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Known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, in Manhattan Blue Man Group, who started with a troupe of three performers, expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals who appeared  in trios at performances nationwide.

A) Known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, in Manhattan Blue Man Group, who started with a troupe of three performers, expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals who appeared

B) Known primarily to locals in Manhattan before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, Blue Man Group started with a troupe of three performers and has since expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals who appear

C) In Manhattan, Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the 1980s, starting with a troupe of three performers, expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, who appeared

D) Originally a troupe of three performers who has since expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s in Manhattan, who appear

E) Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals in Manhattan before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, and starting with a troupe of three performers, expanding to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, and appearing

sumitkrocks · Answer

(B) is my answer

A)   Modifiers are misplaced

In Manhattan should modify "Locals" but here construction gives a sense that Preposition phrase "In Manhattan" is to describe where Blue man group expanded

Also the past tense is not best here as gives a sense as if Blue man group appeared at some specific time in the past + also parallelism is lost because of missing connector 
  
B)  Issues listed above are rectified

C)   Misplaced Preposition phrase "In Manhattan"
Present participle do not make sense and not parallel 
Tense is flawed 
  
D)   Relative pronoun Who wrongly modifies Manhattan 
Meaning is flawed 
  
E)   No verb for second part of the sentence 
Meaning flawed

Crytiocanalyst · Answer

A) Known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, in Manhattan Blue Man Group, who started with a troupe of three performers, expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals who appeared
We cannot distinguish whether the companies name is Manhattan Blue group or simply Blue Man group therefore out

B) Known primarily to locals in Manhattan before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, Blue Man Group started with a troupe of three performers and has since expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professions who appear
The meaning is perfect therefore let us hang on to it

C) In Manhattan, Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the 1980s, starting with a troupe of three performers, expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, who appeared
Addition of a lot of commas is not conveying the right meaning these are dependent clause that are being seperated through commas

D) Originally a troupe of three performers who has since expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s in Manhattan, who appear
This gives us the meaning as though the three perfomers expanded into people of 9 which just doesn't make any sense

E) Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals in Manhattan before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, and starting with a troupe of three performers, expanding to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, and appearing
and addtiion in the end is not required due to which the meaning is distorted

Therefore IMO B

aarkay87 · Answer

My process of elimination:

Option-A: 
1) Opening modifier “Known primarily to locals…” should be followed by a noun - Manhattan Blue Man Group – but not by a prepositional phrase
2) Fragment - There is no main subject

Option-B: Correct

Option-C: 
1) This back-to-back modifiers structure may result in ambiguous meaning, and these modifiers are not even essentially grammatical or logically parallel – participle with relative pronoun modifier
2) First two modifiers (“starting…” AND “expanded…”) are describing something about groups AND third modifier (“who…”) is a sub-group modifier, which is describing something about professionals

Option-D: 
1) Placement of noun modifier “who appear…” far distant from intended pronoun
2) In this context, the pronoun “WHO” could modify the subject “Blue Man Group” of the preceding clause – But this use will result in a SV agreement error

Option-E: 
1) It appears that the phrase “starting with a troupe…” is a modifier, then we should not connect it using the conjunction “AND”

Hi  generis  – Thanks for the KUDOS. Could you please guide me through the process of how to tackle the long UL portions? I usually take more time, more than 2 minutes, in solving such questions.

hbkharsh · Answer

IMO B- Known primarily to locals in Manhattan before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, Blue Man Group started with a troupe of three performers and has since expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professions who appear

Reasoning:-

Reasoning:- 
1. in A- we get the idea that the name of the company is Manhattan Blue Man Group.
2. in C- modifiers should be parallel to each other, starting and expanded
3. in D- wrong use of the modifier, "who appear" after Manhattan
4. in E- and X, Y and Z is wrong.

zhanbo · Answer

My answer is  (B) . It took me 01:40. Note that "being" is correctly (and universally) used in this sentence: it cannot be removed.

(A) After "Known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s", we expect to see a person or group. Instead, we see "in Manhattan", which is really abrupt. It should be moved, as (B) does.

(C) Technically speaking, the sentence is ok, though the placement of "In Manhattan" is not ideal. I eliminate (C) mainly because of its continuous use of two participle phrase (starting with a troupe of three performers, expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals). It is just too awkward.

(D) The antecedent of "who" in "who appear" cannot logically be "MTV".

(E) Note " and " in "and starting"; it requires parallelism between "A  and  B". Here, A is "was known" while B is "starting". They are not parallel.

ketanbhardwaj131 · Answer

Known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, in Manhattan Blue Man Group, who started with a troupe of three performers, expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals who appeared in trios at performances nationwide.

A) Known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, in Manhattan Blue Man Group, who started with a troupe of three performers, expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals who appeared Incorrect

in Manhattan modifies by previous clause that is illogical; who modifies Blue Man Group that is not correct

B) Known primarily to locals in Manhattan before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, Blue Man Group started with a troupe of three performers and has since expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professions who appear Correct

C) In Manhattan, Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the 1980s, starting with a troupe of three performers, expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, who appeared Incorrect

expanded modifies what ? awkward choice

D) Originally a troupe of three performers who has since expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s in Manhattan, who appear Incorrect

who modifies MTV

E) Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals in Manhattan before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, and starting with a troupe of three performers, expanding to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, and appearing Incorrect

starting is not in parallel

, we need the plural verb 'have' in the relative clause. E) Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals in Manhattan before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, and starting with a troupe of three performers, expanding to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, and appearing bunch of modifiers, which seem to modify Blue Man Group but logically shouldn't...Modifier error

winterschool · Answer

Known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, in Manhattan Blue Man Group, who started with a troupe of three performers, expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals who appeared in trios at performances nationwide.

A) Known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s,  in Manhattan Blue Man Group, who  started with a troupe of three performers, expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals who appeared  Incorrect

in Manhattan modifies by previous clause that is illogical; who modifies Blue Man Group that is not correct

B)  Known primarily to locals in Manhattan before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s, Blue Man Group started with a troupe of three performers and has since expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professions who appear   Correct

C) In Manhattan, Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals before being discovered by MTV in the 1980s , starting with a troupe of three performers, expanded  to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, who appeared  Incorrect

expanded modifies what ? awkward choice

D) Originally a troupe of three performers who has since expanded to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals before being discovered by  MTV in the late 1980s in Manhattan, who  appear  Incorrect

who modifies MTV

E) Blue Man Group was known primarily to locals in Manhattan before being discovered by MTV in the late 1980s , and starting  with a troupe of three performers,  expanding  to a rotating company of eight to nine professionals, and  appearing   Incorrect

starting is not in parallel

Anshul234 · Answer

Is the use of 'professions who appear' in B correct or it should be 'professionals who appear'
  generis

piyushluniya · Answer

NOTE: the idea(which is already flawed) that "if you see "being" keyword used anywhere, then reject that answer choice" doesn't work here.
Some Imp Points:
1. For A, after the modifier "known ... ", we expect a noun i.e what is the modifier trying to modify. (this thing is corrected in B)
2. i feel "starting, expanded" modifier usage is wrong because a verb-ing modifier after a comma, modifies a verb but it should modify a noun.
3. what is "who" trying to modify ? - "a troupe" >> not possible as who is used for people, -"3 performers" >> not possible as 3 performers cannot be expanded
4. the sentence after comma+and needs a Independent clause, but there is no IC in there

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