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.

Question

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."