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* Having the crack Phoenician fleet being

by prajeen_v Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:28 am

Having the crack Phoenician fleet being decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis, the persian king Xerxes, whose initial arrogance quickly changed to horror, fled back to Asia and left his remaining troops under the generalship of his brother in law , Mardonius.

A) Having the crack Phoenician fleet being decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis
B) In view of his crack Phoenician fleet had been decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis
C) Because of there having been a much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis that decimated his crack Phoenician fleet
D) seeing as the crack Phoenician fleet having been decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis
E) His crack Phoenician fleet decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis

OA is E.
Can someone please explain what is wrong with B?

I do not know the source of this problem but i have collected it from a forum.
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Re: Having the crack Phoenician fleet being

by mschwrtz Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:35 am

In a sentence with this structure, "In view of X, Y," the X should be a noun phrase and the Y should be the main clause of the sentence. Consider, "In view of your improved grades, your mother and I have decided to buy you a Porsche." In answer B, his crack Phoenician fleet had been decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of Salamis is not a noun phrase.
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Re: Having the crack Phoenician fleet being

by RonPurewal Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:14 am

hi --
unless someone else comes forward with the source of this problem, unfortunately, we'll have to delete this thread. see the forum rules; in order to keep a problem online, we must verify that it is not from one of our banned sources.

thanks.