998. The Industrial Revolution, making it possible to mass-produce manufactured goods, was marked by their use of new machines, new energy sources, and new basic materials.
A) making it possible to mass-produce manufactured goods, was marked by their use of
B) making possible the mass production of manufactured goods, marked by the use of
C) which made it possible that manufactured goods were mass-produced, was marked by their using
D) which made possible the mass-production of manufactured goods, was marked by the use of
E) which made the mass production of manufactured goods possible and was marked by using
Solution:
Pronouns + subject-verb agreement
A and C: their doesnt have an antecedent.
B: there is no verb with subject The Industrial Revolution. There should have been a was before marked.
E: was marked by using is awkward and the presence of and leads to sentence fragmentation problem.
D: The best choice.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution:
A) making it possible to mass-produce manufactured goods, was marked by their use of
B) making possible the mass production of manufactured goods, marked by the use of
C) which made it possible that manufactured goods were mass-produced, was marked by their using
D) which made possible the mass-production of manufactured goods, was marked by the use of
E) which made the mass production of manufactured goods possible and was marked by using
Solution:
Pronouns + subject-verb agreement
A and C: their doesnt have an antecedent.
B: there is no verb with subject The Industrial Revolution. There should have been a was before marked.
E: was marked by using is awkward and the presence of and leads to sentence fragmentation problem.
D: The best choice.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution: