Egon Schiele's portraits

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Egon Schiele's portraits

by pareekbharat86 » Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:23 pm
Subjects tend to be vividly but disturbingly portrayed in Egon Schiele's portraits, often his closest friends and relatives.

A) Subjects tend to be vividly but disturbingly portrayed in Egon Schiele's portraits, often his closest friends and relatives.

B) Subjects tend to be vividly but disturbingly portrayed in Egon Schiele's portraits, who were often his closest friends and relatives.

C) Subjects of Egon Schiele's portraits, often his closest friends and relatives, tend to vividly but
disturbingly portrayed.

D) In Egon Schiele's portraits, the subjects, often his closest friends and relatives, tend to be vividly but disturbingly portrayed.

E) Vividly but disturbingly, the subjects portrayed in Egon Schiele's portraits tended to be his closest friends and relatives.

The OA is D.
Please note the pronoun 'his'. 'His' clearly wants to refer to Egon Scheile. However, the antecedent is Egon Scheie's portraits. Is the usage of pronoun 'his' correct here? As I have read, a pronoun cannot refer to a modifier.

Please help.

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by vinay1983 » Mon Oct 14, 2013 1:06 am
pareekbharat86 wrote:Subjects tend to be vividly but disturbingly portrayed in Egon Schiele's portraits, often his closest friends and relatives.

A) Subjects tend to be vividly but disturbingly portrayed in Egon Schiele's portraits, often his closest friends and relatives.'Subjects" are portrayed, so here "often" is modifying "portraits", incorrect.

B) Subjects tend to be vividly but disturbingly portrayed in Egon Schiele's portraits, who were often his closest friends and relatives.Again "who" wrongly modifies portraits, incorrect

C) Subjects of Egon Schiele's portraits, often his closest friends and relatives, tend to vividly but
disturbingly portrayed. Here "tend" incorrectly modifies "subjects", incorrect

D) In Egon Schiele's portraits, the subjects, often his closest friends and relatives, tend to be vividly but disturbingly portrayed. Yes, makes sense. look at this"the subjects" often his relatives, tend to be adcd portryed. Correct

E) Vividly but disturbingly, the subjects portrayed in Egon Schiele's portraits tended to be his closest friends and relatives.Incorrect, "tended" is wrong, awkward construction.

The OA is D.
Please note the pronoun 'his'. 'His' clearly wants to refer to Egon Scheile. However, the antecedent is Egon Scheie's portraits. Is the usage of pronoun 'his' correct here? As I have read, a pronoun cannot refer to a modifier.

Please help.

Bharat.
You can, for example never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to!

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