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The 19-year-old pianist and composer performed his most recent work all over Europe, Asia, and North America last year, winning prestigious awards in both London as well as Tokyo for his achievement at so young an age, and he is hoping to continue composing now that he has returned to Chicago.
The 19-year-old pianist and composer performed his most recent work all over Europe, Asia, and North America last year, winning prestigious awards in both London as well as Tokyo for his achievement at so young an age, and he is hoping to continue composing now that he has returned to Chicago.
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The correct option is D Winning prestigious awards in both London and Tokyo for his achievement at such a young age, and he hopes
Here, the given sentence talks about a young, 19 year old person who is a famous pianist and composer. He has just finished a tour, performing his recent work all over three continents and has won prestigious awards in London and Tokyo for his achievements at such a young age. He hopes to continue composing now that he is back in Chicago. The error found in this sentence is the use of the non-idiomatic 'both....as well as'. The correct idiom should be 'both...and'. Also, 'he is hoping' seems a bit inappropriate as its use implies an on-going action (as if he is composing at the present moment). This sentence, however, implies a present hope not an action. Only option D rectifies these errors and creates no errors of its own. It is the only correct answer. Of the other choices, A repeats the error of the sentence. In B, where 'hoping' acts as a parallel to 'winning' and by doing so it acts as a clause modifier to 'he performed his most recent work....' This modification is incorrect because 'hoping to continue' does not provide any extra information about the clause and is rather superfluous. Option C uses the phrase 'having won' which implies an action that precedes another action/ event. However, winning the awards is not a preceding event for any other event. Thus, option C is incorrect. Option E too commits a similar mistake. D is thus the correct answer.
Here, the given sentence talks about a young, 19 year old person who is a famous pianist and composer. He has just finished a tour, performing his recent work all over three continents and has won prestigious awards in London and Tokyo for his achievements at such a young age. He hopes to continue composing now that he is back in Chicago. The error found in this sentence is the use of the non-idiomatic 'both....as well as'. The correct idiom should be 'both...and'. Also, 'he is hoping' seems a bit inappropriate as its use implies an on-going action (as if he is composing at the present moment). This sentence, however, implies a present hope not an action. Only option D rectifies these errors and creates no errors of its own. It is the only correct answer. Of the other choices, A repeats the error of the sentence. In B, where 'hoping' acts as a parallel to 'winning' and by doing so it acts as a clause modifier to 'he performed his most recent work....' This modification is incorrect because 'hoping to continue' does not provide any extra information about the clause and is rather superfluous. Option C uses the phrase 'having won' which implies an action that precedes another action/ event. However, winning the awards is not a preceding event for any other event. Thus, option C is incorrect. Option E too commits a similar mistake. D is thus the correct answer.
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