Beginning in Great Britain and spreading across Western Europe over the course of the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution was a period where new manufacturing technologies like the spinning jenny transformed social and economic conditions.
(A) the Industrial Revolution was a period where new manufacturing technologies like the spinning jenny transformed social and economic conditions
(B) the Industrial Revolution was a period in which new manufacturing technologies such as the spinning jenny transformed social and economic conditions
(C) the Industrial Revolution was a period where new manufacturing technologies such as the spinning jenny have transformed social and economic conditions
(D) social and economic conditions were transformed during the Industrial Revolution by new manufacturing technologies like the spinning jenny
(E) social and economic conditions had been transformed during the Industrial Revolution by new manufacturing technologies like the spinning jenny
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Answer: B
Dangling Modifier, Relative Pronoun, Such As vs. Like
What was beginning in Great Britain and spreading across Western Europe over the course of the nineteenth century? The Industrial Revolution. So the Industrial Revolution, the subject, must appear at the start of the underlined portion. (D) and (E) can therefore be eliminated.
(A) and (C) can also be eliminated because where can only refer to places (physical locations), not times.
That leaves (B), which correctly uses in which to refer to a time period. Note also that such as rather than like must be used to introduce examples. (A), (D) and (E) all incorrectly use like.
