Rather like James M.Cain, with whom he shares the distinction of be

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Rather like James M.Cain,  with whom he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, Ed McBain's early novels are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered as more superior  to them.

A. with whom he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, Ed McBain's early novels are learner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered as more superior.

B. with who he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, Ed McBain's early novels are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered as superior

C. Ed McBain, with whom he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, was more leaner and more suspenseful in his early novels than his later works. which are widely considered superior.

D. with who he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, Ed McBain wrote early novels that are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered superior.

E. who shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master with Ed McBain, wrote early novels that are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and which are widely considered to be superior.

vanam52923 · Accepted Answer

Let me try:

Rather like James M.Cain, with whom he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, Ed McBain's early novels are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered as more superior to them.

A. with whom he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, Ed McBain's early novels are learner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered as more superior.

Incorrect: M.Cain compared with McBain's novels ,illogical comparison,
cant compare person with book

B. with who he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, Ed McBain's early novels are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered as superior

same error as A

C. Ed McBain, with whom he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, was more leaner and more suspenseful in his early novels than his later works. which are widely considered superior.

No clear antecedent for he , he can refer to Mr. McBain or Mr.James

Also meaning change:
Here original meaning is Mc Bain shares distinction with Cain but c choice means
Cain shares distinction with Mcbain.

D. with who he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, Ed McBain wrote early novels that are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered superior.

correct comparison and meaning

E. who shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master with Ed McBain, wrote early novels that are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and which are widely considered to be superior.

no comparison at all,

Unlike Cain, who shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master with Ed McBain , wrote ......

no subject for verb wrote.Who wrote?

push12345 · Answer

for comparison with  James Cain  we require  Ed McBain  not his works
A B are OUT

Also  Consider is used without any other preposition  
E out

C -Keeping Ed in beginning does not make the logical flow of sentence correect

Hence D is correct

eswar9 · Answer

In option D, who should be replaced by WHOM right? As James M Cain is the object of the clause....Correct me if I am wrong ....Thank you in advance @vanam52993

vanam52923 · Answer

IMO u are right,here subject of verb shares is he i.e Mcbain so whom must be referring to object McCain.
Let us refer this to expert and wait for their reply.

vanam52923 · Answer

Can u please help with option d? here should who not be whom .

here subject of verb shares is he i.e Mcbain so whom must be referring to object McCain.

Thanks in advance

Sidharth8 · Answer

A – M.Cain is improperly compared to Ed Mcbain’s novels. Wrong.
B – Same error
C – ‘he’ could refer to either McBain or James. Unclear and wrong.
D – correct
E – Comparision is not being made, missing word.
 
D is correct

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minustark · Answer

Rather like James M.Cain,  with whom he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, Ed McBain's early novels are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered as more superior  to them.

A. with whom he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, Ed McBain's  early novels are learner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered as more superior.>>> it should be a noun, not a possessive noun.

B. with who he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master,  Ed McBain's early novels are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered as superior>>> same as A.

C.  Ed McBain, with whom he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, was more leaner and more suspenseful in his early novels than his later works. which are widely considered superior.>>> wrong palcement of noun.

D. with who he shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master, Ed McBain wrote early novels that are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and widely considered superior.>>> Concise and no grammatical error.

E. who shares the distinction of being a Mystery Writers of America Master with Ed McBain, wrote early novels that are leaner and more suspenseful than his later works and which are widely considered to be superior.>>>changes the meaning of the original sentence.

chrtpmdr · Answer

Could you explain why you see no grammatical error in "with who he shares" 
I find that structure highly suspect, especially given that we are talking about a non OG question.

Imho this should be whom.

chrisbender · Answer

D is the best answer but doesn't have to be with whom.

soulcycle · Answer

Can someone clarify on the who vs whom usage here?

Seems like whom is the clear choice. That's what threw me off.

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itoyj · Answer

Who is the subject, it is used when the person to whom who is referring to is the subject And whom is the object in a sentence https://www.grammarly.com/blog/who-vs-w ... ght-think/ Hope it helps

soulcycle · Answer

Yes but in the supposed correct answer, the object is the person being used for the comparison. He should be referred to as "whom" instead of "who."

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kienbn932 · Answer

"With who" in Answer D is so wrong, should be fixed

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