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by diaca » Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:36 am

According to Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of the "The Godfather" and near to those he most trusted.

(A) the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of "The Godfather" and near to those he most trusted
(B) famous because of "The Godfather," the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town near to those he most trusted
(C) the ailing mobster, famous because of "The Godfather," came to take refuge in Corleone, a town near to those he most trusted
(D) near to those he most trusted, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of "The Godfather"
(E) Corleone, famous because of "The Godfather," was the town that the ailing mobster came to take refuge in because it was near to those he most trusted

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I don't understand how the "The Godfather" and "near to those he most trusted" are parallel. If we did not have the first reason " the godfather", it would sound as follows: a town famous because of the near to those he most trusted.
Does someone know why this parallelism in the modifier sentence is correct?
That is why I prefer E
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:44 am

E has various defects.....................first of all its passive, second its wordy and the most important is that "was the town that the ailing mobster came to take refuge in" should have been near to "corleone" because this part is modifying corleone......................modifier should be placed as close as possible to the thing to which it is modifying..................

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by Night reader » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:25 am

@diaca, those cannot be referenced to town/city - it is referred to people and you have apparently missed the meaning of this sentence

diaca wrote:...
I don't understand how the "The Godfather" and "near to those he most trusted" are parallel. If we did not have the first reason " the godfather", it would sound as follows: a town famous because of the near to those he most trusted.
Does someone know why this parallelism in the modifier sentence is correct?
That is why I prefer E
source Manhattan Gmat

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by diaca » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:34 pm

Night reader wrote:@diaca, those cannot be referenced to town/city - it is referred to people and you have apparently missed the meaning of this sentence
diaca wrote:...
I don't understand how the "The Godfather" and "near to those he most trusted" are parallel. If we did not have the first reason " the godfather", it would sound as follows: a town famous because of the near to those he most trusted.
Does someone know why this parallelism in the modifier sentence is correct?
That is why I prefer E
source Manhattan Gmat

Thanks for your reply. I do understand that those refers to people. What I don't get is that if I introduce "because of" in a sentence, and I am going to give two reasons, those two reasons should be parallel. What I mean is that "godfather" is a noun while near is and adjective of town.
However, now that I read again the sentence I see that "near to those he must trusted" has nothing to do with the because of. If I reorganize the phrases it is more clear: a town near to those he most trusted and famous because of the "The Godfather". So, now I realize why the first sentence is the correct one.

Thanks!

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by Night reader » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:48 pm

yes we are on the same page (somehow you shifted your reply to the end of your post

) because of only may only refer to noun(s) or noun phrases. If you had because as the sub-clause preposition then you could introduce a clause and not noun. Basically, because of should introduce only "Godfather" and the rest just completes the action performed in this sentence.

diaca wrote:
Night reader wrote:@diaca, those cannot be referenced to town/city - it is referred to people and you have apparently missed the meaning of this sentence
diaca wrote:...
I don't understand how the "The Godfather" and "near to those he most trusted" are parallel. If we did not have the first reason " the godfather", it would sound as follows: a town famous because of the near to those he most trusted.
Does someone know why this parallelism in the modifier sentence is correct?
That is why I prefer E
source Manhattan Gmat
Thanks for your reply. I do understand that those refers to people. What I don't get is that if I introduce "because of" in a sentence, and I am going to give two reasons, those two reasons should be parallel. What I mean is that "godfather" is a noun while near is and adjective of town.
However, now that I read again the sentence I see that "near to those he must trusted" has nothing to do with the because of. If I reorganize the phrases it is more clear: a town near to those he most trusted and famous because of the "The Godfather". So, now I realize why the first sentence is the correct one.

Thanks!

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