GMATMadeEasy wrote:@ Mitch
The modifier of the people is describing the best known: the best known of the people is Martin Luther.
Could you explain why we can't start the sentence with martin Luthar ? "of the people" should follow someone fro mpeople no ?
I agree answer should be B .
Example : Among things I hate most, studying for GMAT is the one.
or of the things I hate most, studying for GMAT is the one .
Are the above two are incorrect ?
My argument is that
of the people is not modifying
Martin Luther:
Martin Luther of the people makes no sense. A modifier should be as close as possible to what it's modifying.
Of the people is modifying
the best known, so this noun should be placed after the modifying phrase:
of the people who brought about the Reformation, the best known is Martin Luther.
That being said, I doubt that the GMAT writers would offer two answers whose only difference was
the best known versus
Martin Luther. To cover themselves, the GMAT writers would include other errors (such as the unnecessary
them in answer choice A and the misuse of
better in answer choice D).
Since
studying for the GMAT is
among the things you hate most (we'll talk more about that later), it's correct to say:
Among the things I hate most, studying for the GMAT is the absolute worst.
It just makes me
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