Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of The Messenger were two

Question

Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of  the Messenger  were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader .

(A) Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of  the Messenger  were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader.

(B) Published in Harlem, two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, were the owner and editor of  the Messenger .

(C) Published in Harlem,  the Messenger  was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen.

(D)  The Messenger  was owned and edited by two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and published in Harlem.

(E) The owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader,  the Messenger  was published in Harlem.

egmat · Accepted Answer

Hi umeshpatil, Thank you for the post. :-)

‘Would’ can certainly be used to refer to the future, but only when referring to a hypothetical action that may or may not take place. For example: • It would be very difficult for me to finish the work by tomorrow night. • It would be impossible to fly first class to Paris; it’s too expensive. When we’re sure that an action is going to take place, we use ‘will’. For example: • I will finish the work by tomorrow night. – Correct. • I would finish the work by tomorrow night. – Incorrect. However, this official question is NOT conveying anything about the future. This sentence refers to an event in the past. Let’s consider a couple of simple examples before discussing the official question: • When Steve Jobs dropped out of college in 1972, no one thought that he would go on to be a billionaire. MEANING ANALYSIS • This sentence tells us that Steve Jobs dropped out of college in 1972. • At that time no one thought that he would become a billionaire. So, here the ‘would + verb’ represents indicates that in 1972, no one expected that Steve Jobs would become a billionaire. So, this is a case in which we use ‘would’ to talk about an event that was going to take place. Here’s another example: • In May, analysts announced that the economy would probably recover by the end of the year. Meaning: The analysts announced in the past that a particular action would take place in the future. Now, let’s move on to the official question: SENTENCE STRUCTURE • Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, o A. Philip Randolph,  who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, o and Chandler Owen. MEANING ANALYSIS • This sentence describes an event from the past. It tells us that a certain publication, The Messenger, was published in Harlem. • The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists A. Philip Randolph and Chandler Owen. o A. Philip Randolph would later make his reputation as a labor leader. So, everything stated in the sentence happened in the past. Even Randolph making his reputation as a labor leader happened in the past. The ‘would + verb’ only indicates that the action of Randolph making his reputation happened later in the past than the action of The Messenger getting published. Hope the above discussion helps! :-)

Regards, Deepak.

GMATBLACKBELT · Answer

C. 

Easily eliminate all but C and D. b/c sentence "Published in Harlem" (modifying phrase) should have what was published right after it. 

D. the Msnger was owned and edited... Chandler Ownd and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation... what? his has no proper referent, could be Chandler or Philip. same with who. Who has no clear referent.

Go for C

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader.

(A) Published in Harlem,  the owner and editor of the Messenger  were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make  his  reputation as a labor leader.
The modifier “published in Harlem” should modify “the Messenger” and not “the owner and editor of the Messenger”. 
Who made his reputation as a labor leader. Chandler Owen or A. Philip Randolph? Ambiguous.  Eliminate .

(B) Published in Harlem,  two young journalists,  Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make  his  reputation as a labor leader, were the owner and editor of the Messenger.
The modifier “published in Harlem” should modify “the Messenger” and not “two young journalists”. 
The pronoun “his” is ambiguous because it could refer to Chandler Owen or A. Philip Randolph.  Eliminate

(C) Published in Harlem,  the Messenger  was owned and edited by two young journalists,  A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader , and Chandler Owen.
The modifier “published in Harlem” correctly modifies “the Messenger”. The relative clause “who would later make his reputation as a labor leader” clearly modifies A. Philip Randolph.  Correct .

(D) The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make  his  reputation as a labor leader, and published in Harlem.
The pronoun “his” is ambiguous because it could refer to Chandler Owen or A. Philip Randolph.  Eliminate

(E) The owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make  his  reputation as a labor leader, the Messenger was published in Harlem.
Same as D.  Eliminate .

empty_spaces · Answer

"C"

A and B P ublished in Harlem, two young journalists,  is wrong.

D and E both are too askward with " published in Harlem"  at the end.

whamberto · Answer

I'm picked C as the answer:

A. This answer choice has a misplaced modifier. The verb-ed modifier "published in Harlem" seems to be modifying "the owner and editor" - this is incorrect. This modifier should actually be modifying "The Messenger." Also, the relative pronoun "who" refers to which individuals? This is unclear.

