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Each of William Kennedy's novels in the "Albany [#permalink]
 19 Dec 2004, 12:21
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15. Each of William Kennedy's novels in the "Albany Trilogy"-Ironweed, Legs, and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game-are set in the area around Albany, New York, a region whose history also suggested some details of the novels' plots.
(A) Each of William Kennedy's novels in the "Albany Trilogy"-Ironweed, Legs, and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game-are set in the area around Albany, New York,
(B) Ironweed, Legs, and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game-each of them novels in William Kennedy's "Albany Trilogy"-are set in the area around Albany, New York,
(C) William Kennedy's "Albany trilogy" novels-Ironweed, Legs, and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game-are all set in the area around Albany, New York,
(D) Novels by William Kennedy-Ironweed, Legs, and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game-each one of the "Albany Trilogy" novels, is set in the area around Albany, New York,
(E) Novels by William Kennedy-Ironweed, Legs, and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game-every one of the "Albany Trilogy" novels are set in the area around Albany, New York,
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Step 1: What's the subject of the verb "are"? It's "each" from the beginning of the sentence. Each is singular, so "are," being plural, is incorrect. Eliminate choices (A) and (B).
Step 2: The sentence can correct this error in one of two ways: it can make "each" plural and keep the plural verb, or keep "each" singular and offer a singular verb. Choice (C) has "novels…are" so it's okay. Choice (D) gives you "novels…is" so eliminate it. Choice (E) gives you "every one…are" so eliminate it.
Step 3: Choice (C) remains.
Step 4: William Kennedy's "Albany trilogy" novels-Ironweed, Legs, and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game-are all set in the area around Albany, New York, a region whose history also suggested some details of the novels' plots. Yes.
The question is (B) is not wrong as the explaination said because "each" is in the modify phrase. Can someone tell me why (B) is wrong?
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'B' should have a singular verb 'is' instead of 'are' to go with the subject 'each of them'
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'B' is wrong because of incorrect usage of pronoun "them" and not because of 'each---are' combination
The usage of 'are' is correct in choice B, because 'each' is in the modifying clause. i,e, you can read the sentence correctly, by neglecting the portion within dashes.
in that case, the sentence will become "Ironweed, Legs, and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game-are set in the area around Albany, New York,......blah blah.,," which is perfect.
However, the problem is with the modifying phrase itself.
.....each of them novels in William Kennedy's "Albany Trilogy...... its incorrect use of "them".
You cannot use "them" to refer to books. Had it been "these", then the sentence wud have been correct.
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