Having lived in Tahiti for several years, where life was slow and relaxed, it was difficult for Paul Gauguin to readjust to the hectic pace of Paris upon returning.

Having lived in Tahiti for several years, where life was slow and relaxed, it was difficult for Paul Gauguin to readjust to the hectic pace of Paris upon returning.
Having lived for several years in Tahiti, where life was slow and relaxed, it was difficult for Paul Gauguin to readjust to the hectic pace of Paris upon returning.
Having lived in Tahiti for several years, where life was slow and relaxed, Paul Gauguin had difficulty readjusting to the hectic pace of Paris upon his return.
Having lived for several years in Tahiti, where life was slow and relaxed, Paul Gauguin had difficulty readjusting to the hectic pace of Paris upon his return.
Having lived for several years in Tahiti, where life was slow and relaxed, Paul Gauguin had difficulty readjusting upon returning to Paris because of the hectic pace.

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OA: D

Explanation for ruling out E: The phrase “because of the hectic pace” appears to be modifying the verb “returning” (in other words, it sounds like Gauguin returned because of the hectic pace). The verb “readjusting” is without a complement, so that the reader is left to wonder: “readjusting to what?”.

I could not figure out from the explanation why E is ruled out.

D looks more like the Official Answer. Here is my school of thought...



“because of the hectic pace” is modifying returning

But WHO returned...It is Paul. It cannot be Paris.

Why Did Paul return ?---Because of hectic pace?( Did Paul Return because of his hectic pace or due to Paris' hectic pace)

Having lived for several years in Tahiti, where life was slow and relaxed, Paul Gauguin had difficulty readjusting upon returning to Paris because of the hectic pace.


He returned because of the hectic pace of Paris not because of his hectic pace.


Having lived for several years in Tahiti, where life was slow and relaxed, Paul Gauguin had difficulty readjusting to the hectic pace of Paris upon his return ---Clear and concise

Return to and Returning in this context are fine because of the gerund vs infinitive context does not hold good. Try substituting "UPON" with " AFTER"

I too had the same doubt... Great explanation Gokul...

Thanks

@chitrangada: If I am not wrong, OA according to you was E a few minutes ago.... I see that you have now changed it to D....


Can anyone please explain.......I feel D is great as per the explanation posted above...

D is the correct answer!

The OA that I had mentioned earlier was a typo. I have edited it in the original post so that others who read this post don't get confused.

everybody cool with D now? :)

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