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In an attempt to attract more tourist, the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and set them up on the streets of Zurich.

(A) same with above
(B) the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues , they were decorated by local artists, and then
(C) the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, had them decorated by local artists, and
(D) the several life-size fiberglass cow statues were commissioned by the Swiss government, decorated by local artists, and then
(E) the several life-size fiberglass cow statues, commissioned by the Swiss government, were decorated by local artists, and they



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In an attempt to attract more tourist, the Swiss government 11 Dec 2005, 08:14
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C clear and concise.Maintain //lism: commissioned, had, set
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In an attempt to attract more tourist, the Swiss government 11 Dec 2005, 09:57
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C has good l l and uses the correct modifer ie swiss govt.
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In an attempt to attract more tourist, the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and set them up on the streets of Zurich.

(A) same with above
(B) the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues , they were decorated by local artists, and then
(C) the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, had them decorated by local artists, and
(D) the several life-size fiberglass cow statues were commissioned by the Swiss government, decorated by local artists, and then
(E) the several life-size fiberglass cow statues, commissioned by the Swiss government, were decorated by local artists, and they
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C sounds good

(A) Having = wrong
(B) Sentence fragments + awkward
(C) Sounds okay!
(D) Who's attempting to attract local artists? The statues or the gov't?
(E) Who's attempting to attract local artists? The statues or the gov't?
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In an attempt to attract more tourist, the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and set them up on the streets of Zurich.

(A) same with above
(B) the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues , they were decorated by local artists, and then
(C) the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, had them decorated by local artists, and
(D) the several life-size fiberglass cow statues were commissioned by the Swiss government, decorated by local artists, and then
(E) the several life-size fiberglass cow statues, commissioned by the Swiss government, were decorated by local artists, and they
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My answer is C
In an attempt to attract more tourist(government not cows)So choices between A & B &C
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yup C it is. uses the modifier correctly and maintains the ||ism.
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In an attempt to attract more tourist, the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and set them up on the streets of Zurich.

(A) same with above
---> the bold parts are not parallel ---> out

(B) the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues , they were decorated by local artists, and then
-----> not parallel --> out
(C) the Swiss government commisionned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, had them decorated by local artists, and
-----> looks okie
(D) the several life-size fiberglass cow statues were commissioned by the Swiss government, decorated by local artists, and then
-----> letting "cow statues" the main subjects breaks the modifier-subject agreement. --> out
(E) the several life-size fiberglass cow statues, commissioned by the Swiss government, were decorated by local artists, and they
-------> same as D.

C it is.



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