Of the people who brought about the Reformation, the religious

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Of the people who brought about the Reformation, the religious revolution that grew out of objections to the doctrines of the medieval church,  Martin Luther is the best known of them .

A. Martin Luther is the best known of them
B. the best known is Martin Luther 
C. the better known of them was Martin Luther
D. Martin Luther is better known
E. the best known one was Martin Luther

Shivikaa · Answer

I chose E which is wrong. Please explain the difference for 'is' and 'was'

arvind910619 · Answer

The answer is B

We taking Martin Luther out of the people who brought about the reformation .
We need best here because there are may people out which Martin Luther was best known .
Better is used for comparison when there are two things to compare .

gmatFalcon · Answer

Make sense now. Thanks for explanation

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chesstitans · Answer

Use POE to eliminate C,D, and E.
B is better than A. "of them" is redundant

Temurkhon · Answer

it is reverse order sentence in which adverbial phrase goes first. So, we should put verb before subject

B is good and precise

chesstitans · Answer

I come down with an illness. B does make sense now.

jaston · Answer

Of the people who brought about the Reformation ,  the religious revolution that grew out of objections to the doctrines of the medieval church , Martin Luther is the best known of them.

A. Martin Luther is the best known  of them    redundant 'of them ; 
B. the  best  known is Martin Luther 
C. the  better  known  of them  was Martin Luther   redundant 'of them', should use superlative 'best'  
D. Martin Luther is  better  known   should use superlative 'best'  
E. the best known  one   was  Martin Luther   redundant 'one', past tense 'was' is incorrect'

chesstitans · Answer

does gmat ever test the structure "the second after the best"?

DmitryFarberMPrep · Answer

chesstitans  I can't imagine a sentence in which we'd say "the second after the best." The normal usage would simply be "the second best," as in "My cousin is the second best goalkeeper in the league," or "Not wanting to settle for second best, he pressured the hotel staff to upgrade his room to a suite."

chesstitans · Answer

I am thankful that you give me both the answer and the knowledge. Nevertheless, I still do not know how to say "after the person whom I love most, who is the person whom I love most ?"

nahid78 · Answer

"Of Them" in A is redundant. B is the best answer.

randombeing · Answer

Hi,

I believe in learning from other's experiences but unfortunately i have not been able to find a post around my query on this question.

Solving this question in a timed manner, I presumed "Of the people who brought about the Reformation" as a modifier, hence, eliminated all choices but A & D.
A turned out to be a better choice, but as we all know it isn't the OA.

My question - is this phrase, Of the people who brought about the Reformation, not working as a Modifier for Martin Luther ?

Thanks in advance

Bunuel I'll be really grateful, if you can look into it.

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