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"There is much that can be done about the accident_____from the carelessness". A.arising B.arisen A quetion from my test,i don't know why the correct answer is not B but A?

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The whole sentence is wrong! There is much that can be done about accidents arising from carelessness. Thumbs down to whoever set the test.
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Thee is much that can be done about the accident WHICH AROSE from carelessness. That is how you would say, "we can do things about the accident - the accident that would not have happened if it wee not for carelessness." If I understand you, this is how I would further change it for clarity: (The accident only happened because of carelessness. We must learn from this; we have the opportunity to change thing so that this may not happen again.
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"There is much that can be done about the accident_____from the carelessness". A.arising B.arisen A. Arising is in the CONTINUOUS tense.....accidents that are always happening that are due to carelessness. Example: Accidents arising from carelessness can be reduced. B. Arisen is in the PAST PARTICIPLE tense, so it needs to be preceded by "has" or "have". Example: The accident has arisen as the result of carelessness. Also - I don't think that the word "the" should have been in the original test question. I hope this helped - Dave
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A is the right answer. The main clause is in the present, as is A. Think about the other answer, B. If I say that much can be done (now and in the future) about accidents ARISEN from (the) carelessness, I imply that I can go back in time and change what has happened before.

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