A. Mysore Vasudevachar, who was a violinist and composer, produced a body of work
both rooted in the classical tradition of Tyagraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream carnatic repertory.
The idiom “both A and B” demands that A and B be parallel, for example: both noun and noun.
“both rooted in the classical tradition of Tyagraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar” – here we have “both modifier and noun”, so A and B are non-parallel.
B. Mysore Vasudevachar, the violinist and composer, produced a body of work that was rooted
both in the classical tradition of Tyagraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream carnatic repertory.
The idiom “both A and B” demands that A and B be parallel, for example: both noun and noun.
“both in the classical tradition of Tyagraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar” – here we have “both modifier and noun”, so A and B are non-parallel.
C. Violinist and composer Mysore Vasudevachar, who produced a body of work rooted in the classical tradition of Tyagraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream carnatic repertory.
This choice lacks the main clause. It’s a fragment. A subordinate conjunction “comma + yet” starts a subordinate clause, so everything after “yet” is a subordinate clause. Meanwhile, everything before “yet” is a big modifier, not a clause. Hence, this choice lacks its main clause.
D. Violinist and composer Mysore Vasudevachar produced a body of work that was rooted in the classical tradition of Tyagraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream carnatic repertory.
The correct answer. Rectifies all the fools of the preceding choices and gets rid of “both A and B” altogether, avoiding idiom based issues.
E. Violinist and composer Mysore Vasudevachar produced a body of work rooted
both in the classical tradition of Tyagraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream carnatic repertory.
“both in the classical tradition of Tyagraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar” - here we have “both modifier and noun”, so A and B are non-parallel.
Hence
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