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Considered to be the most unforgiving course in the world, cyclists must train especially hard to meet the challenge.

(A) Considered to be the most unforgiving course in the world, cyclists must train especially hard to meet the challenge.

(B) Considered as the most unforgiving course in the world, the challenge is be met only by cyclists training especially hard.

(C) Cyclists must train especially hard to meet the challenge of the course considered more unforgiving than any other course in the world.

(D) The most unforgiving course in the world, the challenge for cyclists is to train especially hard for it.

(E) Meeting the challenge requires cyclists to train especially hard for the most unforgiving course in the world.

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Can anyone please explain that why option C is correct ?
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C- Is very awkward, can anyone please explain?

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The first clause in the original version is a dangling modifier; what is considered the most unforgiving course is never mentioned in the sentence. The sentence should be reconstructed to eliminate this problem. Only choice (C) corrects this problem without creating another one.

The correct answer is (C).
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In the answer choice, C: Cyclists must train especially hard to meet the challenge of the course considered more unforgiving than any other course in the world.

While it is grammatically correct, it is too wordy. "course considered...world" is a long noun phrase. Could have been easily broken down by the usage of "that" before "course" and by just doing away "course" in "course in the world" (redundancy).

But other choices were worse.
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Can someone point out differences between C & E

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I think option E change the original meaning of the question.
C retains the meaning, although it is wordy.
E distorts the "intention" of "to meet the challenges" into "some particular things" which "require somethings"
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Considered to be the most unforgiving course in the world, cyclists must train especially hard to meet the challenge.

(A) Considered to be the most unforgiving course in the world, cyclists must train especially hard to meet the challenge. The portion before the comma is a modifier incorrectly modifying "cyclists". What is "considered to be the most unforgiving course in the world" is not mentioned in the sentence. Additionally, "considered X" is the correct idiomatic usage, not "considered to be". Eliminate.

(B) Considered as the most unforgiving course in the world, the challenge is be met only by cyclists training especially hard. Same error as (A). Additionally, "considered X" is the correct idiomatic usage, not "considered as". Eliminate.

(C) Cyclists must train especially hard to meet the challenge of the course considered more unforgiving than any other course in the world. Correct answer. No dangling modifier and no new errors introduced.

(D) The most unforgiving course in the world, the challenge for cyclists is to train especially hard for it. Again, a dangling modifier. What is "the most unforgiving course in the world" is not mentioned. Consequently, "it" has a missing antecedent. Eliminate.

(E) Meeting the challenge requires cyclists to train especially hard for the most unforgiving course in the world. Meaning change. It appears to imply that the "challenge" is something other than "the most unforgiving course in the world". Eliminate.

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