ravi67741 wrote:
Q. Wynton and Branford Marsalis, brothers who have fused the complex rhythms of contemporary jazz with the rollicking musical legacy of their hometown, are fitting symbols of the New Orleans jazz revival.
(A) Wynton and Branford Marsalis, brothers who have fused the complex rhythms of contemporary jazz with the rollicking musical legacy of their hometown, are fitting symbols of the New Orleans jazz revival.
(B) Wynton and Branford Marsalis are brothers, have fused the complex rhythms of contemporary jazz with the rollicking musical legacy of their hometown, and are fitting symbols of the New Orleans jazz revival.
(C) The Marsalis brothers, Wynton and Branford, have fused the complex rhythms of contemporary jazz with the rollicking musical legacy of their hometown, which is a fitting symbol of the New Orleans jazz revival.
(D) Fusing the rhythms of contemporary jazz, which are complex, with the rollicking musical legacy of their hometown, Wynton and Branford Marsalis are a fitting symbol of the New Orleans jazz revival.
(E) A fitting symbol of the New Orleans jazz revival are brothers Wynton and Branford Marsalis, who fuse the complex rhythms of contemporary jazz with the rollicking musical legacy of their hometown.
I noticed that SC is a strain to the eye. Parsing the parts of a sentence is taking so much time. Ugh!
(A) Wynton and Branford Marsalis, brothers who have fused the complex rhythms of contemporary jazz with the rollicking musical legacy of their hometown, are fitting symbols of the New Orleans jazz revival.
CORRECT(B)
Wynton and Branford Marsalis are brothers,
have fused the complex rhythms of contemporary jazz with the rollicking musical legacy of their hometown, and are fitting symbols of the New Orleans jazz revival.
are brothers, have fused the complex is not correctly connected or punctuated(C) The Marsalis brothers, Wynton and Branford, have fused the complex rhythms of contemporary jazz with the rollicking musical legacy of their
hometown, which is a fitting symbol of the New Orleans jazz revival.
which is a fitting symbol is incorrectly modifying hometown(D) Fusing the rhythms of contemporary jazz, which are complex, with the rollicking musical legacy of their hometown, Wynton and Branford Marsalis
are a fitting symbol of the New Orleans jazz revival.
ARE is plural and FITTING SYMBOL is singular(E) A fitting symbol of the New Orleans jazz revival are brothers Wynton and Branford Marsalis, who fuse the complex rhythms of contemporary jazz with the rollicking musical legacy of their hometown.
Same reason as D