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Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. A. Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win B. She turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and novelist Selma Lagerlöf in 1909 became the first woman as well as the first Swedish writer that won C. Selma Lagerlöf was a novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and in 1909 she became the first woman in addition to the first Swedish writer winning D. A novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, Selma Lagerlöf became in 1909 the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win E. As a novelist, Selma Lagerlöf turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 becoming the first woman and also the first Swedish writer that won explanations welcome
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
09 Sep 2008, 11:52
A for me.
All the other options include "turned away" for "turning away" in the modifier of the original sentence, which seems wrong.
Also, in A, the modifier is correctly placed before the subject.
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
09 Sep 2008, 11:59
scthakur wrote: A for me.
All the other options include "turned away" for "turning away" in the modifier of the original sentence, which seems wrong.
Also, in A, the modifier is correctly placed before the subject. i think A is incorrect. Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf the comma should be immediately followed by Selma Lagerlöf. IMO C IS THE ANSWER.
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
09 Sep 2008, 12:07
GMBA85 wrote: scthakur wrote: A for me.
All the other options include "turned away" for "turning away" in the modifier of the original sentence, which seems wrong.
Also, in A, the modifier is correctly placed before the subject. i think A is incorrect. Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf the comma should be immediately followed by Selma Lagerlöf. IMO C IS THE ANSWER. I re-looked at the question.......I will go for D. She looks awkward with " in addition to the first....".
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
09 Sep 2008, 16:54
D
C is wordy and slightly awkward in using "winning"
E the start of the sentence doesn't make much sense.
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
09 Sep 2008, 18:15
stallone wrote: D
C is wordy and slightly awkward in using "winning"
E the start of the sentence doesn't make much sense. Answer is E !!oops i overlooked winning in C an marked C as answer.  Thanks for explanations !!
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
09 Sep 2008, 20:04
spriya wrote: stallone wrote: D
C is wordy and slightly awkward in using "winning"
E the start of the sentence doesn't make much sense. Answer is E !!oops i overlooked winning in C an marked C as answer. Thanks for explanations !! No one came up with the correct answer! E does make sense. 
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
09 Sep 2008, 22:54
spriya wrote: stallone wrote: D
C is wordy and slightly awkward in using "winning"
E the start of the sentence doesn't make much sense. Answer is E !!oops i overlooked winning in C an marked C as answer. Thanks for explanations !! What is the explanation for OA? After knowing OA, E makes sense. But, not sure, why D is wrong.
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
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scthakur wrote: spriya wrote: stallone wrote: D
C is wordy and slightly awkward in using "winning"
E the start of the sentence doesn't make much sense. Answer is E !!oops i overlooked winning in C an marked C as answer. Thanks for explanations !! What is the explanation for OA? After knowing OA, E makes sense. But, not sure, why D is wrong. OA is D !! I just by mistake wrote OA as E apologies!!!
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
10 Sep 2008, 06:18
spriya wrote: Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
A. Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win
B. She turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and novelist Selma Lagerlöf in 1909 became the first woman as well as the first Swedish writer that won
C. Selma Lagerlöf was a novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and in 1909 she became the first woman in addition to the first Swedish writer winning
D. A novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, Selma Lagerlöf became in 1909 the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win
E. As a novelist, Selma Lagerlöf turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 becoming the first woman and also the first Swedish writer that won
explanations welcome yeah, I came up with D as my answer. Here's my explanation: (A) The sentence started with "Turning" in present participle, so you know that present participle always either modify the subject or the action made by the subject. Either way, because the present participle begins the sentence, you know that it's going to modify subject because its structure in the sentence suggest a modifying phrase. So what comes right after the comma? "in 1909" can not be the subject that is doing the turning....so wrong (B) She turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and novelist Selma Lagerlöf in 1909 became the first woman as well as the first Swedish writer that won The "that" in option B suggests that there is another "first Swedish writer" who didn't win the Nobel Prize for Literature? doesn't make sense (C) "in 1909 she became the first woman in addition to the first Swedish writer"....so she became the first women??? well, that's good to know....notice that there is no main verb following this...she became the first women in what??? The "winning" is not a verb, so the main structure of the sentence ends in "in addition to the first Swedish write." doesn't complete the actual thought of the sentence. (D) Correct....we have the modifier followed by the appropriate subject "Selma Lagerlöf." Then we have the main verb "win" following "the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to." So this option completes the structure and the thought of the sentence. (E) " in 1909 becoming the first woman and also the first Swedish writer that won." "in 1909" became the first women?? so now calendar years can be either males or females??? heheh....
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
12 Sep 2008, 00:38
Answer: D  Made me sweat...
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
12 Oct 2009, 23:07
tarek99 wrote: Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
D. A novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, Selma Lagerlöf became in 1909 the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win
(D) Correct....we have the modifier followed by the appropriate subject "Selma Lagerlöf." Then we have the main verb "win" following "the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to." So this option completes the structure and the thought of the sentence.
Agree to (D) yet I think that who turned away from literary realism to writing will be more appropriate construction. Am I right?
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
24 Oct 2009, 16:15
spriya wrote: stallone wrote: D
C is wordy and slightly awkward in using "winning"
E the start of the sentence doesn't make much sense. OA is E !!oops i overlooked winning in C an marked C as answer. Thanks for explanations !! OK! I almost had a heart attack trying to convince myself E was correct, but it is OK. hahaha  thanks, dude!
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
25 Oct 2009, 12:51
I got D, couldn't believe E as OA. but thanks to correction, D is OA
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
26 Oct 2009, 05:44
Was D vs E for me initially
But "that won" in E convinced me for D
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
27 Oct 2009, 18:06
For me, D is the best choice
In E, ... writer that won !!! "that" must be "who"
If I remember correctly, I believe that one never uses "that" to modify people in GMAT.
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
08 Feb 2010, 04:33
Does not sound "and also" in D a little bit redundant? Thanks,
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
11 Feb 2010, 23:28
D for me.... THis question is worth adding to the permanetn archive...and to each individua error log...
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
02 Apr 2010, 08:09
Everything in D sounds good to me besides the beginning:
A novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, Selma Lagerlöf became in 1909 the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win
How can the sentence start with "A novelist..."? In my opinion we have no connection with the sentence starting with "Selma Lagerlöf".
Sounds totally awkward to me!
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Re: sc-literary realism [#permalink]
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noboru wrote: Does not sound "and also" in D a little bit redundant?
Thanks, Could anybody answer this question please? I have seen many OE saying that and also is redundat. Thanks,
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