Sentence Correction

The books of Chetan Bhagat, which are available in both soft as well as hard cover, are more popular than those of any other Indian writer.

A) The books of Chetan Bhagat, which are available in both soft as well as hard cover, are more popular than those of any other Indian writer

B) Chetan's Bhagat books, which are available in both soft as well as hard cover, are more popular than that of any Indian writer

C) The books of Chetan Bhagat that are available in both soft as well as hard cover are more popular than those of any other Indian writer

D) Chetan's Bhagat books, which are available in both soft as well as hard cover, more popular than that of any Indian writer

E) More popular than any other Indian writer , the books of Chetan Bhagat are available in both soft as well as hard cover

OAA

Hi Experts ,

Few things need to be clear in this.

1) In OA WHICH is referring to Chetan Bhagat , but it should actualy refer to Books. So I think this is wrong modifier. Please explain how this one is right?

2) The correct Idiom is Both X...And Y . SO how come Both and As well in one sentence is right?

3) Why Possessive in option[spoiler]B&D[/spoiler] is wrong?

Please advise.

Many thanks in advance.

SJ

THe construct here is X of Y form. "which" here doesn't strictly modify the noun before comma. In X of Y forms, if the verb agrees with X, then it is also correct
For Example: The box of nails, which is kept on table,...
So, A cannot be eliminated because of this.

In B & D, we need "any other Indian Writer". So, can be eliminated

1) In OA WHICH is referring to Chetan Bhagat , but it should actualy refer to Books. So I think this is wrong modifier. Please explain how this one is right?

"Which" will typically refer to the closest eligible noun. Two things to keep in mind here. First, "which" will not refer to a person, so we know it doesn't refer to Chetan Bhagat. Next, the relative clause begins with "which are." Because there is a plural verb, "which" must have a plural antecedent. The closest eligible noun preceding "which" is "books."

2) The correct Idiom is Both X...And Y . SO how come Both and As well in one sentence is right?

You've hit on a problem. "Both X as well as Y" is unidiomatic.

You've hit on a problem. "Both X as well as Y" is unidiomatic.

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Hi David ,

Thanks for your reply. So how come Option A is correct?

Please advise.

Many thank in advance.

SJ

jain2016 wrote: You've hit on a problem. "Both X as well as Y" is unidiomatic.


Hi David ,

Thanks for your reply. So how come Option A is correct?

Please advise.

Many thank in advance.

SJ

I think it's a flawed question. What's the source?

Hi David ,

This question is from Aristotle SC.

Thanks,
SJ

Hi Jain,

Which refers to the books not to Chetan.
the sentence is basically saying the books of ( some person), which (abt the books) are bla bla bla, are more popular. so here the message is saying the books are more popular; which here refers to the books; it is describing the books, red and blue.
which here is a pronoun, and "which" is a pronoun that serves as non restrictive; non restrictive means that the sentence after it is not necessary; if you remove the entire sentence "which are available in both soft as well as hard cover", the original meaning will not be changed.

"that" on the other hand, serves as a restrictive clause; revise this subject in the gmatprepnow videos.

also you can't say that the books are more popular than that; they are more popular than those, you are comparing the books against other books, not against one single book. "that" and "those" serve as an demonstrative pronouns that identify or point to objects that are farther away in space and time. "that" is singular and "those" is plural, and since we are comparing plural to plural, books to books, we will use "those", and so we eliminate B&D.

We eliminated C because it uses a restrictive cluase "that" to the books, and here were must use non restrictive clause, "which"

E is wrong for many reasons:

more popular than any other indian writer, the books

the books are not more popular than any other indian writer; the books are more poplualr than those of any other indian writer; we can't compare books to people

Hope this suffice

Good luck

jain2016 wrote:The books of Chetan Bhagat, which are available in both soft as well as hard cover, are more popular than those of any other Indian writer.

A) The books of Chetan Bhagat, which are available in both soft as well as hard cover, are more popular than those of any other Indian writer

B) Chetan's Bhagat books, which are available in both soft as well as hard cover, are more popular than that of any Indian writer

C) The books of Chetan Bhagat that are available in both soft as well as hard cover are more popular than those of any other Indian writer

D) Chetan's Bhagat books, which are available in both soft as well as hard cover, more popular than that of any Indian writer

E) More popular than any other Indian writer , the books of Chetan Bhagat are available in both soft as well as hard cover

OAA

Hi Experts ,

Few things need to be clear in this.

1) In OA WHICH is referring to Chetan Bhagat , but it should actualy refer to Books. So I think this is wrong modifier. Please explain how this one is right?

2) The correct Idiom is Both X...And Y . SO how come Both and As well in one sentence is right?

3) Why Possessive in option[spoiler]B&D[/spoiler] is wrong?

Please advise.

Many thanks in advance.

SJ

jain2016 wrote:Hi David ,

This question is from Aristotle SC.

Thanks,
SJ

My advice: the usage of "which" in this question is a worthwhile element to absorb. But they seem to have made an idiomatic mistake by employing the phrase "both x as well as y." So take this problem with a grain of salt.