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Giuseppe Alessi

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by ranjeet75 » Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:14 am
Giuseppe Alessi, a world-class chef whose life has been a search for the genuine and the
delicious in Florentine cooking, is an accomplished scholar not only unearthing many of his
recipes from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts but also a poet and philosopher who draws
his inspiration from the idyllic frescoes of Etruscan tombs.
A. not only unearthing many of his recipes from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts but also a
poet and philosopher who draws
B. unearthing many of his recipes both from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, as well as a
poet and a philosopher who draws
C. who unearths many of his recipes from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, as well as a poet
and a philosopher who draws
D. who unearths many of his recipes from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, but also a poet
and a philosopher drawing
E. who unearths many of his recipes from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, a poet and
philosopher drawing

OA is [spoiler]C[/spoiler]

I just want to know that whether the use "a poet and a philosopher who draws" is right. it should be "draw" - plural. Moreover the use of "as well as"
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by MakeUrTimeCount » Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:05 am
Here we are talking about one person only. So use of 'draws' is idiomatic.

Please see this construction:
Ranjeet is a student and a player, who has some scope in his life.


Use of "as well as" is allowed here. The underline part should start telling about the person. So A and B are out.
In D: but also does not have "not only" so Out.
In E: drawing signifies that something is happening at the moment. Also parallelism (with unearths) is broken here.
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by ArunangsuSahu » Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:48 am
(C) is correct...The only other correct form would have been

"not only an accomplished scholar unearthing many of his
recipes from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts but also a poet and philosopher who draws
his inspiration from the idyllic frescoes of Etruscan tombs.
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by chris@magoosh » Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:59 pm
In reference to your question regarding the use of 'draw', keep in mind that the subject
is Alessi (sing.) not poet and philosopher. So if we asks, who draws? the answer is Alessi.
A poet and a philosopher are not drawing. 'Poet and philosopher' are two things Alessi
is considered.

Hope that made sense :).
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by Sharma_Gaurav » Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:24 am
choice C is correct.
It is parallel with rest of the sentence and also gets rid of broken " not only ...but also " construction which is wrong in other choices.
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by coderversion1 » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:43 am
Parallelism, idiom ‘as well as’, ING usage and meaning.

A – not only X but also Y. X and Y should be parallel and similar in construction. X - unearthing many of his recipes from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts is not parallel to Y - a poet and philosopher who draws his inspiration from the idyllic frescoes of Etruscan tombs.

B – ‘unearthing’ is wrong usage, gives rise to a phrase without a verb which is not parallel to what follows ‘as well as’ which has a verb. ‘who draws’ not parallel to ‘unearthing’, as well as after comma is not perfect. X as well as Y. X and Y should be parallel.

C – Seems CORRECT. X as well as Y. X and Y is perfectly parallel.

D – ‘but also’ is used incorrectly. Correct idiom is ‘not only .. but also ..’. ‘drawing’ used as adjective cause two sides of as well as to become un parallel.

E – ‘a poet and philosopher drawing ..’ changes meaning of sentence by shifting focus to poet and philosopher, while Alessi is primarily a poet and philosopher.
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