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Through his work, he inspired many to study the brain, which led to [#permalink] New post   25 Apr 2018, 02:33
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Through his work, he inspired many to study the brain, which led to the discovery of most of what we know now about the anatomy of the human brain and its functions.

A.which led to the discovery of most what we know now about
B.leading to the discovery of most of what we know now about
C.leading to most of what we know now, the discovery of
D.which led to discovering most of what is now known about
E.which had led to the discovery of what most of us know now of

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Re: Through his work, he inspired many to study the brain, which led to [#permalink] New post   28 Apr 2018, 15:29
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Through his work, he inspired many to study the brain, which led to the discovery of most of what we know now about the anatomy of the human brain and its functions.
A.which led to the discovery of most what we know now about
B.leading to the discovery of most of what we know now about
C.leading to most of what we know now, the discovery of
D.which led to discovering most of what is now known about
E.which had led to the discovery of what most of us know now of
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Analysis: Which incorrectly modifies the immediate noun brain - presenting a meaning that brain led the discovery- illogical and not intended one. The intended meaning is X(someone) through his study inspired many to study brain and this results in something . As the second part is trying to present a result of the first clause(SV - he inspired) , it should be a modifier ( comma+verb-ing).

Option A: Incorrect : As pointed out in analysis.

Option B: Correct : , Leading....... perfectly presents result of the previous clause modifing the SV - he inspired.

Option C: Incorrect : Although , Leading....... perfectly presents result of the previous clause modifing the SV - he inspired.- as in B , but it introduces an meaning error in the later part saying that it led to the discovery of the anatomy of the human brain and its functions - illogical and not intended one.

Option D: Incorrect : Similar issue as in A.

Option E: Incorrect : Similar issue as in A.
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Re: Through his work, he inspired many to study the brain, which led to [#permalink] New post   28 Apr 2018, 17:50
u1983 Hey bud. I like the way you explain by first writing the analysis and then the reasoning for each answer choice.

here are my doubts:

We do not have an antecedent for He and in this sentence, I am assuming he is acting as a subject. So these constructions are acceptable?

Also following the sentence structure of Option B:

prepositional phrase, Main IC, Verb-ing modifier


thanks for your input.
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Re: Through his work, he inspired many to study the brain, which led to [#permalink] New post   28 Apr 2018, 19:48
Rocket7 wrote:
u1983 Hey bud. I like the way you explain by first writing the analysis and then the reasoning for each answer choice.

here are my doubts:

We do not have an antecedent for He and in this sentence, I am assuming he is acting as a subject. So these constructions are acceptable?

Also following the sentence structure of Option B:

prepositional phrase, Main IC, Verb-ing modifier


thanks for your input.


Hello Friend.... I personally would have liked to see a NOUN, In place of he . But in the Q-stem as he was in the non-underlined portion I refrained from questioning.
Yes..... we have to take he as subject .
Although I don't think this is something we can see in the exam , but only experts can confirm.
Structure of B looks fine to me.
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Re: Through his work, he inspired many to study the brain, which led to [#permalink] New post   13 May 2018, 04:40
"which" in choices refer to brain here . brain does not led to discovery but the study of brain is so
Option a,d and E aRe wrong

C-with usage of comma here maKes incomplete sentence " discovery of anatomy" is awkward

B correctly conveys meaning and also best choice

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Re: Through his work, he inspired many to study the brain, which led to [#permalink] New post   16 Nov 2018, 05:15
devikeerthansr wrote:
Through his work, he inspired many to study the brain, which led to the discovery of most of what we know now about the anatomy of the human brain and its functions.

A.which led to the discovery of most what we know now about
B.leading to the discovery of most of what we know now about
C.leading to most of what we know now, the discovery of
D.which led to discovering most of what is now known about
E.which had led to the discovery of what most of us know now of

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Dear Moderator,
Found this question in Subject verb agreement section, seems improperly tagged, can we tag it as modifiers instead?
Hope you will look into this , Thank you.
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Re: Through his work, he inspired many to study the brain, which led to [#permalink] New post   11 Jun 2020, 05:14
Through his work, he inspired many to study the brain, which led to the discovery of most of what we know now about the anatomy of the human brain and its functions.

A.which led to the discovery of most what we know now about - the relative clause ''which....'' incorrectly modifies 'the brain'.
B.leading to the discovery of most of what we know now about - has no error. hence, (B) is the right answer choice.

C.leading to most of what we know now, the discovery of - (C) introduces the following structure "..., he inspired many to study the brain,...., the discovery of ...." the last clause acts as a noun modifier that illogically modifies ''now''.
D.which led to discovering most of what is now known about - the relative clause ''which....'' incorrectly modifies 'the brain'.
E.which had led to the discovery of what most of us know now of - the relative clause ''which....'' incorrectly modifies 'the brain'.
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