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Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation.
A) whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing
B) who was known to be a rival of the author, was revered to describe
C) whom was known to be a rival of the author, had been revered for his ability to describe
D) who was known for being a rival of the author, was revered for describing
E) whom was known to be a rival of the author, were revered for describing
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Hi all, I have to post early tonight. I will hide the answer under the spoiler, which I will remove tomorrow (my tomorrow).
Project SC Butler: Day 141 Sentence Correction (SC1)
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Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation.
A) whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing
B) who was known to be a rival of the author, was revered to describe
C) whom was known to be a rival of the author, had been revered for his ability to describe
D) who was known for being a rival of the author, was revered for describing
E) whom was known to be a rival of the author, were revered for describing
HIGHLIGHTS
• Meaning? Ernest Hemingway and his writer friends were revered (admired by others) because they wrote about the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation. One of Hemingway's contemporaries was his rival (probably Faulkner or Fitzgerald).
• Structure? This sentence is slightly deceptive because the compound subject Hemingway and his contemporaries is followed by "one of whom." A dependent clause such as one of whom... that comes between a subject and verb does not affect the subject's singularity or plurality. -- one of whom is a dependent clause (it cannot stand on its own as a sentence) -- one of whom is not an essential modifier (one way to tell? the whole clause is set off by commas). -- strip the sentence
Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation.
Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author,was [?] revered for describingthe sense of aimlessness felt by members ofthe Lost Generation.
The sentence, stripped: Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries [was?] revered for describing the Lost Generation.
• Split #1: Subject verb agreement
The compound subject Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries is not altered in number by the clause "one of whom."
The plural subject requires the plural verb were [revered].
Eliminate A, B, and D, all of which use the singular verb WAS.
• Split #2: pronoun / antecedent disagreement
Option C uses his ability. That pronoun should be THEIR in order to agree with the compound subject. Eliminate C
By POE, Answer E is correct
OTHER ISSUES
• WHO/WHOM
Prepositions take objects. In "one of," the word OF is a preposition. It needs an object. So we use the object pronoun, whom.
A mnemonic to remember WHO v WHOM. If you see a preposition, use an easy preposition and a singular male person. Give the present TO ____ HE/HIM? Give the present TO hiM. Him ends in M. So does whoM. Use whoM.
Object pronouns: me, you, her, him, it, us, them, whom Subject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who
Options B and D incorrectly use one of WHO
• TO DESCRIBE / FOR DESCRIBING This issue is idiomatic.
A person is appreciated (revered) by others FOR describing something well. A person is not revered by others TO describe something well. A person might herself be excited TO describe something well . . but she would not herself be revered by others TO describe something. (That sentence is so incoherent that I can barely write it. )
Options B and C are incorrect.
• had been in option C? HAD + past participle = past perfect, aka the past of the past To use past perfect (to express the past of the PAST), we first need a past. We must have at least one event rendered in simole past tense or a time marker that does the same thing as a past tense verb -- namely, that marks of a discrete (non-continuous) point in time in the past.
Option C has neither a simple past tense verb not a time marker. No reason exists to use past perfect.
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Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation.
A) whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing
B) who was known to be a rival of the author, was revered to describe
C) whom was known to be a rival of the author, had been revered for his ability to describe
D) who was known for being a rival of the author, was revered for describing
E) whom was known to be a rival of the author, were revered for describing
Subject - Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, so plural verb required. Who Vs Whom in the modifier " one of whom was known to be a rival of the author" - In the modifier author takes the role of the subject (Passive construction) so whom needs to be used to refer to the object.
A) whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing - Requires "were" revered
B) who was known to be a rival of the author, was revered to describe - requires "Whom" and "were" + "To describe" changes the meaning
C) whom was known to be a rival of the author, had been revered for his ability to describe - Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries were revered for their description and not the ability to + No past for using past perfect
D) who was known for being a rival of the author, was revered for describing - requires "Whom" and "were"
E) whom was known to be a rival of the author, were revered for describing - Correct _________________
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Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation. 1st split - to describe/for describing - according to meaning of the sentense B, C, - out 2nd split - was revered/ were revered - should be plural because we have subject: Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries - A,B,D -out 3d split - who/whom - should be whom one of whom So, the answer is E
Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation.
Sentence Structure Subject - Verb:
Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries
, one of whom( Ernest Hemingway's contemporaries )was known to be a rival of the author,
were revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation.
Issues:
The subject Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries is plural. Thus, the verb MUST be plural. A, B and DSV Disagreement
Answer choice analysis:
A) whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing
SV Disagreement
B) who was known to be a rival of the author, was revered to describe
SV Disagreement
C) whom was known to be a rival of the author, had been revered for his ability to describe
The Past-perfect tense does NOT make sense with the CORRECT intent of the sentence. The Timelines does NOT mandate the past-perfect usage. Unsolicited time-shift.
