Sentence Correction

Dear Friends,

I was having problems in answering the following question.

Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work
both rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie (The Lion) Smith and Duke
Ellington, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream jazz repertory.

A. Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work
both rooted
B. Thelonious Monk, the jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work that was
rooted both
C. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, who produced a body of work rooted
D. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work that was
rooted
E. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work rooted both


Please help.

OA after some discussions.

My choice was option E

Regards
Deano.

I went with:

[spoiler]D. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work that was
rooted [/spoiler]

Clueless. Shouldn't there be a 'comma' between composer and thelonious monk in C D E ?

Both X and Y
both in X and in Y is the right usage

But D doesn't make any sense

sam2304 wrote:Clueless. Shouldn't there be a 'comma' between composer and thelonious monk in C D E ?

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I do not know any grammatical reason why this is correct but yes it is. It is absolutely OK.

usage of both is wrong here.hence eliminate A,B and E. the structure can be rooted in ...of while both of Smith and of Duke.

usage of who is awkward. Also he does not have a clear antecedent. C eliminated.

D usage of pronoun that is correct here.He refers to T. Monk.
D it is.

It must be "was rooted" Between choice B and D. I prefer D. "both" is not necessary here, we have "yet" in the non-underlined part. "both" have to go with "and", not "yet".

OA is option D. Can some body explain the problem with option Ein more detail?

Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work
both rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie (The Lion) Smith and Duke
Ellington, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream jazz repertory.

A. Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work
both rooted
B. Thelonious Monk, the jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work that was
rooted both
C. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, who produced a body of work rooted
D. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work that was
rooted
E. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work rooted both

Hi dean jones,

E states that Thelonious Monk produced a body of work rooted both. It is missing 'that was' before rooted. Additionally both is unnecessary here and that is the main reason why E is incorrect.

Best of luck.

I am not sure 'that was' is needed in (E)

idiom is both X and Y; X and Y need to be parallel.

rooted in in the stride-piano tradition of both smith and duke -> is fine;

Dean Jones wrote:Dear Friends,

I was having problems in answering the following question.

Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work
both rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie (The Lion) Smith and Duke
Ellington, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream jazz repertory.

A. Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work
both rooted
B. Thelonious Monk, the jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work that was
rooted both
C. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, who produced a body of work rooted
D. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work that was
rooted
E. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work rooted both


Please help.

OA after some discussions.

My choice was option E

Regards
Deano.

In A, both rooted...and Duke Ellington is not parallel. The structure required here is both ROOTED in X and VERBed + preposition + Y. Eliminate A.

In B and E, rooted both in the stride-rooted tradition...and Duke Ellington is not parallel. The structure required here is rooted both IN X and IN Y. Eliminate B and E.

In C, the subject of the first clause (Thelonious Monk) lacks a verb. Eliminate C.

The correct answer is D.