Sentence Correction

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.


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

b. famous because of "The Godfather," the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town 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

d. near to those he most trusted, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of "The Godfather"

e. 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


OA is A

I feel that A has ambiguity because the town was famous because A. godfather, and B, it was near to those he most trusted.

I chose E, which is gramatically correct, but more wordy.

Could an expert please help ? Does A not have ambiguity in the meaning?

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.

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

b. famous because of "The Godfather," the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town 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 - MEANING CHANGE

d. near to those he most trusted, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of "The Godfather"

e. 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 - PASSIVE

IMO: A

A is the right answer as it has all the modifiers near to their subjects ( As highlighted by GmatKiss)

GmatKiss wrote: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.

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

b. famous because of "The Godfather," the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town 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 - MEANING CHANGE

d. near to those he most trusted, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of "The Godfather"

e. 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 - PASSIVE

IMO: A

but does A not have ambiguity in the meaning? E although passive, fixes the ambiguity.

A could mean that the town was famous because it was near to those he most trusted, and that's not logical.

yeah A does have an ambiguity as to he refers to what,,, the godfather or the mobster...
but E although passive,,removes the ambiguty
by saying mobster came to take refuge in that town..

can somebdy pls throw some light on this..

can someone pls explain who is he referring to in option A ?

As everyone is down to A and E, let me get on with those 2

A : here 'he' refers to the ailing mobster.
First part of A shows what the prosecutor said, followed by the subject - the ailing mobster.
Then it has what he did. The latter part of the sentence is a modifier, which modifies Corleone. It has 2 modifiers
1. Corleone is famous because of the 'The Godfather'
2. Corleone is near to those 'he' most trusted.

Here there is a list of 2 items - famous and near. Both are parallel. Hence, A is crisp and correct in all terms.

E. Here the first part of the sentence is passive and too wordy.

Hence, IMO A

The opening modifier should modify "the ailing mobster". "a town famous because of the "The Godfather" and near to those he most trusted" - modifies Corleone

Down to A and C

C has modifier errors

Hence A !

fangtray wrote: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.


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

b. famous because of "The Godfather," the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town 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

d. near to those he most trusted, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of "The Godfather"

e. 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


OA is A

I feel that A has ambiguity because the town was famous because A. godfather, and B, it was near to those he most trusted.

I chose E, which is gramatically correct, but more wordy.

Could an expert please help ? Does A not have ambiguity in the meaning?

whats the source of this question? None of the options seems correct. I mean, even with A.....how can a town be near to somebody.??