WR experts?!!!!!! HELP

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<h1>1</h1>

<p>(A: Determined) to make a name (B: for herself) (C: as a writer) of short stories, Helen never submits anything to an editor until (D: revising) it several times. (E: No error)</p>

<p>The answer is D of course, but I wanted to know the precise way of correcting it.</p>

<p>The most logical and easiest correction for me was this:</p>

<p>Determined to make a name for herself as a writer of short stories, Helen never submits anything to an editor until she has revised it several times.</p>

<p>But would this work as well:</p>

<p>Determined to make a name for herself as a writer of short stories, Helen never submits anything to an editor until having revised it several times. ?</p>

<p>(Personally, it seems wrong)</p>

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<p>The Roman poet Virgil is (A: highly esteemed) today for his epic poem, The Aeneid, (B: yet) on his deathbed he himself (C: sought) to prevent its publication on the grounds (D: of not being) sufficiently polished. (E: No error)</p>

<p>The answer is D. My rationale was that "not being sufficiently polished" hangs on the subject "Virgil," which is wrong. So, I think it should be "... on the grounds of ITS not being sufficiently polished" to show that the subject of this phrase is "his epic poem" or "it."</p>

<p>Thanx in advance :)</p>

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<h1>1 - Both corrections work.</h1>

<h1>2- Yes, the mistake lies in choice D. The sentence is ambiguous and requires a pronoun to clarify whether “being sufficiently polished” refers to himself or his book.</h1>

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<p>thank you so much SirWanksalot for a quick response :)</p>

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<p>Your second proposed alternative to correct the error in 1 is not grammatically correct:</p>

<p>Determined to make a name for herself as a writer of short stories, Helen never submits anything to an editor until having revised it several times.</p>

<p>The subject of “having revised” is ambiguous. Is it Helen or the editor? Further, even when you remove the ambiguity, the usage of “having revised” is at best awkward.</p>

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<p>ok fogcity, i think i get it.</p>

<p>In SAT grammar, something like “having been” or “being” is far from correct. Plus, I know that it sounds awkward. (It’s just that being a non-native, it’s often times hard to truly have the feel )</p>

<p>thanx :)</p>