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Producers of jazz albums tend to back artists  that they expect will gain popularity in the key European market, and who are .

A. that they expect will gain popularity in the key European market, and who are

B. that are expected to gain popularity in the key European market, and they have

C. they expect to gain popularity in the key European market, and who do

D. being expected to gain popularity in the key European market, and have

E. had been expected to gain popularity in the key European market, and they have

ArtVandaley · Answer

meaning wise,
only A and C makes sense.

A) that  they expect (Additional info. read without this) will gain popularity in the key European market, and who are
C)they expect to gain popularity in the key European market, and who do(Replace do with gain)

To me A makes more sense that C because,
I) Artist someone expects(future) will gain popularity. Future tense is used properly.
II) "Who are" says that artists who are gaining popularity.

So the overall sentence is XYZ tend to back 1) artists who will gain popularity and 2) who are gaining popularity

Whereas in C, I am skeptical about the usage of WHo do.
The sentence is trying to convey that
XYZ tend to back 1)artist sthey expect to gain popularity in the key European market, and 2) who gain popularity(Simple present tense. Trying to convey that artists who always gain popularity).

Gaining popularity is not a point action but is a cumulative action and hence I suspect "Artists who gain' isnt a logical way to communicate.

Bunuel  Can you comment on how A is inferior to C?

MoulikaSaxena · Answer

Is there any more to this discussion?

rachnak82 · Answer

They in the sentence refers to "producers" or "artists"? can some one clarify. Usage of they - it is not ambiguous?

Bunuel · Answer

Official Explanation

Creating a filter: in the original sentence, the relative pronoun "that" should be "whom," since artists are people. That inaccuracy may not be a decisive defect, however. To improve the phrasing, I'd omit a couple words through elision without loss of clarity and say, "tend to back artists they expect to gain...," which is perfectly grammatical. We can use this prediction of the correct answer as our filter.

Applying the filter: scanning down, we can see that our prediction is quite similar to answer choice (C). Choices (B) and (E) use "they" in a new independent clause that could refer falsely to the producers, so those two are out. Choice (D) is missing a relative pronoun such as "who," and it uses a needless gerund, "being," at the beginning of the phrase. Reflecting back on (A), we can see that the future tense of "will gain popularity" lacks consistency of grammar and sense with the latter verb in "who are."

The correct answer is (C).

AjiteshArun · Answer

You may want to try  the official question that this question is based on .

MoulikaSaxena · Answer

Wouldn't answer choice (C) have to read as "and  those  who do" for it to be correct?

EducationAisle · Answer

Hi Moulika, generally speaking, if we have a structure such as  and those , we would expect a corresponding matching  those  in the first part of the sentence.

So, perhaps a better construct would be:

Producers of jazz albums tend to back  those  artists whom they expect to gain popularity in the key European market, and  those  who do.

Producers of jazz albums tend to back artists that they expect will ga

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