Sentence Correction

Indian English, after North American and British the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

A. the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is
B. the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, it is
C. is the most widely spoken among the many global varieties of English,
D. being the most widely spoken among the many global varieties of English, is
E. it is the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English,

[spoiler]OA: A[/spoiler]

IMO A .

Whats the source ?

I just googled it and found that came from 'GMAT Plus Book 2 Problem #38'

Indian English, after North American and British the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

A. the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is
B. the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, it is
C. is the most widely spoken among the many global varieties of English,
D. being the most widely spoken among the many global varieties of English, is
E. it is the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English,

In A it should have been "after North American and British english". I feel that due to this A option seems to be wrong...............

Indian English, after North American and British the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

I believe there should be either a comma placed after British/British English (considering aspirant's proposal) or a connector should be placed.

Indian English, after North American and British English, the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

or

Indian English, after North American and British English is the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

Please let me know your thoughts.

That's why I posted this in here. OTL
It seems little awkward to me.

bubbliiiiiiii wrote:Indian English, after North American and British the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

I believe there should be either a comma placed after British/British English (considering aspirant's proposal) or a connector should be placed.

Indian English, after North American and British English, the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

or

Indian English, after North American and British English is the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

Please let me know your thoughts.

kkckc wrote:Indian English, after North American and British the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

A. the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is
B. the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, it is
C. is the most widely spoken among the many global varieties of English,
D. being the most widely spoken among the many global varieties of English, is
E. it is the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English,

[spoiler]OA: A[/spoiler]

Hey guys, first of all the question is not edited properly, the underline portion should cover the verb IS also...see the above edited version...now if this is the question, the quickest way to solve is:

Indian English, after North American and British the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

The part in blue is a modifier enclosed in COMMA and the subject is Indian English which requires verb after the COMMA...only Op A and Op D fulfill this demand...and Op A is clearly better than Op D...Op D is diseased as it is using BEING

aspirant2011 wrote:Indian English, after North American and British the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

A. the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is
B. the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, it is
C. is the most widely spoken among the many global varieties of English,
D. being the most widely spoken among the many global varieties of English, is
E. it is the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English,

In A it should have been "after North American and British english". I feel that due to this A option seems to be wrong...............

The prepositional phrase is "fronted", which makes it feel a little unusual; it would feel less so in the order Indian English, the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English after North American and British, . . . but is still a little elliptical in any case. Leaving out repeated nouns is very, very common in journalism.

Please provide explanation to this one.

Thanks
Mankey

Ignore this post pls. Thanks

Please ignore my first post on this sentence. I committed a mistake in POE and landed up with a wrong answer. I thought over it and worked it out in a new light.

Indian English, after North American and British the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues.

A. the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, is
B. the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English, it is
C. is the most widely spoken among the many global varieties of English,
D. being the most widely spoken among the many global varieties of English, is
E. it is the most widely spoken of the many global varieties of English,


Error analysis: The underlined modifier does not state clearly if it is modifying the Indian English or the British (English).

Choice Analysis. A) 1) Modifier "the most..." is confusing.

B) 1) Pronoun "it" is redundant because its noun antecedent Indian English is the subject of the sentence and there is no new clause in the sentence that requires the mention of the subject again in the form of pronoun.

C) This is the correct answer. The modifier "it is..." although placed a little far away from the noun Indian English, modifies it correctly as being the most spoken form of English after North American and British. Modifier "evolving" correctly modifies the subject Indian English. If we change the placement of a few phrases in the sentence, then it would read as: Indian English is the most widely spoken among the many global varieties of English, after North American and British, evolving into one of the world's distinctive tongues. I now understand what Jim@Grockit meant when he said that the phrase "after North American and British" is "fronted".

D) Modifier "being..." actually seems to be modifying the noun British which is incorrect.

E) Pronoun "it" is ambiguous whether it refers to British or to Indian English.