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Having been served lunch, _______.
A. the problem was discussed by the members of the committee
B. the committee members discussed the problem
C. a discussion of the problem was made by the members of the committee
D. it was discussed by the committee members the problem
Note: I chose B. but the solution says it is A. I think it must be a mistake. Do you agree?
25 de mar de 2013 13:50
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Yes, definitely it should be B. You are a smart learner!
25 de março de 2013
1
I agree. It should be B. A implies that the "problem," rather than the "committee," was served lunch, a mistake that we call a dangling modifier. Note that even native speakers of English make this type of errors.
25 de março de 2013
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Chinês (Mandarim), Inglês
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Inglês
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