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04 Jul 2016, 04:46
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Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
(A) Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
(B) Three most prominent record companies of all the ones that were involved in early jazz were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
(C) Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were, of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three of them that were most prominent.
(D) Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were three most prominent of all the record companies involved in early jazz.
(E) Out of all the record companies that were involved in early jazz, three of them that were the most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
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(A) Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
(B) Three most prominent record companies of all the ones that were involved in early jazz were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
(C) Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were, of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three of them that were most prominent.
(D) Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were three most prominent of all the record companies involved in early jazz.
(E) Out of all the record companies that were involved in early jazz, three of them that were the most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
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20 Feb 2017, 10:48
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Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
Issue: Construction
A. Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
B. Three most prominent record companies of all the ones that were involved in early jazz were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
- Missing "the"; superlative degree requires the form to be "the three most ..."
(corrected version can be: "The three most prominent record companies of the ones involved in early jazz were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh")
C. Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were, of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three of them that were most prominent.
- "the three of them" is complex and awkward
D. Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were three most prominent of all the record companies involved in early jazz.
- Missing "the"; superlative degree requires the form to be "the most..."
E. Out of all the record companies that were involved in early jazz, three of them that were the most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
- "three of them" is complex and redundant as it uses the pronoun "of them" even though the clause before comma already states that "Out of all ..."
Answer: A
Issue: Construction
A. Of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
B. Three most prominent record companies of all the ones that were involved in early jazz were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
- Missing "the"; superlative degree requires the form to be "the three most ..."
(corrected version can be: "The three most prominent record companies of the ones involved in early jazz were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh")
C. Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were, of all the record companies involved in early jazz, the three of them that were most prominent.
- "the three of them" is complex and awkward
D. Columbia, Victor, and OKeh were three most prominent of all the record companies involved in early jazz.
- Missing "the"; superlative degree requires the form to be "the most..."
E. Out of all the record companies that were involved in early jazz, three of them that were the most prominent were Columbia, Victor, and OKeh.
- "three of them" is complex and redundant as it uses the pronoun "of them" even though the clause before comma already states that "Out of all ..."
Answer: A
09 May 2017, 10:13
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raoshahb wrote
More importantly, the question tests whether one can remember to use the definite article 'the' for the superlative degree and whether one can convey the meaning concisely.
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No, it is not a modifier; it is an introductory phrase that is a complement. If a modifier, one can dispense with it altogether without any loss of meaning. However, here in this context, the introductory complement supplies essential features such as that these companies were in involved in early jazz and that there were many other companies aside these three. Without this information, the sentence wouldn't make the meaning what it intends to convey.
More importantly, the question tests whether one can remember to use the definite article 'the' for the superlative degree and whether one can convey the meaning concisely.
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