Being that she was a divorced woman whose academic qualifications did not even include a bachelor’s degree, psychologist Melanie Klein (1882-1960) was a visible iconoclast within a profession dominated by male physicians.
(A) Being that she was a divorced woman whose academic qualifications did not even include
(B) Insofar as she was a divorced woman whose academic qualifications not even including
(C) She was a divorced woman whose academic qualifications did not even include
(D) As a divorced woman whose academic qualifications did not even include
(E) As a divorced woman whose academic qualifications not even including
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Answer: D
-ING vs. Verb, Comma Splice
In the original version, the phrase being that is wordy and awkward. The same is true of insofar as in (B). In addition, the first clause requires a verb rather than an –ING word (gerund): not even including should be did not even include.
(C) is incorrect because it creates a comma splice: two complete sentences separated by only a comma.
In (D) and (E), the transition as is both clear and concise, but (E) repeats the error in (B) and includes a gerund (including) rather than a verb.
That leaves (D), which correctly supplies the verb did.
