Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de

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Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.  

 
A. Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.
 
B. Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of how he famously and masterfully uses irony, evident in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.
 
C. Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.
 
D. Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.
 
E. Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony.

Professor · Answer

between D and E, chose D because of pronoun "he" in E has no clear antecendent..

Ruby · Answer

Correct Answer is C

Rest all the options are using Pronoun incorrectly.

mahesh004 · Answer

I tend to go with E...

'evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece. ' looks wrong construction...

jjhko · Answer

Wow... varying opinions on this one huh?

I'll let a few more ppl to join in before giving the OA... only one person has got it right so far ;-)

trivikram · Answer

A. Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate. 

his......doesnt represent any person A is out

B. Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of how he famously and masterfully uses irony, evident in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece. 

antecedent problem

C. Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece. 

passive

D. Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece. 

Active and no antecedent problems

E. Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony.

he is who? Antecedent problem 

his...posessive poison from MGMAT...Joes'es example

D should be it

Ruby · Answer

OOPS!! I am really sorry. the correct answer is D. 

C : is incorrectly modified.

necromonger · Answer

A -> misplaced modifier 
B-> wordy
C-> misplaced modifier
D-> sounds right to me
E->awk


(D) it is.

GMATT73 · Answer

There is only a subtle difference between B and D here.

I`ll select (B) for the correct idiom "evident in~"

Correct or not, this one is going straight to the error log!

jjhko · Answer

OA is D! Tricky one...

Here is the OE.

The original sentence begins with the modifier "Famed for his masterful use of irony," which requires a person as its subject. However, in the original sentence, "many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories" is the subject. Moreover, the phrase "due to the author slowly revealing" is awkward.

(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
 
(B) The pronoun "he" must have a person as its antecedent, yet there is no person in the sentence. Remember that "he" cannot refer to "Guy de Maupassant" here, since the name is part of a possessive phrase: "Guy de Maupassant's short stories". The author himself is not grammatically present in the sentence.
 
(C) The opening modifier "famed for using irony in a masterful way" incorrectly modifies "short stories" instead of Guy de Maupassant himself. It also contains the awkward phrase "because of the author slowly revealing."

(D) CORRECT. This choice remedies the flawed modifier by rewriting the sentence to avoid it. This choice also replaces the awkward phrase "due to the author's revealing" with "evidenced in the slow revelation."
 
(E) This choice incorrectly uses the pronoun "he" without a grammatical antecedent in the sentence.

ps_dahiya · Answer

D A,B and C are straight out because of modifier problems. "he" is wrong in E. Remember "possessive poison" from MGMAT :wink:

u2lover · Answer

easy D... this refers to "possessive poison" in MGMAT SC... so many words and such an easy answer :-D

rahulgoyal1986 · Answer

A. Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of  Guy de Maupassant's  short stories have become classics due to the  author  slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.
(doesnt appeal at all as an answer)
B. Many of  Guy de Maupassant's  short stories have become classics because of how  he  famously and masterfully uses irony, evident in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece. (Possesive noun- possessive pronoun  needed )

C. Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of  Guy de Maupassant's  short stories have become classics because of the  author  slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece. (Guy de Maupassant doesnt seem to be the author)

D. Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

E. Many of  Guy de Maupassant's  short stories have become classics because  he  slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony.(Possesive noun- possessive pronoun  needed )

diehard4 · Answer

D it is..!!! It check's possessive poisioning..!!!

Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de

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