Holly Johnson, the openly homosexual former frontman of Fra

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Holly Johnson,  the openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter and  writer.

a) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter and
b) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, are also an accomplished painter and
c) open homosexual frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is an accomplished painter and
d) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter as well as 
e) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, are an accomplished painter and

fameatop · Accepted Answer

Holly Johnson,  the openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter and  writer.
a) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter and 
 CORRECT

b) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood,  are  also an accomplished painter and
 - Subject "Holly Johnson" is singular, so singular verb "IS" must be used. Thus Incorrect

c)  open  homosexual frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is an accomplished painter and
 We need to use OPENLY because the author intends to say that "Holly is openly homosexual" rather than "Holly is Open Frontman". Thus Incorrect

d) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter  as well as  
 "And" is more concise than "As well as". D is grammatically correct but is slightly lengthy in comparison to option A

e) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood,  are  an accomplished painter and 
 - Subject "Holly Johnson" is singular, so singular verb "IS" must be used. Thus Incorrect

mohit879 · Answer

IMO A....

Option B and E are wrong because of "are"....Option C misses "former" word...In between A and D...A looks concise and simple...

maggie27 · Answer

As far as I have noticed , "as well as" is generally not found in correct answer choices.

abhishekdadarwal2009 · Answer

Holly Johnson, the openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter and writer.

a) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter and 
 b) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, are also an accomplished painter and
c) open homosexual frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is an accomplished painter and
d) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter as well as 
e) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, are an accomplished painter and 
 
Holly Johanson is singular entity and usage of 'are' is wrong. option B and E are out.
C changes the meaning and D is wordy.

A is the correct answer.

nishantt7 · Answer

in option A, an adverb(openly) after a noun (Johnson), is it correct?Not sure about my question. Please provide an elaborate explanation

eddy8700 · Answer

Holly Johnson, the openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter and writer.

a) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter and
b) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, are also an accomplished painter and
c) open homosexual frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is an accomplished painter and
d) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, is also an accomplished painter as well as 
e) openly homosexual former frontman of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, are an accomplished painter and

are in B and E is incorrect
C changes the meaning of the sentence
D as well as is not used for joining two entities and is used

A is best

TejasD · Answer

Between A and D, A is good as it uses and for painter and writer. Here equal emphasis is required. B uses as well as, this puts more emphasis on painter.

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nlx23 · Answer

my doubt here is the use of "openly" in all the options except c. Openly is an adverb but is pointing what ?
Please explain this part as i get frequently confused in adverb - adjective usage.

AjiteshArun · Answer

Openly  modifies the adjective  homosexual .

RakshithTN · Answer

Can anyone explain why 'A' is preferred over 'D'? Is it an idiomatic error?

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