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by bryan88 » Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:10 am
Each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux-are based on figures from English history, but beyond the characters involved, the plots have no basis in historical fact.

A)Each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-are based on figures from English history
B)Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-each of them Tudor operas of Donizetti-are based on figures from English history
C)Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-are all based on figures from English history
D)Based on English historical figures-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-each one a Tudor opera of Donizetti, is
E)Based on English historical figures, each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-is

Can you please dissect E.
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by bryan88 » Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:22 am
Each is followed by a singular pronoun only when each is the subject of the sentence.
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by killer1387 » Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:12 pm
bryan88 wrote:Each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux-are based on figures from English history, but beyond the characters involved, the plots have no basis in historical fact.

A)Each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-are based on figures from English history
B)Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-each of them Tudor operas of Donizetti-are based on figures from English history --> meaning is changed
C)Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-are all based on figures from English history--> best choice
D)Based on English historical figures-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-each one a Tudor opera of Donizetti, is ---> it modifies The plot and hence the meaning is changed.
E)Based on English historical figures, each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-is--> same as D

Can you please dissect E.
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by GmatKiss » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:52 am
Each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux-are based on figures from English history, but beyond the characters involved, the plots have no basis in historical fact.

A)Each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-are based on figures from English history
B)Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-each of them Tudor operas of Donizetti-are based on figures from English history
C)Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-are all based on figures from English history
D)Based on English historical figures-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-each one a Tudor opera of Donizetti, is
E)Based on English historical figures, each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-is

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by patanjali.purpose » Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:50 pm
bryan88 wrote:Each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux-are based on figures from English history, but beyond the characters involved, the plots have no basis in historical fact.

A)Each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-are based on figures from English history
B)Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-each of them Tudor operas of Donizetti-are based on figures from English history
C)Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-are all based on figures from English history
D)Based on English historical figures-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-each one a Tudor opera of Donizetti, is
E)Based on English historical figures, each of Donizetti's Tudor operas-Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux-is

Can you please dissect E.
A - EACH and ARE do not go together; drop
B - TUDOR OPERAS do not go together with EACH of.. - it should have been OPERA only; drop

D - based on modifies EACH ONE - here ONE comes for AB/MS/RD. This means Based on modifies AB/MS/RD -no problem from that perspective; but what does THE PLOTS refers to? THE PLOTS refer to EACH ONE A TUDOR OPERA...PLURAL/SINGULAR MISMATCH; two verbs are not properly connected (IS, BUT...HAVE..). There is no object for the first clause

E - based n correctly modifies EACH OF OPERAS; THE PLOTS....OPERAS (NO MISMATCH); two verbs are not properly connected (IS, BUT...HAVE..). There is no object for the first clause

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