680. Although Alice Walker published a number of essays, …

Although Alice Walker published a number of essays, poetry collections, and stories during the 1970s, her third novel, The Color Purple, which was published in 1982, brought her the widest acclaim in that it won both the National Book Award as well as the Pulitzer Prize.

(A) which was published in 1982, brought her the widest acclaim in that it won both the National Book Award as well as the Pulitzer Prize
(B) published in 1982, bringing her the widest acclaim by winning both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize
(C) published in 1982, brought her the widest acclaim, winning both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize
(D) was published in 1982 and which, winning both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, brought her the widest acclaim
(E) was published in 1982, winning both the National Book Award as well as the Pulitzer Prize, and bringing her the widest acclaim

OA: C (bôi đen để thấy đáp án)

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Nghĩa:

Although Alice Walker published a number of essays, poetry collections, and stories during the 1970s,

her third novel, The Color Purple,

• which was published in 1982,

brought her the widest acclaim in that

• it won both the National Book Award as well as the Pulitzer Prize.

Ngữ pháp:

• Correct idiom: Both X and Y (X và Y phải parallel)

POE:

A) Loại vì:

• both … as well …: wrong idiom
• “which was published”: wordy

B) Loại vì:

• “her third novel” thiếu verb

D) Loại vì:

• and which: “and” -> phải có parallelism, which cũng thể modify cho danh từ nào
• về mặt nghĩa, “was published … ” ko thể hiện contrast meaning với vế đầu “although”

E) Loại vì:

• both … as well …: wrong idiom
• về mặt nghĩa, “was published … ” ko thể hiện contrast meaning với vế đầu “although”
• “winning … and bringing …”: V-ing modifier về mặt nghĩa phải đảm bảo một trong 2 trường hợp:
  • immediate consequence của vế trước
  • simultaneous, but lower-priority, action với vế trước