Sentence Correction

17. Despite Beethoven's traditional status as the first great Romantic composer, he is considered by some musicologists
to be the last great composer of the Classical era.
"¢ Despite Beethoven's traditional status as the first great Romantic composer, he is considered by some musicologists
to be the last great composer of the Classical era.
"¢ Despite Beethoven's traditional status as the first great Romantic composer, he is considered the last great composer
of the Classical era by some musicologists.
"¢ Although his status is traditionally as the first great Romantic composer, Beethoven is considered as being the last
great composer of the Classical era by some musicologists.
"¢ Despite his traditional status as the first great Romantic composer, Beethoven is considered the last great composer
of the Classical era by some musicologists.
"¢ Although he is traditionally considered to be the first great Romantic composer, some musicologists consider Beethoven as the last great composer of the Classical era.

Is it E? Tough to choose between D and E.

I didnt like " by some " in D.

Please take sometime to underline the part of the question under study.
Also please reveal the OA only in spoiler

Considered 'to be' is wrong in E.

theperegrine wrote:Considered 'to be' is wrong in E.

It is, but this is one that trips up a lot of people because it's used so commonly.

Can you please refrain from posting correct answer in the subject itself. Use spoiler for the answer in the post please.

hkstrz wrote:17. Despite Beethoven's traditional status as the first great Romantic composer, he is considered by some musicologists
to be the last great composer of the Classical era.
"¢ Despite Beethoven's traditional status as the first great Romantic composer, he is considered by some musicologists
to be the last great composer of the Classical era.
"¢ Despite Beethoven's traditional status as the first great Romantic composer, he is considered the last great composer
of the Classical era by some musicologists.
"¢ Although his status is traditionally as the first great Romantic composer, Beethoven is considered as being the last
great composer of the Classical era by some musicologists.
"¢ Despite his traditional status as the first great Romantic composer, Beethoven is considered the last great composer
of the Classical era by some musicologists.
"¢ Although he is traditionally considered to be the first great Romantic composer, some musicologists consider Beethoven as the last great composer of the Classical era.

Can someone please tell the difference between B and D and why to choose one over the other.

confuse mind wrote:Can someone please tell the difference between B and D and why to choose one over the other.

B uses the pronoun "his" without a noun for it to refer to; Beethoven is used as an adjective.