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<p>1 ) Using modern foresnic techniques, (the true identity, it is hypothesized by noted myster author Patricia Cornwell, of Jack the Ripper,) a serial killer who terrorized London in the Last 19th century, is Walter Sickert, an artist. </p>

<p>*this question was really hard </p>

<p>Choices :
a) (Patricia Cornwell, a noted mystery author, has hypothesized that Jack the Ripper’s true identity)
b) Patricia Cornell, a noted mystery author, has hypothesized that Jack the Ripper’s true identity
e) noted mystery author Patricia Cornwell has hypothesized that the true identity of Jack the Ripper </p>

<p>The answer is E. Why is E the best answer out of all the choices? And WHY cant B work? </p>

<p>2) The Brooklyn Bridge, designed by John Roebling, (was the engineering wonder of its day; and it is still a major landmark) in New York City. </p>

<p>Choices </p>

<p>a) correct
c) was the engineering of its day, and is still a major landmark
e) was the engineering of its day, still being a major landmark. </p>

<p>** What tense is being tested here?
*<em>What tense do you HAVE TO USE in these TYPES of question.
*</em> I chose A, but C is the right answer. Can someone explain the choices?</p>

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<p>Question one: </p>

<p>Answers (A) and (B) look the same to me. They are both wrong because the appositive about Jack’s being a serial killer who terrorized London is supposed to modify “Jack the Ripper” not “true identity.” The predicate nominative “Walter Sickert” is supposed to modify “identiity.” This is only achieved in a grammaticaly correct way by (E).</p>

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<p>Question two:</p>

<p>(A) is wrong because the semicolon acts as a connector of the independent clauses, and the coordinating conjunction of “and” is therefore unnecessary and wrong. </p>

<p>(B) is wrong because of the comma. The comma before “and is” is unnecessary because the subject is not repeated, and thus there are not two clauses. </p>

<p>(E) is wrong because there are two participial phrases modifying the noun. It just sounds awkward with the subjunctive tense being used as a participle. </p>

<p>Well, there you go…</p>