(A) Diderot’s factual Encyclopedia and his friend Voltaire’s fictional Candide were the cause of such a sensational scandal, and
(B) Diderot and his friend Voltaire’s caused such a sensational scandal with their factual Encyclopedia and fictional Candide, respectively, that
(C) Diderot’s factual Encyclopedia and his friend Voltaire’s fictional Candide were the cause of a scandal so sensational that
(D) the scandal caused by Diderot’s factual Encyclopedia and his friend Voltaire’s fictional Candide was so sensational
(E) a factual Encyclopedia by Diderot and the fictional Candide, by his friend Voltaire, caused a sensational scandal, which
Solution:
Pronoun + Modifier
In A, C, and D, pronoun “his” does not have an antecedent. “his” can refer to “Diderot” but “his”
cannot refer to “Diderot’s”.
In B, “published during…” incorrectly modifies “Diderot” instead of “factual Encyclopedia and
fictional Candide”
E is the best choice.
Though official answer given here is C, certainly that can’t be correct.
Difficulty level-5.
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