Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, because he planned

Question

Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, because he planned to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, he  acquired several Central and South American airlines in order to win government contracts delivering mail to the region.

(A) Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, because he planned to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, he

(B) The expansion of his airline's service to include intercontinental routes was planned by Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, and so he

(C) Planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways,

(D) Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes and

(E) The founder of Pan American airways, planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, Juan Trippe

Bunuel · Accepted Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

C

This is a tricky sentence to fix because it includes two pieces of background information about Trippe. There's only room for one between a pair of commas (such as "the founder of Pan American Airways") so the correct sentence will find a way to include both without the ambiguity of the initial sentence.

Eliminate (A) because you can't "read around" the first phrase: "Juan Trippe because he planned. . . " doesn't make sense.

(B) is incorrect because of its use of the passive voice, "was planned by". Also, the "and" in "and so he" is unnecessary; "so he" would be sufficient.

(C) is correct: it moves one of the pieces of background information to a modifier. It is Trippe who planned to expand his airline's service; he was also the founder of the airline, and if you read around the "the founder" phrase, the sentence works: "Trippe acquired several. . . "

(D) has a modifier problem and incorrect parallelism. It is Trippe who was "planning to expand", not "Airways", which immediately precedes the verb. Also, by preceding "acquired" with "and", it sounds like there should be a past tense verb somewhere earlier in the sentence. There is not.

(E) moves the phrase "the founder. . ." too far away from what it modifies, "Juan Trippe". The modifier must be immediately adjacent to what it modifies.

Kinshook · Answer

Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, because he planned to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, he  acquired several Central and South American airlines in order to win government contracts delivering mail to the region.

(A) Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways,  because  he planned to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, he

(B) The expansion of his airline's service to include intercontinental routes was planned by Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, and so he
C is better

(C) Planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways,

(D) Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes  and

(E)  The founder of Pan American airways , planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, Juan Trippe
Misplaced modifier

IMO C

ramlala · Answer

Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, because he planned to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, he  acquired several Central and South American airlines in order to win government contracts delivering mail to the region.

(A) Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways,  because he  planned to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, he
 Verb is missing for subject  Juan Trippe

(B) The expansion of his airline's service to include intercontinental routes  was planned by Juan Trippe , the founder of Pan American Airways, and so he
 1st cluase in passive voice and second in active voice. Not upto the mark as per GMAT standards

(C) Planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways,
  Planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes  and  the founder of Pan American Airways  are perfectly modifies subject  Juan Trippe . S-V error is adressed here.

(D)  Juan Trippe , the founder of Pan American Airways,  planning  to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes and
 Active verb is missing

(E) The founder of Pan American airways ,  planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, Juan Trippe
 Modifier error

IMO C

winterschool · Answer

Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, because he planned to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, he acquired several Central and South American airlines in order to win government contracts delivering mail to the region.

(A)  Juan Trippe , the founder of Pan American Airways,  because  he planned to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, he  Incorrect

Juan Trippe because he planned ................ - sounds awkward; before because incomplete sentence

(B) The expansion of his airline's service to include intercontinental routes was  planned by Juan Trippe , the founder of Pan American Airways, and  so he   Incorrect

passive form and parallelism error - so he break parallelism

(C)  Planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways,   Correct

(D) Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways,  planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes  and  Incorrect

c is better than D; 
 
(E) The founder of Pan American airways,  planning to expand  his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, Juan Trippe  Incorrect

modifier problem - planning modifies by previous clause

argerniki · Answer

(A)  Juan Trippe , the founder of Pan American Airways, because he planned to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, he 
--> Sounds right at the beginning, but Juan Trippe has no verb. The other verbs refer to 'he'.

(B) The expansion of his airline's service to include intercontinental routes was planned by Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, and so he
--> Sound a bit weird, but I would keep it for the moment. In the end, C is much clearer

(C) Planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes, Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways,
--> Correct

(D)  Juan Trippe , the founder of Pan American Airways, planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes and
--> Again, this is not a complete sentence. There is no verb for Juan Trippe.

(E) The founder of Pan American airways, planning to expand his airline's service to include intercontinental routes,  Juan Trippe 
--> Two modifiers back to back. 'Juan Trippe' should be placed between them.

Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, because he planned

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