ayushiiitm wrote:
According to me, the modifier should be followed by what is modified. So I would have always gone with A
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Hi ayushiiitm,
Thanks for posting this question, and Andrea, thanks for answering! Andrea provided a clear and concise explanation of how to reach the correct answer. That being said, there is a technical explanation to the question you asked in your original post, and while it's not something to worry about under test condition, I just wanted to chime in and provide that detailed solution so you know where Kaplan was coming from when we decided to test you on this.
"Best known" is a descriptive phrase. However, it functions as the subject (which must be a noun) of the sentence. That's due to a concept known as 'ellipsis,' or the omission of words that are grammatically necessary for a correct sentence but have already been stated or clearly implied by the rest of the text. In this case, the noun phrase "The best known" really means "The best known [person who brought about the reformation]." Of course, we would never actually type that whole mess out since we
started the sentence with "Of all the people who brought about the reformation" and saying that twice would be a mouthful. Thus, "The best known" IS a person, and can correctly be modified by "Of all the people..." without introducing a modification error.
Good luck, and thanks again to Andrea!
Eli
