<p>Sister asked me this, but I am unsure why C is wrong too. I understand why B is correct.</p>
<p>Many people recognize Henry Thoreau as the author of <i>Walden</i>, few know that he was also an inventor.</p>
<p>(A) <i>Walden</i>, few know
(B) <i>Walden</i>; few know
(C) <i>Walden</i>, few knowing
(D) <i>Walden</i>, thus few know
(E) <i>Walden</i>; yet still few knew</p>
<p>I was between B and C. Why the f**k is C wrong?!?</p>
<p>And also this...</p>
<p>(When looking) at modern photographs of that area of Indonesia, the effects of the 1883 (eruption of) the volcano Krakatau (are) (still evident). (No error).</p>
<p>Why is (When looking) the answer instead of (No error)?</p>
<p>if C were the answer, the sentence would look like this...
Many people recognize Henry Thoreau as the author of Walden, few knowing that he was also an inventor.
This is a run-on sentence. "many...Walden" and "few..inventor" are both independent clauses; thus, they need a conjunction in between.</p>
<p>I'm not completely sure about the second Q.
i think (when looking) is wrong because the sentence doesn't say WHO is doing the looking. so, you can't use "when looking"</p>
<p>i agree with sushi.
when looking.. is like saying the "effects"are looking at the modern photographs.
i believe these questions are from the psat, or practice psat. i've worked on it before =p</p>
<p>"few knowing that he was also an inventor" is an independent clause?</p>
<p>Why? "Few knowing that he was also an inventor" is not a sentence.</p>
<p>No, using "few knowing" does not constitute a run-on because the second clause is not independent. However, switching the subject from "people" to "few," if not downright grammatically incorrect, appears very odd. But I agree that these are terrible questions -- it's obvious that the implied subject of the second sentence is "one," not "the effects." And I doubt that choice C for the first question was flawed in any way, despite being less well-written than B.</p>
<p>oh right.. sorry, "few knowing ...inventor" isn't an independent clause.
what begoner said is correct.</p>
<p>the first question is tricky. I think the best explanation is that the 2nd dependent clause is not attached on to the independent clause correctly; the dependent clause changes the subject of the sentence, which is odd and atypical? the other explanation is that you're asked to find the "best" answer. So since B is the better answer, forget about C.</p>
<p>I think the reason that the second one is (When looking), is because when is instantaneous. Rather [while looking] seems more appropriate. I know its a crappy question, but thats my take on it.</p>