Question

The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression.

Many ancient Eastern rulers favored drinking vessels made of celadon porcelain because of supposedly revealing the presence of poison by cracking.

• A. Because of supposedly revealing the presence of poison
• B. For being supposed that it would reveal the presence of poison
• C. because of being supposed to reveal poison in it
• D. For it was supposed to reveal that there is poison
• E. Because it was supposed to reveal the presence of poison

Answer 1

The correct option is E Because it was supposed to reveal the presence of poison

Here, the underlined portion is ungrammatical (wrong tense) and does not make its reference clear (what 'supposedly reveals' poison). Option E, unlike the other options, rectifies this error and does not add any further error. E is thus the answer.