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In D we don't know whether "writing Jane Eyre" is modifying Charlotte or Three Bronte sisters.

E clears the ambiguity.

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Hello Ayush1692 and JanakThakkar, how are you?

I think we know what entity "writing Jane Eyre" is modifiying.

v-ing preceded by comma - modifies preceding clause and have to make sense with the subject of the sentence

Of the three Bronte sisters, Charlotte is usually more familiar to people, writing Jane Eyre, a popular required reading novel in the high school repertoire

From the grammar standpoint v-ing is correct. Only "more" is wrong.
But meaning is different.

Now it implies Charlotte is the most familiar to people because she is writing Jane Eyre,
moreover "writing" seems like general habit of Charlotte, it is not, she wrote it once in the past.

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Why It is E and not D
In D,
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Of the three Bronte sisters, Charlotte is usually more familiar to people, writing Jane Eyre, a popular required reading novel in the high school repertoire
It seems that people are mistakenly described as "writing Jane Eyre". So, It can be crossed out.
Also, writing Jane Eyre is not the novel; the Jane Eyre is.
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(D) Charlotte is usually more familiar to people, writing Jane Eyre, a popular required reading novel in the high school repertoire

In (D), the word "more" is used incorrectly. If there were only two sisters, saying that one is "more x than the other is" would make sense. However, since there are three in this case, and the sentence is conveying that one of the three is the x, using the word "most" would make more sense than using the word "more."

Also, "Charlotte is more familiar ..., writing Jane Eyre" conveys that, even as she is more familiar, she is writing the book, which the sentence goes on to describe as "a popular required reading novel," which description indicates that the book has already been written.

So, the meaning conveyed by this version is illogical.

(E) Charlotte is usually most familiar to people for writing Jane Eyre, a popular required reading novel in the high school repertoire

Unlike (D), (E) correctly uses "most" in indicating that Charlotte is the most familiar of the three.

Also, "Charlotte is most familiar to people for writing Jane Eyre," while not completely logical, is not utterly illogical, as (D) is, and does a somewhat reasonable job of conveying that Charlotte is familiar to people as the writer of Jane Eyre.
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Official Explanation :

The sentence as written begins with the phrase of the three Bronte sisters which incorrectly modifies people, the noun immediately after comma. Therefore, eliminate (A) and (B), which repeats the error.

Choice (C) correctly places Charlotte next to the modifying phrase of the three Bronte sisters, but incorrectly refers to the noun people as a popular required reading novel.

Choice (D) uses the quantity word more, which compares exactly two items, and is incorrect in a sentence about three Bronte sisters.

Choice (E) places Charlotte next to the modifying phrase of the three Bronte sisters and makes no other errors, so this answer choice is correct.
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My concern to the above question.
1. MOST required THE to be followed by.
2. Why FOR in option E will not modify PEOPLE,as follows, but modify the distance CHARLOTTE

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(A) people are usually more familiar with Charlotte who wrote Jane Eyre, a popular required reading novel in the high school repertoire

(B) people are usually most familiar with Charlotte who wrote Jane Eyre, a popular required reading novel in the high school repertoire

(C) Charlotte, who wrote Jane Eyre, is usually most familiar to people, a popular required reading novel in the high school repertoire

(D) Charlotte is usually more familiar to people, writing Jane Eyre, a popular required reading novel in the high school repertoire

(E) Charlotte is usually most familiar to people for writing Jane Eyre, a popular required reading novel in the high school repertoire(Correct because most is use when number is greater than two)
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To me E stand out as Charlotte is place next to the modifier.
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Official Explanation :

The sentence as written begins with the phrase of the three Bronte sisters which incorrectly modifies people, the noun immediately after comma. Therefore, eliminate (A) and (B), which repeats the error.

Choice (C) correctly places Charlotte next to the modifying phrase of the three Bronte sisters, but incorrectly refers to the noun people as a popular required reading novel.

Choice (D) uses the quantity word more, which compares exactly two items, and is incorrect in a sentence about three Bronte sisters.

Choice (E) places Charlotte next to the modifying phrase of the three Bronte sisters and makes no other errors, so this answer choice is correct.


generis

You mentioned in one of your SC Butler questions, that introductory prepositional phrases except for preposition + participle phrase, does not need to refer back to noun in the next clause and refers to the full clause. By that logic how does this make sense for "Of the 3 .." to be followed by only Charollete ?.


https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-assessing ... l#p2177060

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