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A.To most minds enigma is more fascinating than science.
B.But when science itself leads straight up to the borders of enigma and comes to a dead stop, saying, "At present I can no longer see my way,” the force of the charm is redoubled.
C.On the other hand, the illimitable is no less potent in enigma than the invisible, whence the dramatic effect of Beats' "stout Kortez” staring at the boundless Atlantic while all his men look at each other with wild surmise, "silent upon a peak in Marien.”
D.The name, "Gaged-sacks,” given to these strange voids is descriptive hardly.
E.Rather they produce upon the mind the effect of blank windows in a lonely house on a pitch-dark night, which, when looked at from the brilliant interior, became appalling in their rayless murk.
B.But when science itself leads straight up to the borders of enigma and comes to a dead stop, saying, "At present I can no longer see my way,” the force of the charm is redoubled.
C.On the other hand, the illimitable is no less potent in enigma than the invisible, whence the dramatic effect of Beats' "stout Kortez” staring at the boundless Atlantic while all his men look at each other with wild surmise, "silent upon a peak in Marien.”
D.The name, "Gaged-sacks,” given to these strange voids is descriptive hardly.
E.Rather they produce upon the mind the effect of blank windows in a lonely house on a pitch-dark night, which, when looked at from the brilliant interior, became appalling in their rayless murk.
Answer: Option C
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C
Statement D can be easily spotted as being incorrect. There is a modifier error. "Hardly” should be placed before the word "descriptive”. Unfortunately, statement D is also present in all the options.
Statement E is in the present tense. Thus, the correct word should be "become” and not "became”.
Between options D and E, statement C has an article error. It should either be "wild surmises” or "a wild surmise”.
Hence, the correct answer is option D.
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C
Statement D can be easily spotted as being incorrect. There is a modifier error. "Hardly” should be placed before the word "descriptive”. Unfortunately, statement D is also present in all the options.
Statement E is in the present tense. Thus, the correct word should be "become” and not "became”.
Between options D and E, statement C has an article error. It should either be "wild surmises” or "a wild surmise”.
Hence, the correct answer is option D.
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