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by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:48 pm
Of the people who bought about the reformation, the religious revolution that grew out of objections to the doctrines of the medieval church, Martin Luther is the best known of them.

(A) Martin Luther is the best known of them.
(B) the best known is Martin Luther
(C) the better known of them was Martin Luther
(D) Martin Luther is better known
(E) the best known one was Martin Luther
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by gmatblood » Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:51 pm
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by 1947 » Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:13 pm
GmatKiss wrote:Of the people who bought about the reformation, the religious revolution that grew out of objections to the doctrines of the medieval church, Martin Luther is the best known of them.

(A) Martin Luther is the best known of them. of them is redundant
(B) the best known is Martin Luther
(C) the better known of them was Martin Luther we need to use best...
(D) Martin Luther is better known
(E) the best known one was Martin Luther
IMO B
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by Mayur Sand » Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:36 pm
The sentence starts with "Of the People" so for parallelism after comma it should name of a person IMO D
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by 1947 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:10 pm
whats the OA for this ?
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by Proleefeek111 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:24 pm
GmatKiss wrote:Of the people who bought about the reformation, the religious revolution that grew out of objections to the doctrines of the medieval church, Martin Luther is the best known of them.

(A) Martin Luther is the best known of them.
(B) the best known is Martin Luther
(C) the better known of them was Martin Luther
(D) Martin Luther is better known
(E) the best known one was Martin Luther
B correctly qualifies Martin Luther as the best amongst those who brought about the reformation. 'better known' is usually used to qualify a noun or pronoun. For e.g.

Ruby is better known as a playwright than a stuntmaster. Both A and E use redundant terms.
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by aspirant2011 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:36 pm
GmatKiss wrote:Of the people who bought about the reformation, the religious revolution that grew out of objections to the doctrines of the medieval church, Martin Luther is the best known of them.

(A) Martin Luther is the best known of them. ---- sentence starts with of the people therefore, we don't require part to start with the name
(B) the best known is Martin Luther
(C) the better known of them was Martin Luther
(D) Martin Luther is better known
(E) the best known one was Martin Luther
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by Mayur Sand » Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:38 pm
I am still not clear on explanation given for B above .Please help
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by smackmartine » Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:52 pm
IMO B
(A) Martin Luther is the best known of them. (Best of them is redundant - Best is sufficient)
(B) the best known is Martin Luther
(C) the better known of them was Martin Luther (Martin Luther is still known)
(D) Martin Luther is better known (unless two entities are compared we cannot use better)
(E) the best known one was Martin Luther. (Martin Luther is still known)
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by avik.ch » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:13 pm
Best is an appropiate usage here because here Martin Luther compared with the rest of the population - superlative degree. Better is inappropiate here.

X is better than Y ( correct ) - its comparative.
But when we want to convey superlative degree, comparing with the rest of pupulation we have to use "best"

So in A, B and E . B is the best.

A - ambigious "them"
E- ambigious "one"

I hope this helps.
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by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:19 pm
I dont have the OA, please share!
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by saketk » Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:42 am
GmatKiss wrote:I dont have the OA, please share!
If I am not wrong this question is from Kaplan. the correct answer is B
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by mankey » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:47 am
Although I chose B over A since it looks better while speaking. But I dont have any convincing answer to justify that. And also according to the parallelism, it doenst look very right. A looks better than B considering parallelism. Can some expert please provide some help on this.

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by avik.ch » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:59 am
saketk wrote:
GmatKiss wrote:I dont have the OA, please share!
If I am not wrong this question is from Kaplan. the correct answer is B
Yes I just checked....It is from Kaplan Verbal Workbook..
OA is B
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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:59 am
GmatKiss wrote:Of the people who brought about the reformation, the religious revolution that grew out of objections to the doctrines of the medieval church, Martin Luther is the best known of them.

(A) Martin Luther is the best known of them.
(B) the best known is Martin Luther
(C) the better known of them was Martin Luther
(D) Martin Luther is better known
(E) the best known one was Martin Luther
Better is used to compare TWO THINGS. Best is used to compare MORE THAN TWO THINGS. Since this SC is comparing the PEOPLE who brought about the reformation, better (in C and D) is incorrect. Eliminate C and D.

In A, of them is redundant with of the people. Eliminate A.

In E, was implies that Martin Luther no longer is the best known. The intended meaning of the sentence is that Martin Luther IS the best known. Eliminate E.

The correct answer is B.
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