SAT Question

[adcomb]

<p>(Because of pleading in vain for improved maintenance services, the tenants refused) to pay rent until the landlord agreed to make the much-needed repairs.</p>

<p>B) Having pleaded in vain for improved maintenance services, the tenants refused</p>

<p>D) The tenants pleaded in vain for maintenance services to improve, then refusing </p>

<p>Answer is B, but what about D? What error does it have</p>

[emidank]

<p>I believe the key thing is that ‘refuse’ should be in the form of “refused” rather than “refusing”. For D. (and B.), it says that the tenants “pleaded”, and so, if D. had to be correct, it would have to be consistent and change the “refusing” to “refused”.</p>