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As a participant in the second debate and, more importantly, as an emblem of American panache, Kenneth Bone has arguably become the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, who has sparked discussion of a number of topics including environmental policy, domestic job security, and red quarter-zip sweaters.
A) Kenneth Bone has arguably become the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, who has sparked discussion of a number of topics including
B) Kenneth Bone, arguably the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, has sparked discussion of a number of topics that include
C) Kenneth Bone has arguably become the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, sparking discussion of a number of topics including
D) arguably the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election is Kenneth Bone, who has sparked discussion of a number of topics including
E) arguably the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, Kenneth Bone, has sparked discussion of a number of topics including


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As a participant in the second debate and, more importantly, as an emblem of American panache, Kenneth Bone has arguably become the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, who has sparked discussion of a number of topics including environmental policy, domestic job security, and red quarter-zip sweaters.
A) Kenneth Bone has arguably become the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, who has sparked discussion of a number of topics including
B) Kenneth Bone, arguably the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, has sparked discussion of a number of topics that include
C) Kenneth Bone has arguably become the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, sparking discussion of a number of topics including
D) arguably the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election is Kenneth Bone, who has sparked discussion of a number of topics including
E) arguably the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, Kenneth Bone, has sparked discussion of a number of topics including


Can someone give the explanation to the correct answer.

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D and E are out straight away as the "As a participant...American panache," should modify Kenneth Bone.
A- Who is too far away from 'Kenneth' which it modifies.
C suggests that Kenneth Bone has become XYZ by sparking discussion on ABC, which surely is not the intended meaning.
IMO, after POE, the answer is B
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As a participant in the second debate and, more importantly, as an emblem of American panache, Kenneth Bone has arguably become the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, who has sparked discussion of a number of topics including environmental policy, domestic job security, and red quarter-zip sweaters.
A) Kenneth Bone has arguably become the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, who has sparked discussion of a number of topics including
B) Kenneth Bone, arguably the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, has sparked discussion of a number of topics that include
C) Kenneth Bone has arguably become the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, sparking discussion of a number of topics including
D) arguably the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election is Kenneth Bone, who has sparked discussion of a number of topics including
E) arguably the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, Kenneth Bone, has sparked discussion of a number of topics including


Can someone give the explanation to the correct answer.

Good question deserve quodos :)

By POE
D and E are out straight away as the "As a participant...American panache," should modify Kenneth Bone.
A- Who is too far away from 'Kenneth' which it modifies.
C suggests that Kenneth Bone has become XYZ by sparking discussion on ABC, which surely is not the intended meaning.
IMO, after POE, the answer is B
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Absolutely! C suggests that Kenneth Bone has become XYZ by sparking discussion on ABC..changes the meaning.
I also eliminated C on these lines..
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IMO B is the answer because
B) Kenneth Bone, arguably the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, has sparked discussion of a number of topics that include
As per OG, relative pronoun clause modifies immediate preceding noun. So that clause modifies topics.

C) Kenneth Bone has arguably become the most popular public figure in the 2016 presidential election, sparking discussion of a number of topics including

discussion of a number of topics including.... including can modify discussion or topics. So ambiguity.
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Can I get clarification on how B is the better answer?? Original question states “Kenneth Bone has arguably become...” hence I chose C

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Hi Syed, In C, it says that KB became the most popular public figure because he sparked discussion but this is not true.
Read B and C again, and you should be able to spot the difference.


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As a participant in the second debate and, more importantly.. 08 Sep 2019, 09:23
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Hi All,

With due respect to all the answers provided by users, there is another reason why A and C are wrong choices. Since a time frame is given here (2016 general election, which I assume is over), we have to use past tense instead of present perfect tense ("has arguably become") because PPT denotes an action that starts in the past and continues in the present.

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