GWD24-36,没有人问过

24-36: The Industrial Revolution, making it possible to mass-produce manufactured goods, was marked by their use of new machines, new energy sources, and new basic materials.

A) making it possible to mass-produce manufactured goods, was marked by their use of

B) making possible the mass production of manufactured goods, marked by the use of

C) which made it possible that manufactured goods were mass-produced, was marked by their using

D) which made possible the mass-production of manufactured goods, was marked by the use of

E) which made the mass production of manufactured goods possible and was marked by using

正确选D, 我选E,D 中make possible sth,我觉得不好，而且bythe use of 不如using好！请nn指教！

Not NN.

"was marked by using" in E is wonrg, bcoz E seems to say the subject of the sentence, "industrial Revolution" is/was using ... but IR cannot use.

"make sth possible" and "make possible sth" both are grammatical. The second one is more proper to use when sth is too long.

"by the use of" emphasizes the means of doing sth not the action.

Do agree with ppbb.

"by the use of" stresses the result of doing sth.

"by using" stresses the action.

LZM''s book mentions the distinction of the noun and gerund.