His is incorrectly mapped to ONLY Ernest Hemingway. The usage MUST be their to map to Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries
D) who was known for being a rival of the author, was revered for describing
SV Disagreement
E) whom was known to be a rival of the author, were revered for describing
Nice and easy. E is the winner.
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IMO correct answer is E
Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation.
A) whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing - "Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries" - Plural subject requires plural verb - use of "was" is incorrect.
B) who was known to be a rival of the author, was revered to describe - SVA error;same as A; also use of whom is correct as Objective pronoun is required to show the correct intent of the sentence, receiving the action.
C) whom was known to be a rival of the author, had been revered for his ability to describe - Use of Past perfect tense is not required as not two past events are shown time-shifted here.
D) who was known for being a rival of the author, was revered for describing - SVA error;same as A; also use of whom is correct as Objective pronoun is required to show the correct intent of the sentence, receiving the action.
E) whom was known to be a rival of the author, were revered for describing - Correct _________________
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Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation.
A) whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing B) who was known to be a rival of the author, was revered to describe C) whom was known to be a rival of the author, had been revered for his ability to describe D) who was known for being a rival of the author, was revered for describing E) whom was known to be a rival of the author, were revered for describing
Meaning: "Earnest and his friends [plural], one of whom [object]… , were [plural] revered for describing…" Idiom: Known TO BE or Known AS (for a nickname or a rename)
A) "was" should be "were" [plural], out; B) "who" we need "whom" as we are referring to an object, also "was" should be "were", and "to describe" imps they were revered with the intent to describe, nonsense out; C) "had been" imps they had been revered in the past before another event in the past, and are not revered anymore, nonsense; also, "revered for his ability" distorts the original meaning, out; D) "who… known for…, was" we need an object pronoun "whom", plural "were", and "known for" is unidiomatic, out;
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Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation.
Structure: X and Y, (Relative Pronoun Modifier) Verb object, verb( S-v agreement error) object.
So, the fatal error here is the S-V agreement. Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries do not agree in number with 'was revered '. The modifier is used correctly and the rest of the sentence looks fine. The choice which corrects this error is E
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generis wrote:
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Hi all, I have to post early tonight. I will hide the answer under the spoiler, which I will remove tomorrow (my tomorrow). I will also award kudos tomorrow to those who post with explanations before 11:36:30 PM Pacific Time Zone.
Project SC Butler: Day 141 Sentence Correction (SC1)
Quote:
Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation.
A) whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing
B) who was known to be a rival of the author, was revered to describe
C) whom was known to be a rival of the author, had been revered for his ability to describe
D) who was known for being a rival of the author, was revered for describing
E) whom was known to be a rival of the author, were revered for describing
HIGHLIGHTS
• Meaning? Ernest Hemingway and his writer friends were revered because they wrote about the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation. One of Hemingway's contemporaries was his rival (probably Faulkner or Fitzgerald).
• Structure? This sentence is slightly deceptive because the compound subject Hemingway and his contemporaries is followed by "one of whom." -- one of whom is not an essential modifier (one way to tell? the whole clause is set off by commas). -- strip the sentence
Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author, was revered for describing the sense of aimlessness felt by members of the Lost Generation.
Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries, one of whom was known to be a rival of the author,was [?] revered for describingthe sense of aimlessness felt by members ofthe Lost Generation.
The sentence, stripped: Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries [was?] revered for describing the Lost Generation.
• Split #1: Subject verb agreement
The compound subject Ernest Hemingway and his contemporaries is not altered in number by the clause "one of whom."
Plural subject requires plural verb were revered.
Eliminate A, B, and D, all of which use singular WAS.
• Split #2: pronoun / antecedent disagreement
Option C uses his ability. That pronoun should be THEIR in order to agree with the compound subject. Eliminate C
By POE, Answer E is correct
OTHER ISSUES
• WHO/WHOM
Prepositions take objects. In "one of," the word OF is a preposition. It needs an object. So we use the object pronoun, whom.
A mnemonic to remember WHO v WHOM. If you see a preposition, use an easy preposition and a singular male person. Give the present TO ____ HE/HIM? Give the present TO hiM. Him ends in M. So does whoM. Use whoM.
Object pronouns: me, you, her, him, it, us, them, whom Subject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who
Options B and D incorrectly use one of WHO
• TO DESCRIBE / FOR DESCRIBING This issue is idiomatic.
A person is appreciated (revered) FOR describing something well. A person is not revered TO describe something well. A person might be excited TO describe something well . . but not revered to describe something. Options B and C are incorrect.
• had been in option C? HAD + past participle = past perfect, aka the past of the past To use past perfect (to express the past of the PAST), we first need a past. We must have at least one event rendered in past tense, or a time marker that does the same thing.
Option C has neither. No reason exists to use past perfect.
COMMENTS
Arvind42 , Annet1524 , Xylan (pistachios, and the quote is indeed beautiful ) , J2S2019 , exc4libur , and amitanshumaity , I thought I'd name you all so that you will peek under the spoiler and see: I appreciate your consistent and consistently good replies.
I know. This one was fairly simple. Basics are important. Happy kudos!
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