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by swati.sug » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:51 pm
According to Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of the “The Godfather” and near to those he most trusted.

1the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of “The Godfather” and near to those he most trusted

2famous because of “The Godfather,” the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town near to those he most trusted

3 the ailing mobster, famous because of “The Godfather,” came to take refuge in Corleone, a town near to those he most trusted

4 near to those he most trusted, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of “The Godfather”

5 Corleone, famous because of “The Godfather,” was the town that the ailing mobster came to take refuge in because it was near to those he most trusted
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by sibbineni » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:05 pm
i was between A and C

IMO A

(A) the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of “The Godfather” and near to those he most trusted

(C)the ailing mobster, famous because of “The Godfather,” came to take refuge in Corleone, a town near to those he most trusted (changes the meaning)
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by swati.sug » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:26 pm
Ya..You are correct ,Ans is A
I am very confused with the modifiers

According to Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of the “The Godfather” and near to those he most trusted.

Please tell me in this sentence why town famous... is not modifying the ailing mobster but is correctly modifying corleaone.

I chose E in spite of its passive voice.Please explain..Will b grt
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by sibbineni » Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:02 pm
The answer could not be E. because of a modifier issue.

According to Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor, Corleone, famous because of “The Godfather,” was the town that the ailing mobster came to take refuge in because it was near to those he most trusted

The first part of the sentence is describing a person, Corleone is a name of a town,in this case, it is a mobster should be used.
so the correct answer has to be " According to Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor, the ailing mobster"

I hope it is clear
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by swati.sug » Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:17 pm
According to Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor
According to X
The first part of the sentence can be used to describe either a place or the person,how can one say that According to X is ailing mobster/corleone.
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by sibbineni » Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:45 pm
According to X modifies person not place......according to me...
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by swati.sug » Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:08 pm
Hey have you read it anywhere........so that i can read for more understanding
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by GmatKiss » Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:27 am
IMO: A
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