732. The distinctive hereditary tartans that are alleged to be worn since antiquity by members of the Highland clans were in fact designed by Scottish woolen manufacturers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
(A) that are alleged to be worn
(B) alleged to have been worn
(C) that are worn, it was alleged
(D) alleged as having been worn
(E) that are worn, allegedly
Solution:
Tenses + Idioms + Awkwardness/wordiness
A: are-wrong tense.
C: wordy and awkward.
D: alleged as is not idiomatic.
E: allegedly wearing is idiomatic, not worn, allegedly.
B: use of since asks for have been. alleged to is idiomatic. Best choice.
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(A) that are alleged to be worn
(B) alleged to have been worn
(C) that are worn, it was alleged
(D) alleged as having been worn
(E) that are worn, allegedly
Solution:
Tenses + Idioms + Awkwardness/wordiness
A: are-wrong tense.
C: wordy and awkward.
D: alleged as is not idiomatic.
E: allegedly wearing is idiomatic, not worn, allegedly.
B: use of since asks for have been. alleged to is idiomatic. Best choice.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution: