Question

Nobody knows why the trees of the Crooked Forest (located in West Pomerania, Poland) bow out at such strange angles. While some people think that the trees were shaped for a purpose, such as furniture or boat carving, others believe that they were bent by strange weather.
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) NO CHANGE
A
NO CHANGE
(Choice B) are shaping
B
are shaping
(Choice C) shaped
C
shaped
(Choice D) be shaped for
D
be shaped for

Answer 1

The best choice to maintain the meaning of the sentence while providing clarity is:

(Choice C) shaped

So the corrected sentence would read: "while some people think that the trees were shaped for a purpose, such as furniture or boat carving."