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by Indradeep » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:56 am
Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he also received an education from English-speaking teachers.

(A) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds;
(B) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was
(C) Like many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant, living in two worlds, was
(D) As with many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was
(E) As with many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds;

Try to figure out how "he also" fits in the sentence.
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by codesnooker » Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:58 am
IMO (A) because we are comparing nouns.
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by GMATters1001 » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:02 am
I'm going with A. I think that to get rid of the semicolon would require the independent clause to have an "and" before it. Otherwise I think it is a run on. "Many another" is idiomatically incorrect.

Is "as with" idiomatically incorrect here? If so, why?
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by iamcste » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:37 am
Not to forget ; in A

Structure: Independent Clause 1; Independent clause 2 ( related to IC1)


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by vivek.kapoor83 » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:10 am
but in my opinion , in A we have independent clause.... but after semicolon, i dont think it is independent clause , it is subordinate clause..if i am not missing anything and we can use semicolon, if it would have been indepedent clause.
Is the second part after semicolon is independent clause. or subordinate.
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by iamcste » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:51 am
vivek.kapoor83 wrote:but in my opinion , in A we have independent clause.... but after semicolon, i dont think it is independent clause , it is subordinate clause..if i am not missing anything and we can use semicolon, if it would have been indepedent clause.
Is the second part after semicolon is independent clause. or subordinate.

its independent
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by karmayogi » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:51 am
IMO A.

The clause after ; is indeed an independent clause.
1st independent clause: Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds;

2nd independent clause: Born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he(Joseph Brant) also received an education from English-speaking teachers.
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by nervesofsteel » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:27 am
Yes should be A..
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by ronniecoleman » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:23 am
Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he also received an education from English-speaking teachers.

(A) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds;

Correct

(B) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was

Sentence fragmentation

(C) Like many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant, living in two worlds, was

Like many another---doesnot make sense + Sentence fragmentation

(D) As with many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was

As only starts a clause

(E) As with many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds;

As only starts a clause..
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by orel » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:30 am
what is wrong with B?
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by iamcste » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:47 am
Feruza Matyakubova wrote:what is wrong with B?


Opening modifier "Like many others of his generation of..." , must modify Person

Secondly, second part of the sentence is mixed up with first creating an awkward construction


A solves both these issues of modifier by putting person first and using a ;
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by Spring2009 » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:44 am
A makes sense, but I don't see anything wrong with B.
In B, "living in 2 worlds" can modify "Native American leaders"
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by orel » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:33 am
IMO if there were no comma after "....leaders" B option would be correct

right?
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by iamcste » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:41 am
Feruza Matyakubova wrote:IMO if there were no comma after "....leaders" B option would be correct

right?

Sentence startes with "Like many others ..."

hence we should bring the "person" who is compared as close as posssible to this description

Even if you remove the comma, living two worlds would come in between description and person to be compared and sounds akwward...

If you remove comma and also "living two words" -what option A did

That would make the modification correct
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by maihuna » Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:26 pm
Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders modifies Joseph Brant and not the phrase living in two worlds...hope it clarifies...
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