B. Again, the initial modifier is misplaced and seems to be incorrectly modifying "two young journalists." However, it is supposed to modify "The Messenger." Again, the relative pronoun "who" is referring to both individuals. This is confusing.

C. This answer choice corrects the misplaced modifier and accurately presents the relative pronoun "who."

D. It is unclear who "who" refers to. The placement of "and published in Harlem" is awkward.

E. Same as D. Although "being" isn't always incorrect, it makes this answer choice much more wordy.

Skientist · Answer

Hi all

I think with GMAT SC there is normally at least 2 errors per sentence. Below is all that I could find, I’d be interested in hearing about any others you might find.

A – The owner and editor is not published in Harlem. S-V error between owner / editor and were.
B – The two young journalists are not published in Harlem. S-V error between were and owner / editor
C – Correct
D – ‘and published in Harlem’ incorrectly modifies A. Philip Randolph the Labour leader. Is there anything else wrong in this statement
E – S – V error with the owner / editor and the 2 young journalists. ‘Being’ is incorrectly used as it implies that the owner and editor was impersonating two journalist. The subject of the sentence (The owner and editor) require a verb to link to the Messenger. Or it should be 2 separate sentences.

Please throw your 2 cents in on my analysis.... or some kudos if you like.

B.

kedusei · Answer

I was going to choose C but the format looks like only randolph was making his reputation

umeshpatil · Answer

It is correct only Randolph will make his reputation. Correct sentence below:

Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who  would later make  his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen.

My question was about tense used in this clause. 'would later make' seems to express that reputation will be made in future and how could any one do prediction like this ? This doesn't make any sense with regards to tense.

sreelakshmigs · Answer

(C) Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen.

In C , the part of the sentence in between the commas '  who would later make his reputation as a labor leader  ' acts as a modifier for Randolph. Try reading the sentence bypassing the modifier. It would read "........ by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph  and Chandler Owen."

oloz · Answer

Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader .

(A) Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader....    Modifier Error as no Noun follows the comma after the phrase "Published after Harlem"  .

(B) Published in Harlem, two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, were the owner and editor of the Messenger....    Same as in A  .

(C) Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen...    Although an awkward construction, the sentence correctly places the Noun "The Messenger" after the Opening Modifier "Published in Harlem", Further the Non Essential Modifier "who would...labor leader" correctly modifies A. Philip Randolph.  
  
(D) The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and published in Harlem....   Who a singular pronoun can't refer back to " Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph" as this sentence implies. Therefore "Who" has got no antecedent.

(E) The owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, the Messenger was published in Harlem....   This sentence has Multiple problems, as mentioned in C, "who" can't refer back to the plural "Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph". Further, the clause ", the messenger was published in Harlem" is joined with the rest of the sentence with a comma, resulting in a Run on Sentence.
  
Hope This Helps.

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader .

(A) Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader.
...> 'published in Harlem' modify 'the owner and editor' which is wrong...here, ' the owner and editor' are just one person, we don't know who is that one guy! also there is a pronoun ambiguity in this sentence. here 'his' is used for two person. 
(B) Published in Harlem, two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, were the owner and editor of the Messenger.
...>'published in Harlem' modify 'the owner and editor' which is wrong...pronoun (his) is used for two persons... ' the owner and editor' are just one person, we don't know who is that one guy!
(C) Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen.
...>match everything perfectly.
(D) The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and published in Harlem.
...>pronoun (his) is used for two persons......the distance between 'the messenger' and published in Harlem is far away.
(E) The owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, the Messenger was published in Harlem.
'being' is red flag in GMAT,....pronoun (his) is used for two persons...,' the owner and editor' are just one person, we don't know who is that one guy!
Did i make any mistake, expert ? please help me if i make any mistake in my explanation.

@p00rv@ · Answer

I chose C too cuz it looked best among others, but isn't C in passive voice and we are asked to ignore/avoid Passive voices in GMAT?

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

This is not the actual case here. It depends on the situation. If a sentence use active voice and passive voice simultaneously then it, sometimes, is cross out not every times. https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... 98-30.html here, there is a discussion about active voice and passive voice by Ron. Please see the last two posts of this thread. Thanks...

