Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s book The Coming of the Fairies revealed that

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s book The Coming of the Fairies revealed that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist affected in both his private life and his friendships by his belief in psychic phenomena.

Can anyone share the role of "affected" here, if it is a Verb-ed modifier then what is it modifying

(A) that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist affected in both his private life and

(B) that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and also affected in his his private life and

(C) this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and that he was affected in both his private life and

(D) this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and that he was affected in both his private life as well as

(E) this creator of the most famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, to have been a spiritualist and that he affected himself both in his private life as well as

chetan2u · Answer

Hi,
Two issues that can get you to correct answer...
1) BOTH..... correct usage is both X and Y.. 
2) THAT... use of that is important after 'revealed'..

Only A is left

Abhishek009 · Answer

Error in the other options -

(A)  that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist affected in both his private life and

(B) that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and also  affected in his his private life and

(C)  this creator  of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and that he was  affected in both his private life and

(D)  this creator  of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist  and that he was affected in both his private life as well as

(E)  this creator  of the most famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, to have been a spiritualist  and that he affected himself both in his private life as well as  
  
Errors in other options marked in RED, correct answer must be (A) , the original sentence...

daboo343 · Answer

We need that clause
So C, D, E are out.Now look into A nad B

(A) Correct  that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist affected in both his private life and 
Both..... and...... maintains parallelism.

(B)  Incorrect that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a  spiritualist and also affected  in his his private life and 
Parallelism error. spritualist is not parallel to affected. also is also unnecessary.

(C)  Incorrect this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and that he was affected in both his private life and

(D)  Incorrect this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and that he was affected in both his private life as well as

(E) Incorrect  this creator of the most famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, to have been a spiritualist and that he affected himself both in his private life as well as

broall · Answer

A. that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes , who valued reason above all other qualities,  was a spiritualist affected in both his private life and
 Correct. "affected" modifies "a spiritualist".

B. that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes , who valued reason above all other qualities,  was a spiritualist and also affected in both his private life and
 the structure: "... revealed that ... Sherlock Holmes was a spiritualist and also affected in both his private life and his friendships ..." is wrong since "affected" modifies "Sherlock Holmes" rather than "a spiritalist"

C. this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes , who valued reason above all other qualities,  was a spiritualist and that  he  was affected in both his private life and
 "revealed that he was effected in both...", "he" here seems to refer to "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle".

D. this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and that  he  was affected in both his private life as well as
 same as C

E. this creator of the most famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, to have been a spiritualist and that he affected himself both in his private life as well as
 "to have been..." is awkward.

DeshDeepak · Answer

A. that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist affected in both his private life and
 Correct: Affected is -ed modifier correctly modifying nearest noun spiritualist.

B. that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist  and also  affected in both his private life and
 Changes intended meaning of sentence by inserting and also 
C. this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and that  he  was affected in both his private life and
 he is ambigious 
D. this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and that  he  was affected in both his private life as well as
 he is ambigious 
E. this creator of the most famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities,  to have been  a spiritualist and that  he  affected himself both in his private life as well as
 to have been is awkward and wordy, no clear reference for he

SSM700plus · Answer

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s book The Coming of the Fairies revealed that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist affected in both his private life and his friendships by his belief in psychic phenomena.

Can anyone share the role of "affected" here, if it is a Verb-ed modifier then what is it modifying

(A) that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist affected in both his private life and

(B) that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and also affected in his his private life and

(C) this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and that he was affected in both his private life and

(D) this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist and that he was affected in both his private life as well as

(E) this creator of the most famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, to have been a spiritualist and that he affected himself both in his private life as well as

B is incorrect because of  and also affected . And & also placed next to each other causes redundancy.

C, D & E have more than one error.

Let's validate C - this creature....was a spiritualist and that he was..... In this sentence we have a parallelism marker "and" . X and Y. Both X & Y should be parallel.

D - has parallelism error as in C. It also has idiom error " both X and Y". But in D it uses "both X as well as Y" This is incorrect.

E - has parallelism error of C and Idiom error of D.

A is the best of All.

ThisIsWater · Answer

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s book The Coming of the Fairies revealed that this creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who valued reason above all other qualities, was a spiritualist affected in both his private life and his friendships by his belief in psychic phenomena.

Can anyone share the role of "affected" here, if it is a Verb-ed modifier then what is it modifying

Can anyone share the role of "affected" here, if it is a Verb-ed modifier then what is it modifying

daagh · Answer

straight- no doubts about that. 'affected' modifies the noun just in front namely spiritualist. The spiritualist didn't affect anything. He was affected(was influenced) by his belief

ravigupta2912 · Answer

Why is he ambiguous? Can only possibly refer to Sherlock since Sir Arthur has been used as a possessive noun here. Grammatically and logically, he only has one antecedent here.

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