jmcatch742Let us break the sentence in its clauses:
The
producers are closing Meet Pauline,
the first Broadway musical
that had been written by a large group of composers
andthe inspiration for a plethora of similar works
that crowded Broadway for years after.
The sentence tests parallelism as below to share few details about
first Broadway musical1. It was written by a large group of composers
2. It was an inspiration for a plethora of similar works
These works crowded Broadway for many later years.
If you have doubt about usage of
had been written (a past perfect tense), pay close attention to
simple past tense- crowded - in non-underlined portion and how they need to be parallel.
So now when you understand how the things are parallel, let us rewrite the sentence:
The producers are closing Meet Pauline, the first Broadway musical
written by a large group of composers and (modifier
written modifying musical, and connects another noun modifier - inspiration)
the inspiration for a plethora of similar works that crowded Broadway for years after.
(that = noun modifier that modifies works)
Remember the noun modifier
inspiration modifies - musical
C is incorrect since we always use -to be - for a showing a purpose and which incorrectly modifies - composers.
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generis VeritasKarishma AjiteshArun Gladiator59 aragonn Is it apt to use AND between two modifiers: written and inspiration ?
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