The "international subject," as Henry james called it,

Question

The "international subject," as Henry james called it, consists of  the bringing together, in intimate situations, persons  of various nationalisties.
A.
B.the bringing together, in intimate situations, of persons
C.bringing people together in intimate situations who are
D. the bringing intimately together of people
E. bringing together intimately persons
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duttsit · Answer

A.

C is tempting but "bringing people together" is an action not noun(international subject)

sandalphon · Answer

I choose C.


I would immediately erase D and E since they alter the meaning of the sentence. B is too wordy. The choice between A and C is difficult. I choose C because I eschew -ing forms as much as possible and C sounds more plain.

automan · Answer

C is wrong because the relative pronoun who is misplaced. The underlined part of the sentence must be an action, something expressing what the internations subject does. The only answer that reflects this is E, my choice.

Where is this question from?

christoph · Answer

hÃ¤Ã¤?? B) ...i mean it cant be E) b/c the situation is intimate and not the person, is it...

hkm_gmat · Answer

IMO - its b/w A and B.

B has alliteration of "of" so I choose A.

ywilfred · Answer

B. - awkard phrasing
C. - modifier misplaced
D. - awkward phrasing
E. - awkward, and the use of 'persons' is wrong

A is the best choice.

vc019 · Answer

A is the only correct answer.
Rest all are changing the meaning or wordy.

tobiastt · Answer

can someone please explain why "who" in C is misplaced?

nakib77 · Answer

I vote for A

I was stuck between A and C for a while.

now C has few problelms. First of all pronoun  who  in C is misplaced. Who is modifying  people , it should have been right after people.
Another problem is  Bringing people together  is a verb phrase. we need a noun phrase after consist of.

so C is not correct.

B is using misplaced modifier
D and E are awkward.

So A wins.

automan · Answer

Because it is modifying situations. BTW, what's the OA?

shahnandan · Answer

the choice is between A and C, in C the 'who' is misplaced- it refers to the situations. my vote is for A.

cool_jonny009 · Answer

guys i am still confused between A and E. A has "the bringing" after consists of . C has "who" misplaced modifier ..... What is the OA here and the correct explanation for that........ :roll:

ong · Answer

OA is B
I don't understand why it answer B, so I posted it.
Untill now, I think it 's time to leave this question
thank you for everybody to fix it out.

HongHu · Answer

Good catch Bhai. This is exactly the explanation.

The "international subject," as Henry james called it,

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