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Re: GMAT Club World Cup 2022 (DAY 2): Named after Austrian player Marcus [#permalink]
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Named after Austrian player Marcus Kann and English player Horatio Caro, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves with the defense, the Caro-Kann defense has spawned several variations, including the Advance variation and the intriguingly-named Fantasy variation.


(A) Named after Austrian player Marcus Kann and English player Horatio Caro, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves with the defense, the Caro-Kann defense has spawned several variations, including

(B) The variations of the Caro-Kann defense, named after Austrian player Marcus Kann, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves using the defense, and English player Horatio Caro, have spawned several alternatives, including

(C) The Caro-Kann defense, named after Austrian player Marcus Kann and English player Horatio Caro, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves using the defense, has spawned several variations that include

(D) The Caro-Kann defense, named after Austrian player Marcus Kann, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves using the defense, and English player Horatio Caro, and has spawned several variations that include

(E) Included among the many variations of the Caro-Kann defense, named after Austrian player Marcus Kann, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves using the defense, and English player Horatio Caro, are


 


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Re: GMAT Club World Cup 2022 (DAY 2): Named after Austrian player Marcus [#permalink]
egmat ThatDudeKnows MartyTargetTestPrep can you please shed some light on the analysis of choice A in terms of:
1. How is the modifier 'who' ambigious? Clearly it modifies the closest noun
2. What is the issue here with the modifier "Named after...." modifi\ying a noun which is far? How does that matter if it has been separated clearly and meaning is also clear, necessary comma separators also intact
3. What is wrong with the usage of 'incuding' here? What is the correct usage and what is the whole concept around its usage and when whch form works?

4. In this whole question, how do we know that marcuss and not Karo defeated the champion. That seemed like a basic error and I started off with eliminating that
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Re: GMAT Club World Cup 2022 (DAY 2): Named after Austrian player Marcus [#permalink]
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Named after Austrian player Marcus Kann and English player Horatio Caro, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves with the defense, the Caro-Kann defense has spawned several variations, including the Advance variation and the intriguingly-named Fantasy variation.


(A) Named after Austrian player Marcus Kann and English player Horatio Caro, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves with the defense, the Caro-Kann defense has spawned several variations, including

(B) The variations of the Caro-Kann defense, named after Austrian player Marcus Kann, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves using the defense, and English player Horatio Caro, have spawned several alternatives, including

(C) The Caro-Kann defense, named after Austrian player Marcus Kann and English player Horatio Caro, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves using the defense, has spawned several variations that include

(D) The Caro-Kann defense, named after Austrian player Marcus Kann, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves using the defense, and English player Horatio Caro, and has spawned several variations that include

(E) Included among the many variations of the Caro-Kann defense, named after Austrian player Marcus Kann, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves using the defense, and English player Horatio Caro, are


There is a meaning issue in choices A-D. (Additional Knowledge: "Caro-Kann defense" is a chess opening). To say that Caro-Kann defense itself has spawned variations is incorrect since the defense itself is a series of moves.
Hence, choices A-D are incorrect.
Now, looking at choice E, the sentence boils down to "Included among the many variations of Caro-Kann defense, ...., are the Advance variation and the intriguingly-named Fantasy variation." which works perfectly. Also the meaning of the sentence is "Advance variation and Fantasy variation are included among the variations of Caro-Kann defense".

Hence, the correct answer is E
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Re: GMAT Club World Cup 2022 (DAY 2): Named after Austrian player Marcus [#permalink]
For option E, what is included among the many variations? shouldn't there be a modifier after it? E seems to be misplaced modifier. Can someone please correct me
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GMAT Club World Cup 2022 (DAY 2): Named after Austrian player Marcus [#permalink]
I am not going to write about A, B, and D since a majority of people haven't selected those choices.
My Reasoning for why C might be wrong is

(C) The Caro-Kann defense, ......................... has SPAWNED several variations that include the Advance variation and the intriguingly-named Fantasy variation.

Spawned means - to give birth physically, which can't be done by a nonliving entity.( The Caro-Kann defense)

(E) Included among the many variations of the Caro-Kann defense, named after Austrian player Marcus Kann, who defeated reigning champion Jacques Mieses in twenty-four moves using the defense, and English player Horatio Caro, are the Advance variation and the intriguingly-named Fantasy variation.

Although I feel like in ", and English player Horatio Caro", the comma shouldn't be there, because it isn't a clause. But when we read the the entire sentence without the long modifier, it makes much more sense.

Included among the many variations of the Caro-Kann defense, .............................................., are the Advance variation and the intriguingly-named Fantasy variation.

IMO E
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