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Unlike Mozart, whose funeral was sparsely attended being buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven’s was attended by more than thirty-thousand mourners and his final resting place lies in a famous Vienna cemetery near the graves of Schubert and Brahms.

A. being buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven’s was attended by about thirty thousand mourners and his final resting place lies in a famous Vienna cemetery near the graves of Schubert and Brahms - Mozart is being compared to Beethoven's, wrong comparison.

B. being buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven’s funeral was attended by about thirty-thousand mourners and his final resting place was near the graves of Schubert and Brahms in a famous Vienna cemetery - Mozart is being compared to Beethoven's, wrong comparison.

C. and he was buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven was given a funeral attended by more than thirty thousand mourners and his final resting place lies near the graves of Schubert and Brahms in a famous Vienna cemetery - wrong

D. and who was buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven’s funeral was attended by more than thirty-thousand mourners and his final resting place lies in a famous Vienna cemetery near the graves of Schubert and Brahms - Mozart is being compared to Beethoven's, wrong comparison.

E. and who was buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven was given a funeral attended by more than thirty-thousand mourners and lies buried near the graves of Schubert and Brahms in a famous Vienna cemetery - correct .
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Unlike mozart can only take bethoveen as a comparable noun entity. Possesive is wrong.
Option c has faulty parallelism
E correct

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Explanation:

I will try to address this question in an elegant way. Lets see
Their is a preposition HIS IN "HIS FINAL RESTING" which refers to Beethoven's. A pronoun cant refer to a possessive pronoun. So eliminate the choices

So, we left with two choices. In that, C is more indirect way and try to use active way in the modifier
C: "he was buried" & his resting place lies
E: it is direct in second clause and use the who clause to give info
So, E is the answer
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This sentence has four errors. First, the subordinate clause “whose funeral was sparsely attended being buried in an unmarked communal grave” is awkward grammatically and ambiguous in meaning; the clause could be interpreted to mean that the funeral was sparsely attended at the time Mozart was being buried, or it could be interpreted to mean that the funeral was sparsely attended because Mozart was buried in an unmarked grave. Second, it is not clear whether the possessive “Beethoven’s” refers to “funeral” or to “grave.” Third, the sentence makes an illogical comparison between Mozart and either Beethoven’s funeral or Beethoven's grave.

Finally, the prepositional phrase “near the graves of Schubert and Brahms” is a misplaced modifier. Since it immediately follows “cemetery,” it appears to describe the location of the cemetery rather than that of the grave.

(A) This choice is incorrect since it repeats the original sentence.

(B) First, the subordinate clause “whose funeral was sparsely attended being buried in an unmarked communal grave” is grammatically awkward and ambiguous in meaning. Second, while the introduction of “funeral” makes the possessive “Beethoven’s” unambiguous, the sentence still illogically compares “Mozart” to “Beethoven’s funeral.” Finally, the past tense is used illogically in the clause “his final resting place was ….” Since this clause discusses Beethoven’s final resting place, it describes a state of being that is still true today; hence, the use of the present tense is appropriate to describe where Beethoven’s body currently lies.

(C) “Mozart” is followed by two clauses, “whose funeral was sparsely attended” and “he was buried in an unmarked communal grave.” The second of these clauses is incorrect because: 1) it should be a subordinate clause modifying Mozart, and should therefore start with "who was buried", and 2) it should be parallel to the first clause, and should therefore start with "who was buried", and 3) it should not make the illogical assertion that “Unlike Mozart, he [Mozart] was buried….”.

(D) This choice makes an illogical comparison between "Mozart" and "Beethoven’s funeral." In addition, the prepositional phrase “near the graves of Schubert and Brahms” is a misplaced modifier. Since it immediately follows “cemetery,” it appears to describe the location of the cemetery rather than that of the grave.

(E) CORRECT. “Mozart” is now modified by two subordinate clauses, “whose funeral was attended….” and “who was buried ….,” each properly introduced by the relative pronouns “whose” and “who” respectively. In addition, “Mozart” is now logically compared to “Beethoven.” Finally, the phrase “near the graves of …” unambiguously modifies “lies buried.”


I know this is a fairly simple question and I could arrive at E successfully as it is better than C and way better than the others. But my only doubt is the last bit in E: Given //ism rules, I assumed that "Beethoven was given a funeral" // "Beethoven lies buried near the graves of X and Y" but "Beethoven lies buried near the graves" sounds kinda awkward..should it not be "Beethoven was buried near the graves as he did not bury himself.. active construction did not make much sense to me...Please let me know what you think..or is there any problem with my understanding...
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This question is part of the GMAT Club Sentence Correction : Comparison" Revision Project.

Unlike Mozart, whose funeral was sparsely attended being buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven’s was attended by more than thirty-thousand mourners and his final resting place lies in a famous Vienna cemetery near the graves of Schubert and Brahms.


A. being buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven’s was attended by about thirty thousand mourners and his final resting place lies in a famous Vienna cemetery near the graves of Schubert and Brahms

B. being buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven’s funeral was attended by about thirty-thousand mourners and his final resting place was near the graves of Schubert and Brahms in a famous Vienna cemetery

C. and he was buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven was given a funeral attended by more than thirty-thousand mourners and his final resting place lies near the graves of Schubert and Brahms in a famous Vienna cemetery

D. and who was buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven’s funeral was attended by more than thirty-thousand mourners and his final resting place lies in a famous Vienna cemetery near the graves of Schubert and Brahms

E. and who was buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven was given a funeral attended by more than thirty-thousand mourners and lies buried near the graves of Schubert and Brahms in a famous Vienna cemetery

Mozart cannot be compared to Beethoven's funeral - illogical comparison. So straight up eliminate A B and D
A. being buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven’s was attended by about thirty thousand mourners and his final resting place lies in a famous Vienna cemetery near the graves of Schubert and Brahms
B. being buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven’s funeral was attended by about thirty-thousand mourners and his final resting place was near the graves of Schubert and Brahms in a famous Vienna cemetery
D. and who was buried in an unmarked common grave, Beethoven’s funeral was attended by more than thirty-thousand mourners and his final resting place lies in a famous Vienna cemetery near the graves of Schubert and Brahms

E reads better than C notice the who and he difference. So pick E
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