A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomers Cane has

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A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomerâ€™s Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by  Black Americansâ€”the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man. 
 

Black Americansâ€”the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man 
Black Americansâ€”including Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 
a Black Americanâ€”including Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man 
a Black Americanâ€”the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man 
a Black Americanâ€”the others being Richard Wrightâ€™s Native Son and Ralph Ellisonâ€™s Invisible Man

saurabhmalpani · Answer

I also pick E.

because the non underlined posrtion is talking about the THREE NOVELS. so A/C/D can be eliminated. then we need "a black american" NOT "black americans" So that leaves us with E

Saurabh Malpani

chunjuwu · Answer

B it is. 

E implies the tree best novels are written by just one Black American.

Folaa3 · Answer

Between B and E. I pick E. 

If we re-word the sentence and read as:
â€œJean Toomerâ€™s Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americansâ€” the others being Richard Wrightâ€™s Native Son and Ralph Ellisonâ€™s Invisible Manâ€

forumsmba · Answer

I'll go with "E".

However, I guess this is one of the questions where "being" is part of the correct answer (i.e if E is correct). Can someone throw more light on when to use "being"?

-FM

dobb · Answer

(E) it is .... It just means that 'Cane' is ONE OF THE THREE BEST NOVELS written by a black american, which is not at all close to what u have quoted. HTH :-D

ywilfred · Answer

Clearly its (E). We want to say that the book is the best ever written by a certain person. In this case, a black american. What follows after the dash, should be other examples of literatures that are considered outstanding.

gmataquaguy · Answer

I followed the same principle. But does anyone what "grammer rule" is being used here.

One  
of the best - prepositional phrase. 
Any grammatical reason why its a black American Vs Black Americans? I suspect it has something to do with the subject one. Although dont know for sure....

shalinikhatri · Answer

I go with E for the same reason : others includes the examples of novels

Antmavel · Answer

E too

* Needs "a black man" to avoid any confusion between Voters and the Author
* It must be a list of novels and not people because it is the novel that has been called and not the author

gmataquaguy · Answer

I have a question:

The "comparison" rule   eliminates A, D, C. 

But what is the rule that is being tested here. I recognize "Black American" Vs "Black Americans". 

I chose "E" coz it sounds better than A. But what is the rule being tested here?

HIMALAYA · Answer

one more E.

is not it a time to have OA, because its been just more than 4 weeks.

ywilfred · Answer

Just to re-iterate my reasoning ealier:

We need the name of novels to come after the dash. 
B and E both have this constrcution. 
I'll go with E. We need 'a black american' since we're referring to only ONE of the three best novels

HongHu · Answer

All of them are written by a black american, but E doesn't not imply that they are all written by the same one. B on the other hand, sounds like the first book mentioned includes the other two.

gmataquaguy · Answer

HongHu, so you're saying its not such much a singular (a black american) Vs plural (Black americans) issue; Because the phrase "including by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison" makes it sound like these 2 book are "included" in Jean Toomer's Cane? 

Pls confirm.

gmataquaguy · Answer

please post OA. Honghu could you please answer my question

A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomers Cane has

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