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by gmat_perfect » Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:35 am
She was an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements as well, so one of the best-known and most well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century was Nannie Helen Burroughs.

(A) She was an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements as well, so one of the best-known and most well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century was Nannie Helen Burroughs.
(B) She was an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements, and Nannie Helen Burroughs also was one of the best-known and well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century.
(C) As an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements, Nannie Helen Burroughs was one of the best-known and most well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century.
(D) As an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements, one of the best-known and well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century was Nannie Helen Burroughs.
(E) Being an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements, one of the best-known and most well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century was Nannie Helen Burroughs.

[spoiler]OA: C[/spoiler]
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by sumanr84 » Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:32 am
gmat_perfect wrote:She was an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements as well, so one of the best-known and most well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century was Nannie Helen Burroughs.

(A) She was an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements as well, so one of the best-known and most well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century was Nannie Helen Burroughs.
(B) She was an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements, and Nannie Helen Burroughs also was one of the best-known and well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century.
(C) As an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements, Nannie Helen Burroughs was one of the best-known and most well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century.
(D) As an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements, one of the best-known and well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century was Nannie Helen Burroughs.
(E) Being an educator, a builder of institutions and organizations, and a major figure in the Black church and secular feminist movements, one of the best-known and most well-respected African Americans of the early twentieth century was Nannie Helen Burroughs.

[spoiler]OA: C[/spoiler]
As I quoted earlier also, whenever you see the entire line for correction, more often than not, look for Modifier problem.
Look for the Subject and try to put it as close as possible to modifiers rather than delaying it till the end of sentence.

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by outreach » Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:27 am
c
a and b - pronoun does not have antecedent
e - being
d - modifier error
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by crackerman » Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:41 pm
Best one C.

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by tanviet » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:50 pm
Pls, explain, Why B is wrong?

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by luiscarlos59 » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:03 pm
can anyone explain what's wrong in detail on A B C

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by ArunangsuSahu » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:06 pm
"and N Hellen" makes (B) wrong

(C) is the answer

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by imskpwr » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:30 pm
OA C.

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by tuanquang269 » Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:53 pm
B is wrong because "she" is ambiguous. We do not know what exactly "she" stand for. The correct choice is C.

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by [email protected] » Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:20 am
For the first time I have seen a modifier question using the conjunction 'as' inorder to modify the noun or the main subject in the sentence...
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by tanviet » Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:42 am
In B, "she" can refer to Hellen


B is correct. Pls, help,explain.

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by avik.ch » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:04 am
duongthang wrote:In B, "she" can refer to Hellen


B is correct. Pls, help,explain.
Please refer this construction.

A novelist, dramatist and writer, Mr.X ( all the three modifies Mr.X )

A novelist, dramatist, writer, and Mr. X were....( here all three does not modify Mr.X, the subject consists of all these 4 items ) - This is the same problem in B.

Regarding to your specific doubt - She do refer to Helen. But this is not the problem here.

Hope this helps !!

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by shekhar.kataria » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:53 am
Hi Avik

I have a doubt here that contradicts your saying that B could refer to Helen in the present Structure of the sentence. Because here we have two independant clauses joined with AND, she cannot refer to Helen. Noun for She should have been before she or this clause would have acted as modifier.

I believe the sentence would be correct in present situation if we use Helen by replacing she. OR
the two clauses need to interchange and then she will clearly refer to Helen.

I hope i am clear in making my point.
avik.ch wrote:
duongthang wrote:In B, "she" can refer to Hellen


B is correct. Pls, help,explain.
Please refer this construction.

A novelist, dramatist and writer, Mr.X ( all the three modifies Mr.X )

A novelist, dramatist, writer, and Mr. X were....( here all three does not modify Mr.X, the subject consists of all these 4 items ) - This is the same problem in B.

Regarding to your specific doubt - She do refer to Helen. But this is not the problem here.

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by avik.ch » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:11 pm
shekhar.kataria wrote:Hi Avik

I have a doubt here that contradicts your saying that B could refer to Helen in the present Structure of the sentence. Because here we have two independant clauses joined with AND, she cannot refer to Helen. Noun for She should have been before she or this clause would have acted as modifier.

I believe the sentence would be correct in present situation if we use Helen by replacing she. OR
the two clauses need to interchange and then she will clearly refer to Helen.

I hope i am clear in making my point.
Yes, you are correct !! I got mistaken.

But B has some other major problem, which I posted above - its not about pronoun "she". I think you will agree with that.

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by patanjali.purpose » Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:22 am
shekhar.kataria wrote:I have a doubt here that contradicts your saying that B could refer to Helen in the present Structure of the sentence. Because here we have two independant clauses joined with AND, she cannot refer to Helen. Noun for She should have been before she or this clause would have acted as modifier.

I believe the sentence would be correct in present situation if we use Helen by replacing she. OR
the two clauses need to interchange and then she will clearly refer to Helen.
IMO Pronoun can come before its noun, for example: Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence as an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.

B will still be incorrect if replace SHE with HELEN.

IMO B is incorrect because the sentence does not convey the idea properly: The first independent clause (IC) and 2nd IC are placed in parallel and therefore it appears as if the Ist IC does not play any role in "HELEN BEING THE best-known and well-respected African Americans..".