Each of Charlie Chaplins most famous characters The Tramp, The Barb

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Each of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— are simple and guileless men,  very different from the actor himself who was known to be a shrewd, politically active intellectual and businessman.

A. Each of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— are simple and guileless men,
B. Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— are each simple and guileless men,
C. The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— each of them Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — is simple and guileless men,
D. Simple and guileless men — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— each one of the most famous characters of Charlie Chaplin, are
E. Simple and guileless men — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— every one of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters are

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gloomybison · Answer

A. Each of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— are simple and guileless men,
"Each of...are" is wrong, Each is a singular indefinite pronoun so it must take a singular "is".

B. Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— are each simple and guileless men,
 Correct

C. The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— each of them Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — is simple and guileless men,
"each of them..." is giving us additional information about the characters, one can see it as a modifier. However The tramp, the barber and Calvero are plural so usage of "is" is wrong. Also notice that "men" is plural so using "xxx is men" would be wrong 
 
D. Simple and guileless men — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— each one of the most famous characters of Charlie Chaplin, are
since we have a comma before are "Simple and guileless men" is our subject. Though this may look correct from a grammatical standpoint, its meaning is flawed: This basically tells us that generally, any simple and guileless men are different from actor. However point to be made is that roles that CC played are different than his own character

E. Simple and guileless men — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— every one of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters are
"every one" must take a singular verb "is". However here every one incorrectly takes a plural verb "are"

debjit1990 · Answer

Ans:B
A. Each of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— are simple and guileless men,...'each' takes singular...'are' wrong
B. Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— are each simple and guileless men,..correct
C. The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— each of them Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — is simple and guileless men,..sv agreement issue
D. Simple and guileless men — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— each one of the most famous characters of Charlie Chaplin, are..meaning error
E. Simple and guileless men — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— every one of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters are...every takes singular..are wrong

PyjamaScientist · Answer

(B) . Time taken 01:35.

"Each" before "simple and guileless men" in (B) is not the perfect choice by the author in my opinion. I would have loved it if (B) didn't have that. Because the sentence without it makes pretty good sense.
  Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters are  each  simple and guileless men, very different from the actor himself.  
But, rest of the choices have bigger issues and thus I stuck with (B).

(A): " Each of  Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters" takes a  singular  verb so "are" is wrong.

(C): " The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero " take a  plural   verb so "is" is wrong.

(D)/(E): If you remove the middle part although "one" in (D) after "each" is clearly "redundant", sentence would make no sense at all. Comparison here is made between the "characters Chaplin played" and "Charlie Chaplin". Comparison is not between "simple and guileless men" and "Charlie Chaplin". "simple and guileless men" is used to modify the "characters Chalin played". (D) and (E) both twist this meaning and place a comparison between "simple and guileless men" and "Charlie Chaplin". See the redacted simplified version of (D)/(E) below:
  (D) Simple and guileless men   — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— each one of the most famous characters of Charlie Chaplin,   are very different from the actor himself.
(E) Simple and guileless men   — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— every one of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters   are very different from the actor himself.

zhanbo · Answer

My answer is  (B) . It took me 01:20.

(A) Its subject ("Each") and verb ("are") do not agree.

(B) Its subject ("characters") and verb ("are") do agree, even though "each" is used as an adverb after "are".

(C) Its subject ("The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero") and verb ("is") do not agree. 
Besides, "each of them Charlie Chaplin’s most famous character s " should be "each of them Charlie Chaplin’s most famous character".

(DE) are constructed in such a peculiar way that they merit no serious consideration. But let's try to analyze them a bit further. 
(D) This sentence is equivalent with
Simple and guileless men — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero (each one of the most famous characters of Charlie Chaplin) — are very different from the actor himself...
The comparison is now between "simple and guileless men" and "the actor". It makes more sense to compare between his characters and the actor. 
(E) This sentence contains two subjects, itself an error.
The second subject "every one of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters“ is singular and does not agree with "are".

Sushil117 · Answer

A. Each of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— are simple and guileless men,
"each..are" SVA error

B. Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— are each simple and guileless men,
looks fine

C. The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— each of them Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters — is simple and guileless men,
sine " The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero" is the subject here, is should be according to subject which is plural.incorrect

D. Simple and guileless men — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— each one of the most famous characters of Charlie Chaplin, are
changes meaning . "Simple and guileless men" are not the ones different from the actor ,rather the characters who are simple and guileless men. Incorrect

E. Simple and guileless men — The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero— every one of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters are
same as D . also "every" should be "each" 
B is the answer

Bunuel · Answer

Experts' Global Official Explanation:

Subject-verb Agreement + Grammatical Construction + Pronouns + Redundancy/Awkwardness + Meaning 
 
 • When “each” is proceeded by a plural noun, it leads to a singular construction; when “each” is preceded by a plural noun, it leads to a plural construction; examples: “each of them is intelligent” and “they each are intelligent”. 
 
A. Trap. This answer choice incorrectly uses the plural verb “are” to refer to the singular pronoun phrase “Each of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous characters”. Please remember, when “each” is proceeded by a plural noun, it leads to a singular construction; when “each” is preceded by a plural noun, it leads to a plural construction.
 
 B. Correct.  This answer choice correctly uses the plural verb “are” to refer to the plural nouns “characters” and “men”. Further, Option B correctly uses “are each” after the plural noun “characters”; please remember, when “each” is preceded by a plural noun, it leads to a plural construction. Besides, Option B concisely conveys the intended meaning and is free of any awkwardness or redundancy.
 
C. This answer choice incorrectly uses the singular construction “(compound subject) …each…is” to refer to the plural, preceding noun “The Tramp, The Barber, and Calvero”. Further, Option C is needlessly wordy, as "of them" can be deleted without a loss of clarity.
 
D. This answer choice incoherently and awkwardly uses “each one” rather than “each” for referring to the compound subject “simple and guileless men”.
 
E. This answer choice subtly changes the meaning due to the incorrect usage of “everyone” rather than “each”. Besides, this answer choice is needlessly indirect and awkward due to the passive voice construction “…every one of…famous characters are”.
 
 B is the best answer choice.

Bunuel · Answer

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