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Isley Brothers

by jain2016 » Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:41 am
The first two albums released by the Isley Brothers, an African-American musical group, pictured white people on their covers, because record executives assumed that white consumers would not purchase albums with pictures of African-American artists on them.

A) The first two albums released by the Isley Brothers, an African-American musical group, pictured white people on their covers

B) The Isley Brothers' first two albums, an African-American musical group, pictured white people on their covers

C) An African-American musical group, the first two albums released by the Isley Brothers pictured white people on their covers

D) The first two albums released by the Isley Brothers, an African-American musical group who pictured white people on their covers

E) The first two albums released by African-American musical group the Isley Brothers were picturing white people on their covers

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Hi Experts ,

I got this one right, just want to know that is the usage of WHO in option D right or wrong?

Please explain if yes or no.

Many thanks in advance.

SJ

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by chetan.sharma » Fri Apr 22, 2016 6:12 am
jain2016 wrote:The first two albums released by the Isley Brothers, an African-American musical group, pictured white people on their covers, because record executives assumed that white consumers would not purchase albums with pictures of African-American artists on them.

A) The first two albums released by the Isley Brothers, an African-American musical group, pictured white people on their covers

B) The Isley Brothers' first two albums, an African-American musical group, pictured white people on their covers

C) An African-American musical group, the first two albums released by the Isley Brothers pictured white people on their covers

D) The first two albums released by the Isley Brothers, an African-American musical group who pictured white people on their covers

E) The first two albums released by African-American musical group the Isley Brothers were picturing white people on their covers

OAA

Hi Experts ,

I got this one right, just want to know that is the usage of WHO in option D right or wrong?

Please explain if yes or no.

Many thanks in advance.

SJ
Hi,
No usage of who is incorrect..
'who' is supposed to MODIFY a person, but here it is modifying a group which is not a living thing..
Apart from that D misses out on VERB