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OPTION C ->
Ruben Martinez, revered journalist and author, explore in his first book, originally published in 1992, the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and its

there is also a subject-verb agreement Ruben Martinez explore should be Ruben Martinez exploreS

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I see your point about C but what's wrong with E?
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OPTION C ->
Ruben Martinez, revered journalist and author, explore in his first book, originally published in 1992, the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and its

there is also a subject-verb agreement Ruben Martinez explore should be Ruben Martinez exploreS

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I see your point about C but what's wrong with E?

IMO none... Wats the OA?

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A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992. explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their relationship to youth solidarity, gang conflict, and personal expression.

A. A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

B. A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

C. Ruben Martinez, revered journalist and author, explore in his first book, originally published in 1992, the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and its

D. In his first book, originally published in 1992, Ruben Martinez, a revered journalist and author, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

E. In his first book, originally published in 1992, revered journalist and author Ruben Martinez explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and its

I spent 1'07'' to solve this problem and chose answer choice (E).
The answer choices have a 3-2 split between "their" and "its". Since the object is street-artist culture, a singular noun, it is incorrect to use the possessive adjective "their". Therefore, answer choices (A), (B), and (D) can be eliminated.
I chose (E) because I think it is quite similar to an OG problem (thelonious-monk-who-was-a-jazz-pianist-and-composer-127087.html) in that a noun that is used to describe someone's occupation is placed before that person's name and without a comma. I don't think it's a rule but rather a special idiom.

What's the OA?
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Option "C"

How can "Robert M ---- explore" be correct?
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A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992. explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their relationship to youth solidarity, gang conflict, and personal expression.

A. A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

B. A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

C. Ruben Martinez, revered journalist and author, explore in his first book, originally published in 1992, the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and its

D. In his first book, originally published in 1992, Ruben Martinez, a revered journalist and author, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

E. In his first book, originally published in 1992, revered journalist and author Ruben Martinez explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and its

(A), (B) and (D) - No antecedent exists for 'their
(B) - singular subject 'ruben' does not agree with plural verb 'explore'
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Unless my eye sight is cheating me, could someone tell me the difference between A and B?
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Strangely, this seemingly weird exhibition of various modifiers is not a modifier problem. One can remove A, B, and D for subject -pronoun number agreement error-- The culture is singular but 'their' is 'plural'. One can also remove C for saying 'Ruben', who is singular and 'explore' which is plural. E finally remains
It is not clear what the author wants to convey through the maze of modifiers in this topic.
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Am I the only one, who does not see any difference between A and B
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A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992. explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their relationship to youth solidarity, gang conflict, and personal expression.

A. A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

B. A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

C. Ruben Martinez, revered journalist and author, explore in his first book, originally published in 1992, the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and its

D. In his first book, originally published in 1992, Ruben Martinez, a revered journalist and author, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

E. In his first book, originally published in 1992, revered journalist and author Ruben Martinez explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and its

Wait shouldn't C read "explores in his first book?" Ruben Martinez is singular therefore the verb explore should be singular - explores.
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A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992. explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their relationship to youth solidarity, gang conflict, and personal expression.

A. A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

B. A revered journalist and author, Ruben Martinez in his first book, originally published in 1992, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

C. Ruben Martinez, revered journalist and author, explore in his first book, originally published in 1992, the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and its

D. In his first book, originally published in 1992, Ruben Martinez, a revered journalist and author, explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and their

E. In his first book, originally published in 1992, revered journalist and author Ruben Martinez explores the street-artist culture in Los Angeles and its

Not a good question.

In E also, originally published in 1992, seems to modify Ruben. Illogical.
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