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Unprlld Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Para jumble

A. Rubens was born in German town of Siegen, in Westphalia.
B. His father, Jan Rubens , a lawyer and alderman of Antwerp, had fled the Spanish Netherlands(present day Belgium) in 1568.
C. As the impresario of vast decorative programs, he presided over the most famous painter's studio in Europe.
D. Rubens is perhaps best known for his religious and mythological compositions.
E. His powers of invention were matched by extraordinary energy and versatility.

What is the most logical order for the above sentences?
  

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Hi, First, what do you think? Clive

  • Hi, First, what do you think?
  • Clive
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Hi,

First, what do you think?

Clive
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Sir, the tenses are troubling me and I fell it will not make a coherent paragraph.
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Hi,

A. Rubens was born in the German town of Siegen, in Westphalia.
B. His father, Jan Rubens , a lawyer and alderman of Antwerp, had fled the Spanish Netherlands(present day Belgium) in 1568.
D. Rubens is perhaps best known for his religious and mythological compositions.
E. His powers of invention were matched b
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Sorry! I also followed the same order but it's incorrect.
according to the answer key it's DECAB
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Hi,

Both ways are OK.

Clive
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But the answer that both of us marked was also there in the option. And there was a confusion regarding the tenses; I believed that first past tense should be used and then present should follow, but my teacher clarified that vice versa is also possible.

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