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Re: latest Grail question bank SC 700 level [#permalink]
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The acclaimed writer said that his writing, which were powerfully influenced by storytellers in its family and that the landscape of his childhood also shaped his thinking and provided themes for his stories.


(A) his writing, which were powerfully influenced by storytellers in its family--- writing is singular were is plural, also if I want to put emphasis on influence I will say something like "highly influenced" not powerfully influenced.
(B) his writing was influenced by powerful storytellers in his family-- All correct, notice we don't need a comma after writing. "which were powerfully influenced by storytellers" modifies writing and in process breaks the parallelism the two list of things are --writing which was influenced and landscape of his childhood
(C) storytellers in his family powerfully influenced his writing-- again powerfully influenced writing is wrong as per me.
(D) storytellers in the family being powerful influence on his writing- being is almost always not correct in Gmat, only correct use of being is when you describe a state, for eg state of being in adulthood..etc..
(E) powerfully influential in his writing were family storytellers --again powerfully influential is incorrect moreover SV error as writing and were don't go together.

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Re: latest Grail question bank SC 700 level [#permalink]
The acclaimed writer said that his writing, which were powerfully influenced by storytellers in its family and that the landscape of his childhood also shaped his thinking and provided themes for his stories.

(A) his writing, which were powerfully influenced by storytellers in its family. Reason for influence should be the subject.
(B) his writing was influenced by powerful storytellers in his family Reason for influence should be the subject.
(C) storytellers in his family powerfully influenced his writing. Correct.
(D) storytellers in the family being powerful influence on his writing. Wrong construction violets the parallelism.
(E) powerfully influential in his writing were family storytellers. Reason for influence should be the subject.

The structure of line is -The acclaimed writer said that X and that Y. So, X and Y should be parallel.
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Re: latest Grail question bank SC 700 level [#permalink]
it has to be B : his writing was influenced by powerful storytellers in his family
plz confirm the source and the OA
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Re: latest Grail question bank SC 700 level [#permalink]
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umesh wrote :(C) storytellers in his family powerfully influenced his writing. Correct.


this gives a wrong sense :powerfully influenced
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Re: latest Grail question bank SC 700 level [#permalink]
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umesh wrote :(C) storytellers in his family powerfully influenced his writing. Correct.


this gives a wrong sense :powerfully influenced


Who can explain why is powerfully influenced OK and I should have not gone after something like powerful influence?
Would option D be preffered if it said 'storytellers in the family had powerful influence on his writing'?

Isn't idiomatic usage is 'influence on X'?
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Re: The acclaimed writer said that his writing, which were power [#permalink]
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The acclaimed writer said that his writing, which were powerfully influenced by storytellers in its family and that the landscape of his childhood also shaped his thinking and provided themes for his stories.

(A) his writing, which were powerfully influenced by storytellers in its family
(B) his writing was influenced by powerful storytellers in his family
(C) storytellers in his family powerfully influenced his writing
(D) storytellers in the family being powerful influence on his writing
(E) powerfully influential in his writing were family storytellers


A. Writing Was, not Were. A is out.
D. There has to be an independent clause after "that" in underlined part, but we have not it here. D is out.
E. Strange construction. Reversed order of the words. Adjective "influential" instead of the verb. Lack of parallelism in two parts after two "that". E is out.
B. GMAT likes such mini traps. It sounds good. But we have passive voice after first "that" and active voice after second "that". It makes B not parallel. B is out.

C is good.
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Re: The acclaimed writer said that his writing, which were power [#permalink]
ERROR ANALYSIS -

1) S-V doesn't agree in number
2) Absence of verb in underlined portion

ANSWER CHOICE ANALYSIS -

A) S-V doesn't agree in number, absence of verb in underlined portion
B) powerful storytellers - is wrong, story was 'powerfully influenced'
C) CORRECT
D) Use of 'being' is correct only if 1) it is used as a noun 2) used in passive continuous tense
E) Passive voice used
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