DmitryFarber · Answer

There's no rule that we should avoid the passive voice. Our informal research suggests that passive voice is correct about 50% of the time that it appears in SC. In other words, it's not any more or less likely to be correct than the active voice!

What we want to avoid is the use of passive voice when active makes more sense. There's certainly no reason to say something like "Tacos are preferred by me," but there are many cases in which the passive voice is the only correct way to express a certain idea. Sometimes we don't even know who did the action (as in "My car was stolen"), making active voice impossible.

Check out this example of a sentence in which parallelism is maintained despite a shift from active to passive voice: dressed-as-a-man-and-using-the-name-robert-shurtleff-37264.html

Skywalker18 · Answer

Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader .

(A) Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader. -- modifier issue --- “published in Harlem” incorrectly modifies “the owner and editor”.

(B) Published in Harlem, two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, were the owner and editor of the Messenger. -- modifier issue --“published in Harlem” incorrectly modifies two young journalists

(C) Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen. -- Correct

(D) The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and published in Harlem. --The verbs are not properly connected in this choice. The list of the verbs per this choice becomes: owned and edited and published. This is incorrect. Grammatically, we need to use “and” only before the last entity in the list ; also Chandler Owen and A.Philip Randolph is a compound subject --> it is not correct to use who

(E) The owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, the Messenger was published in Harlem. -- usage of being ; The focus of this choice is to provide the information that The Messenger was published in Harlem. However, the original sentence focuses on the information that The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists. So, there is a shift in the meaning ; also Chandler Owen and A.Philip Randolph is a compound subject --> it is not correct to use who

Answer C

hiranmay · Answer

Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph,  who  would later make his reputation as a labor leader.

(A) Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph,  who  would later make  his  reputation as a labor leader.

(B) Published in Harlem, two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph,  who  would later make  his  reputation as a labor leader, were the owner and editor of the Messenger.

(C) Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists,  A. Philip Randolph ,  who  would later make  his  reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen. -->  correct

(D) The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph,  who  would later make  his  reputation as a labor leader, and published in Harlem.

(E) The owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph,  who  would later make  his  reputation as a labor leader, the Messenger was published in Harlem.

Sneha2021 · Answer

KarishmaB

(E) The owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, the Messenger was published in Harlem.

Can you please help to understand the sentence structure?

The owner and editor (Sub?) being 2 journalist (modifier?) OR the owner....journalist is a modifier for Chandler?

Thank you for your time

KarishmaB · Answer

The use of 'being' here is incorrect. The owner and editor WERE two young journalists; they were not 'being' young journalists. And that is where you need to walk away from this option. 
Even if we were to use 'were' here, this would become an independent clause.
Then it would be joined with another independent clause 'the Messenger was published in Harlem' with a comma. 
Hence, all in all, the option makes no sense.

neilm · Answer

Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader.

here the topic tested are :- MODIFIERS , Parallelism
 MODIFIER   =  "published in Harlem"  (NOUN MODIFIER) 
modifies NOUN- " the messenger" it is the name of the book.

The placement rule of noun modifier is that it should be placed next to the noun so that it correctly modifies noun.

A) Published in Harlem,  the owner  and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader.  wrong  
here the clause published in Harlem wrongly modifies the word 'owner'.

(B) Published in Harlem,  two young journalists,  Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, were the owner and editor of the Messenger.  wrong  
here the clause published in Harlem wrongly modifies the word 'two young journalists'.

(C)  Published in Harlem, the Messenger  was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen.
WE cant find any error in this sentence so lets hold on and look other options first.

(D) The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph,  who  would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and published in Harlem.   wrong  
here the reference of the word who is unclear which creates confusion whether the author is talking about chandler owner or Philip Randolph

(E) The owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph,  who  would later make his reputation as a labor leader, the Messenger was published in Harlem.   wrong  
here the reference of the word who is unclear which creates confusion whether the author is talking about chandler owner or Philip Randolph .

NOTICE the correct usage of parallelism and placement of modifiers in the option C
 so therefore c is the correct option.

Hope this helps,
Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

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