Why painting the face
Why painting the face and perfuming the body should have persisted throughout recorded history has been the subject of a substantial amount of anthropological and psychological speculation.
A. Why painting the face and perfuming the body should have persisted
B. How painting the face and perfuming the body could be persistent
C. That painting the face and perfuming the body are persisting
D. Painting the face and perfuming the body persisting
E. The persisting of face painting and body perfuming
My Ques: On what basis do we pick A?
Hi Riya,
Word of caution before you go on to the explanation. Try to stick to official and quality questions for your practice.
You’ll have to pick the right answer by understanding the meaning here.
The speculation is not on the face-painting itself, but on WHY the face-painting has persisted.
B – The question is not how, it is why. Also, since we are talking about history, we need to indicate something that happened in the past
C – Same as B
D – The word “persisting” seems to describe the word “body”. There’s a a problem with tenses also
E – We need the noun form “persistence” and not “persisting”
Hope this helps!