonged exposure to cause irritation of facial skin and was used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), - The compound was not found with prolonged exposure : Eliminate D
E. A compound, which it was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds. Which and it both refer to " A compound" - double subject error - Eliminate E
So, IMO A is the correct answer
A. Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, Everything looks good here : Correct ( But first eliminate other options on solid grounds of reasoning)
B. A compound, which was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), and used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, The sentence structure of A is better and coveys the intended meaning in a efficient fashion so Eliminate B
C. Used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, a compound named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) Need an "and" before found - used and found not used , found - Eliminate C
D. A compound that was found with prolonged exposure to cause irritation of facial skin and was used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), - The compound was not found with prolonged exposure : Eliminate D
E. A compound, which it was found to cause irritation of facial skin with prolonged exposure, named Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), used in many cleaning detergents and hygiene products to produce suds. Which and it both refer to " A compound" - double subject error - Eliminate E
So, IMO A is the correct answer
