Sentence Correction

A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(A) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(B) Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(C) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(D) Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(E) Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy


The correct answer is C, but in this sentence I understand that the brown rice is considered a gourmet delicacy. I would have chosen D or E.

Choice D after removing extra phrases: Most Japanese consider genmai-cha as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama. - this changes the meaning as in actual sentence Japanese do not consider genmaicha virtually unavailable outside Yo.....

Choice E after removing extra phrases : most Japanese consider genmai-cha a gourmet delicacy - which again is not the intended meaning.

Choic C is grammatically correct choice with the intended meaning intact and clear

What about B ??

All choices contain incorect idiom consider to be, should be - consider XY or consider tea a delicacy.
E have correct idiom but I seem it has modifier error.
So C is the best answer.

Yes, C is correct because it uses the correct idiom: Consider X Y.

E is wrong, because that option has modifier error: Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai.... In this, Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama modifies most Japanese! Which is incorrect! It should modify the tea!

molt_llest wrote:A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(A) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(B) Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(C) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(D) Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(E) Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy


The correct answer is C, but in this sentence I understand that the brown rice is considered a gourmet delicacy. I would have chosen D or E.

I chose C.

I don't think that in C brown rice is considered a gourmet delicacy, but green tea itself. There are two sentences conjunct-ed with "and", so for the second half of the sentence, green tea is the subject, as it is for the first half.

I hope I made myself clear!

What say?

I discarded C because of its usage of IT

Can someone just elaborate on usage of IT in the given choice C.

1) When is the usage of IT acceptable ? is it true that if IT clause is a subordinate clause it can refer to the noun of the main clause ?

winner's attitude wrote:I discarded C because of its usage of IT

Can someone just elaborate on usage of IT in the given choice C.

1) When is the usage of IT acceptable ? is it true that if IT clause is a subordinate clause it can refer to the noun of the main clause ?

"It" can absolutely refer to a noun in the main clause from within a subordinate clause. In fact, "it" can refer to something in a completely separate sentence.

I walked to the store in the rain. I was disappointed to find out it was closed.

"It" works the same way other pronouns do -- you can use it when its referent is unambiguous. The only other noun to which it could refer is "brown rice"; if we wanted to say that brown rice was rare, the sentence would be better-written with that closer to "rice". As it is, the sentence is a sequence of three statements about this tea: genmai-cha contains X and is considered Y, though it is Z.