(A) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, it would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if it were an adult with such vision.
(B) A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision that would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind as an adult.
(C) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb, its rudimentary sense of vision would be rated about 20/500; qualifying it to be legally blind if an adult.
(D) A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision that would be rated about 20/500; an adult with such vision would be deemed legally blind.
(E) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb, its rudimentary sense of vision, which would be deemed legally blind for an adult, would be rated about 20/500.
Solution:
Pronoun + Modifier + Pronoun
A can be eliminated as ‘it’ refers to the ‘child’ rather than the “child’s vision”
B gives a feeling that the vision would be deemed legally blind.
C is wrong due to lack of clear precedent for ‘it’.
E repeats the mistake in B.
D is the best choice.
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