966. In repousse, a method of sculpture, workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds, and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pounding the metal into shape.
(A) In repousse, a method of sculpture, workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds, and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pounding the metal into shape.
(B) Repousse is method of sculpture in which workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pound the metal into shape.
(C) Repousse workers, who do a method of sculpture by laying copper sheets over wooden molds, use a variety of exotic hammers, and then pounding the metal into shape.
(D) Workers who lay copper sheets over wooden molds use a variety of exotic hammers and carefully pound the metal into shape in order to do repousse, a method of sculpture.
(E) Laying copper sheets over wooden molds, and using a variety of exotic hammers in order to pound the metal into shape, repousse is a method of sculpture done by workers.
Solution:
Parallelism + Modifier
A: violates parallelism pounding is not parallel to lay.
C and D: awkward sentence correction, who do a method of sculpture sounds awkward.
E: dangling modifier error - who is laying and using - not stated.
B: The best choice, maintains parallelism. Repousse .in which .workers lay .and then, using carefully pound ..
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(A) In repousse, a method of sculpture, workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds, and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pounding the metal into shape.
(B) Repousse is method of sculpture in which workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pound the metal into shape.
(C) Repousse workers, who do a method of sculpture by laying copper sheets over wooden molds, use a variety of exotic hammers, and then pounding the metal into shape.
(D) Workers who lay copper sheets over wooden molds use a variety of exotic hammers and carefully pound the metal into shape in order to do repousse, a method of sculpture.
(E) Laying copper sheets over wooden molds, and using a variety of exotic hammers in order to pound the metal into shape, repousse is a method of sculpture done by workers.
Solution:
Parallelism + Modifier
A: violates parallelism pounding is not parallel to lay.
C and D: awkward sentence correction, who do a method of sculpture sounds awkward.
E: dangling modifier error - who is laying and using - not stated.
B: The best choice, maintains parallelism. Repousse .in which .workers lay .and then, using carefully pound ..
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution: