amostofi1999 wrote:
can somebody please explain why b is wrong?
8 year bump ftw:D
Hello amostofi
I'm glad to help.
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,
Wrong. S-V agreement problem. "each + nouns" ==> singular. Thus, "are" is wrong.
(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,
Wrong. B
switches main subject "each of WK's novels" to modifier. Modifier is just the additional part of the sentence. We can't omit it without meaning changes. But that's not the case here.
(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,
Correct. (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,
Wrong. S-V agreement problem.
(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,
Wrong. If we delete the modifier ==> The sentence becomes:
Novels by WK every one of the "Albany Trilogy novels..." <== very awkward sentence. Definitely wrong.
Hope it helps.