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Re: Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured the [#permalink] New post   25 Dec 2022, 21:05
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Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured the preparation of great quantities of ceremonial food, the wearing of many layers of colorful clothing adorned with silver, and the recounting of traditional tribal jokes and stories.


(A) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured

(B) Festivals were held in Aho, a Kiowa matriarch's home, which featured

(C) Aho, who was a Kiowa matriarch in her home, held festivals featuring

(D) In her home, Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals that featured ----> correct

(E) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home that featured


I understand D is the correct answer among others, yet i don't understand whether Aho is referring to "her" or "home". Can anyone explain?
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SatvikVedala wrote:
I understand D is the correct answer among others, yet i don't understand whether Aho is referring to "her" or "home". Can anyone explain?

Well, as long as you understand that D is correct, then it's easy.

If Aho had referred to home, there would be no comma needed after a Kiowa matriarch.

In fact, then a better sentence would have been:

In her home 'Aho', a Kiowa matriarch held festivals....
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Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured the preparation of great quantities of ceremonial food, the wearing of many layers of colorful clothing adorned with silver, and the recounting of traditional tribal jokes and stories.


(A) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured

(B) Festivals were held in Aho, a Kiowa matriarch's home, which featured

(C) Aho, who was a Kiowa matriarch in her home, held festivals featuring

(D) In her home, Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals that featured ----> correct

(E) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home that featured


I understand D is the correct answer among others, yet i don't understand whether Aho is referring to "her" or "home". Can anyone explain?


Hello SatvikVedala,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, in this context, "Aho" is more likely to be the name of a person - the matriarch: it is of course typical to grant a proper name to a person, but it is relatively rare to do the same for domiciles, so we can reasonably conclude that "Aho" is a person, not the "home".

We hope this helps.
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Re: Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured the [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2022, 05:03
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I have doubt on E, why 'that' modifies but not festivals. Because I read a rule 'that' modifies nearest grammatically and logically eligible word. But this questions seems to be an exception. Please explain....


Also as you mentioned, 'that' modifies the nearest grammatically and logically eligible word.
Here, "home" is also a "grammatically correct" word but meaning wise it is wrong.

Even I had similar doubts, hope this helps.
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