Erasmus’s tomb lies inside the Basel Munster, located in Switzerland

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Erasmus’s tomb lies inside the Basel Munster, located in Switzerland, an architectural monument which having survived medieval earthquakes, and  remains one of Switzerland’s most well-known buildings to this day.

A) Erasmus’s tomb lies inside the Basel Munster, located in Switzerland, an architectural monument which having survived medieval earthquakes, and

B) Erasmus’s tomb lies inside Switzerland’s Basel Munster, an architectural monument that survived medieval earthquakes and

C) Switzerland’s Basel Munster, an architectural monument that survived medieval earthquakes, houses Erasmus’s tomb,

D) The Basel Munster, in Switzerland, an architectural monument which, having survived medieval earthquakes, is now home to the tomb of Erasmus and

E) The tomb of Erasmus is housed inside Switzerland’s Basel Munster, which is an architectural monument that had survived medieval earthquakes and

generis · Answer

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zhanbo · Answer

My answer is  (B) . It took me 01:24.

(A) Major issue is "which having survived medieval earthquakes". It is not a complete phrase. 
Minor issue is the placement of "an architectural monument" right after "Switzerland". It is possible to interpret that "Switzerland" is ”an architectural monument". We know that such interpretation is incorrect thanks to outside knowledge that Switzerland is a country, not an architectural monument.

(C) Comma after "Erasmus’s tomb" should be removed.

(D) "an architectural monument" might be interpreted as appositive for " Switzerland".
The sentence also indicates that "The Basel Munster“ survived medieval earthquakes first and then "is now home to the tomb of Erasmus". Without outside knowledge, we might accept such timeline. But "remains one of Switzerland’s most well-known buildings to this day" strongly indicates the reversed event sequence.

(E) The use of past perfect tense ("had survived medieval earthquakes”) requires a simple past event, but none is provided.

Crytiocanalyst · Answer

A) Erasmus’s tomb lies inside the Basel Munster, located in Switzerland, an architectural monument which having survived medieval earthquakes, and
THe architectural monument is refering back to Switzerland which isn't the intended in addition which havong isn't the right usage therefore out

B) Erasmus’s tomb lies inside Switzerland’s Basel Munster, an architectural monument that survived medieval earthquakes and
THe meaning and tense is perfect therefore let us hang on to it

C) Switzerland’s Basel Munster, an architectural monument that survived medieval earthquakes, houses Erasmus’s tomb,
The tomb itself isn't the iconic monument that withstood the test of the time wrong meaning therefore out

D) The Basel Munster, in Switzerland, an architectural monument which, having survived medieval earthquakes, is now home to the tomb of Erasmus and
The tomb along with the monument has survived not the other way around that's tomb installation after the earthquake meaning error therefore out

E) The tomb of Erasmus is housed inside Switzerland’s Basel Munster, which is an architectural monument that had survived medieval earthquakes and
Simple past is absolutely fine, usage of had is unnecessary therefore out

Therefore IMO B

DinoPen · Answer

zhanbo

B) Erasmus’s tomb lies inside Switzerland’s Basel Munster, an architectural monument that survived medieval earthquakes and

I had trouble with this answer choice and ultimately went with A even though it was awkward. Wouldn't "that survived" and "remains" violate the || rule? Past vs Present. Shouldn't "remains" be "remained"?

zhanbo · Answer

Because "medieval earthquakes" happened in the past, the survival is also a past event. It is thus correct to use "survived". 
As for the "remains...to this day", it is indeed a state with current resonance. The simple present tense makes sense.

Parallelism does not require the use of the same verb tense. In practice, parallelism offers important clues about verb tenses, and, without good reason, it makes sense to apply the same verb tense consistently to the paralleled parts. But do not apply such "rule-of-thumb" blindly. Another example: Tom was born in Paris but lives in Tokyo now.

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