* Participle doubt

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OA is E...I don't have any problem with E
but i want to know the correct way of eliminating A

i think, "Outnumbering" in A correctly refers to letters...Is there a tense problem here?
for example: The police found the murder weapon, making the prosecutor's job much easier.

The participle "making" correctly refers to the subject of the preceding clause: Police

SOURCE: GMAT Sets (Set 13)
Experts, Please help.

[eileen1017]

Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.

A. Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering
B. Dickinson were written over a period that begins a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ended shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber
C. Dickinson, written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and that ends shortly before Emily’s death in 1886and outnumbering
D. Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother, ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, and outnumbering
E. Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber

OA is E...I don't have any problem with E
but i want to know the correct way of eliminating A

i think, "Outnumbering" in A correctly refers to letters...Is there a tense problem here?
for example: The police found the murder weapon, making the prosecutor's job much easier.

The participle "making" correctly refers to the subject of the preceding clause: Police

Experts, Please help.

Outnumbering does not refer to letters, instead it refers to the whole previous action or clause. In your other example making does not refer to police. Instead, it refers to the action police found the weapon is making the prosecutor's job much easier.

[JonathanSchneider]

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