ExpertsGlobal5 - Can you pls review my analysis of this question ?
The endurance and consistency of baseball star Lou Gehrig, known as “The Iron Horse,” are legendary.
(A) The endurance and consistency of baseball star Lou Gehrig, known as “The Iron Horse,” are legendary.
(B) The endurance and consistency of Lou Gehrig, a baseball star known as “The Iron Horse,” is legendary.
(C) Known as “The Iron Horse,” the endurance and consistency of Lou Gehrig, the baseball star, is legendary.
(D) The reason baseball star Lou Gehrig is known as “The Iron Horse” is because of his legendary endurance and consistency.
(E) Known as “The Iron Horse,” baseball star Lou Gehrig’s endurance and consistency are legendary.
Option A is correct.
Option B is wrong as subject and verb don't agree. Subject is endurance and consistency of Lou Gehrig and verb is "is"
Option C is wrong for modifier reason. Known as “The Iron Horse,” modifies the endurance and consistency of Lou Gehrig
Option D changes the meaning of the original sentence. As per option D, LG is known as the iron horse because of his legendary endurance and consistency. also, GMAT don't prefer because of.
Option E is wrong for modifier reason. Known as “The Iron Horse,” modifies endurance and consistency
We hope this finds you well.
Having gone through your explanation, we believe we can say that your analysis is largely correct.
Kudos.
However, we would also like to point out that Option C also has the same subject-verb disagreement as Option B.
We hope this helps.