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www0935
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 Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:57 pm Post subject: Please help check out the answer. |
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The following is my question:
Once upon a time, there lived a giant in a big house with a beautiful garden. He didn�t allow the children to play in his garden. But when he was out to visit his friends, the children still had a good time in the wonderful garden, ______ that the garden was not theirs.
(A) forgetting (B) and forgetting (C) and forgot (D) forgot
The answer is (A), but can I choose (C)? Is there anything wrong with (C)?
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dragn
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Once upon a time, there lived a giant in a big house with a beautiful garden. He didn�t allow the children to play in his garden. But when he was out to visit his friends, the children still had a good time in the wonderful garden, ______ that the garden was not theirs.
(A) forgetting (B) and forgetting (C) and forgot (D) forgot
The answer is (A), but can I choose (C)? Is there anything wrong with (C)? |
Certainly (A) is the best, most natural answer. Answer (C) really doesn't work as well here.
In (A), the adverbial phrase forgetting that the garden was not theirs helps to characterize the manner in which they played. From the very outset, they enjoyed themselves with abandon as if the garden were their very own, never giving a thought to the fact that it belonged to someone else.
In (C), the past tense clause and forgot that the garden was not theirs almost makes it seem as though "forgetting the garden was not theirs" was another thing they did, as if initially they remembered it was not theirs, and then at some point during the merriment actually forgot that fact. Ending the sentence with a third clause like that also detracts somewhat from the elegance of the structure, in my opinion. If I were determined to not use (A) for some reason, I'd rephrase.
Note that I'm not saying (C) is screamingly wrong; I'm just trying to help you understand why (A) is the most natural choice in the given context.
Hope this makes sense.
Greg |
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