Gnpth wrote:
The man was always aware, sometimes proudly and sometimes resentfully, that he was a small-town Midwesterner who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him.
(A) who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him
(B) who had been thrust into a world that was dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him
(C) who had been thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and people more polished than he was
(D) thrust into a world dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him
(E) thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than he
MeaningThe man was always aware of his situation. He knew he was a small town midwesterner thrusted into a world. This world was dominated by people who were wealthier, better educated and more polished than him.
Error analysisThe man was always aware, sometimes proudly and sometimes resentfully
that
he was a small-town Midwesterner
who was thrust into a world ----
No errorthat
was dominated by wealthier, better-educated-
No Error ,and more polished people than him.
he /him, In spoken english we always use Him for subject pronouns "He", but in formal english subject pronouns are always to be written as they are He loves Gmat more than her----Object pronoun her, this creates ambiguity, He loves GMAT vs He loves her, He loves GMAT vs she loves GMAT. The correct formal form would be He love GMAT more than She.The world is dominated by more polished people than him- The world is dominated by polished people vs the world is dominated by him---This is the ambiguityPOE(A) who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him-
As discussed in error analysis (B) who had been thrust into a world that was dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him -
Same error as A(C) who had been thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and people more polished than he was -
Parallelism error People more polish is not parallel to wealthier, better educated.(D) thrust into a world dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him -
Same error as A(E) thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than he-
Correct answer choiceI don't think this concept is tested on GMAT but still good to know.