Sentence Correction

Unlike the low status accorded the craftwork of many women settlers in the nineteenth-century American West, Native American women of the Plains tribes often received public recognition, wealth, and prestige for their craftwork.

(B) Unlike many women settlers in the nineteenth-century American West, whose craftwork was accorded low status, Native American women of the Plains tribes
(C) Native American women of the Plains tribes, unlike the craftwork of many women settlers in the nineteenth-century American West,
(D) The craftwork of many women settlers in the nineteenth-century American West was accorded low status, while that of the Native American women of the Plains tribes
(E) While low status was accorded the craftwork of many women settlers in the nineteenth-century American West, that of Native American women of the Plains tribes

IMO B

A is missing to in accorded to and reads awkward

C, uses unlike wrong, D, wrong comparison between craftwork and people, E reads awkward

Although "B" looks best....can someone please help me understand is placement of "whose" correct in B...

as per my understanding....whose should modify the nearest noun....but here the nearest noun is American west....shouldn't it be next to Women....

In B. just ignore the clause enclosed in the parantheses. "Native American women..." modifies "women settlers in the..." correctly.


I think the answer is B. as well.

Also "...in the American West" is a preposition so the clause should modify the noun before which is women.

IMO - B

best amongst the worst

cata1yst wrote:Also "...in the American West" is a preposition so the clause should modify the noun before which is women.

Hi Cata1yst,

Can you please shed some light on this rule....

Is it something like whenever we have a prepositional phrase, then the noun preceding the prepositional phrase is modified by noun modifier....

or there are any exceptions to this rule....in some specific cases ?

Thanks
Mohit

When words such as Like, Unlike, while, although is encountered - it means that author is doing some comparision.

In the above comparision, there is a clear comparision about the craftwork between women settlers in the 19th century American west and Native American women.

Other than "B", every option does the wrong comparision.

the answer to me seems to be D. the comparison is between the 2 artworks in D.

in B, the placement of whose creates ambiguity.

the answer should be D.. it clearly compares the craftwork in both the cases..

Answer can't be D... in D 'their' which is in the non-underlined portion of the sentence doesn't refer back to anything ...it introduces pronoun ref error...

IMO B

B is right because

"while" can mean "when" and so is wrong.

other 2 choices make ilogic comparison

Can someone please help in understanding the following thing:

"Although "B" looks best....can someone please help me understand is placement of "whose" correct in B...

as per my understanding....whose should modify the nearest noun....but here the nearest noun is American west....shouldn't it be next to Women...."

I read like this: In the phrase, " whose craftwork was accorded low status, Native American women of the Plains tribes ". if you ask a question : whose craftwork was accorded low status? The answer resides in the previous phrase ( .i.e women settlers).

But is it mandatory that noun reference for whose, who, whom should reside exactly before these words?

viju9162 wrote:I read like this: In the phrase, " whose craftwork was accorded low status, Native American women of the Plains tribes ". if you ask a question : whose craftwork was accorded low status? The answer resides in the previous phrase ( .i.e women settlers).

Logically yes....but I am not sure whether Grammatically this is correct or not ?

viju9162 wrote:But is it mandatory that noun reference for whose, who, whom should reside exactly before these words?

Yes, this is atleast what Manhattan says....

Experts kindly help !!!