Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest, yet his forays into mainstream dramatic films helped him achieve respect among a wider audience of film fans and critics.

This is a fairly easy question.
It tests your ability for subject-verb and modifiers.
Before POE lets see a few basic things,
a horror-film director is referring to Wes Craven.
He created a well-known catalog of films anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest.

Let's get to the POE.

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored
This is an incorrect choice because of Faulty Parallelism.
anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker IS NOT PARALLEL TO Robert Fuest.


(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
This is an incorrect choice because of Faulty Parallelism.
in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker IS NOT PARALLEL TO Robert Fuest.

(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored
This is the correct choice. Horror-film director is modifying Wes Craven. Created is the verb. Was is the correct verb as it refers to Catalog Which is singular.

(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored
This sentence is incorrect as it does not have a verb.

(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
This sentence is incorrect as it does not have a verb.


IMO:- c

Determining the right answer by POE:

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored
Parallelism issue: both X and Y – here, X and Y are not parallel.

(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
Parallelism issue: both X and Y – here, X and Y are not parallel.

(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored
Removes the parallelism marker “both”. No SV issue. Looks good.

(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored
“who created…”, “yet his..”. Here, “his” is not exactly pointing to “Wes Craven”.

(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
“who created…”, “yet his..”. Here, “his” is not exactly pointing to “Wes Craven”. It brings back the parallelism issue.

Answer C

Here the problem with the given sentence is the usage of both X and Y. There is no parallelism in X and Y.
anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker = X
Robert Fuest = Y
Hence no parallelism.

POE:
(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored : As described above
(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both : Same as A
(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored --> removes both. also created a well known catalog of films ......yet his foray helped... gives the right contrast
(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored--> Incorrect as Wes Craven has no verb before yet
(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both ---> same as A

Option C is the answer

Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films both anchored in X & Y
In above sentence, both refers to catalog which is incorrect whereas as per the meaning of the sentence, it refers to X & Y
So, A,B & E are out
D has a missing verb for subject 'Horror-film director Wes Craven'

Hence C

Idiom: Both X and Y… needs to be parallel.
Meaning: The director, WC, created a catalog of KNOWN films based on one style, BUT the films he created in another other style were what helped him achieve respect among others.

First, "both anchored in tropes of PM and RF" is not parallel, so (B), (A) and (E) out; also, in (A) "WC, who was", imps he either stopped directing films (retired) or died… we don't know that;
Second, modifier issue in (D) and (E), imps a fragmented sentence "WC yet…", out;

Answer: (C).

C

Here are the reasons to eliminate each option

Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest, yet his forays into mainstream dramatic films helped him achieve respect among a wider audience of film fans and critics.

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored
"both" is wrongly used here. The idiom is "both X and Y", the second leg of the idiom is missing here.

(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
Same as above

(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored
Correct. The idiom is gone, "that" correctly refers to "catalog of films", a singular noun

(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored
Fragment, there's no verb for "Horror-film director Wes Craven", "anchored" modifies "films" since there's no comma.

(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
Same as above, plus now the idiom error is also incorporated.

This one is about subject - verb agreement and parallelism, so you must detect the marker of reference immediately.

Error analysis:

First of all, Wes Craven does not have a verb. Also, the marker "both" is incorrectly used since entities "anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker" and "Robert Fuest" are not parallel.

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored - Incorrect as error analysis
(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both - It corrects the subject verb agreement, but usage of both is incorrect per error analysis
(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored - Seems good, gonna keep it
(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored - No verb for Wes Craven
(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both Incorrect as error analysis

So (C) is our answer.
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Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest, yet his forays into mainstream dramatic films helped him achieve respect among a wider audience of film fans and critics.

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored
Both X and Y parallelism is not correct. Incorrect

(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
Both X and Y parallelism is not correct. Incorrect

(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored
Horror-film director Wes Craven is correct. created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored is also correct.
Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest, yet his forays into mainstream dramatic films helped him achieve respect among a wider audience of film fans and critics. Correct

(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored
The sentence is not complete. Incorrect

(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
The sentence is not complete. Incorrect
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IMO C Parallelism

Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest, yet his forays into mainstream dramatic films helped him achieve respect among a wider audience of film fans and critics.

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored
'both anchored' is wrong meaning and wrong parallelism.
(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
'Both anchored is wrong because one part is slasher... of peter walker, and the other part is 'robert fuest' a person
(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored
Correct parallelism and clear meaning free of issues as per me.
(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored
'who created..' is a modifier phrase that is modifying the director and the portion after the modifier phrase talks about the films and not the director , so wrong
(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
the subject is wes Craven , but it is not coherent with the non underlined portion ,which talks about the films alone (or the cataloge of films) ,so wrong

Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest, yet his forays into mainstream dramatic films helped him achieve respect among a wider audience of film fans and critics.

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored --> "both -ed and noun" construction issue
(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both--> "both in the and noun" construction issue
(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored --> correct: "that" correctly modifies "a well-known catalog"
(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored --> main verb missing
(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both --> same as B, also main verb missing

This is a Sentence Correction (SC) question. Let us analyze if the option (A) is relevant and if not, let us find out the best suitable option.
(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored - The word "both" here is redundant as it should have preceded "Pete Walker and Robert Fuest". As given here, it refers to the word "anchored" and does not have the second relevant word to refer. Incorrect
(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both - Here again the word "both" is redundant; however, in this case it refers to "slasher-film tropes" without second noun to refer. Incorrect
(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored - This sentence is concise and does not use any redundant and unnecessary words. The phrase "that was anchored" refers to the word "catalog". Correct
(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored - This version of sentence makes it grammatically incorrect, since there is no noun + verb structure. If there was a comma after the word "films" it would be grammatically correct, but still the meaning would be distorted, since the director himself could not be anchored in the slasher-film tropes. Incorrect
(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both - This option incorrectly uses the word "both" which is ungrammatical to use here. Incorrect

Answer: C

IMO C

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored - both X and Y, and Y is missing. Besides, both is not required here

(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both - both X and Y, and Y is missing. Besides, both is not required here

(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored - Correct, meaning and contrast, both are clear in this option

(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored - "Horror-film director Wes Craven" has no verb

(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both - both X and Y, and Y is missing. Besides, both is not required here

Meaning : Pretty self explanatory.
Errors in the original sentence :
1) Idiom - Both X & Y where X & Y should be parallel. Both anchored in.... and Robert F. is not parallel (verb-ed modifier and noun cannot be parallel)

Well, looks like this is the only error in the original sentence. Lets move on to other choices...

Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest, yet his forays into mainstream dramatic films helped him achieve respect among a wider audience of film fans and critics.

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored - as discussed above
(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both - in the slasher .... and Robert F cannot be parallel because one is prepositional phrase and the other is noun.
(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored - anchored in X & Y ... CORRECT
(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored - Verb for the subject Wes Craven is missing. As you can see, the subject is followed by a modifier, and then followed by ,yet (independent clause)
(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both - Again, Both X & Y should be parallel.

Thanks

Meaning : Pretty self explanatory.
Errors in the original sentence :
1) Idiom - Both X & Y where X & Y should be parallel. Both anchored in.... and Robert F. is not parallel (verb-ed modifier and noun cannot be parallel)

Well, looks like this is the only error in the original sentence. Lets move on to other choices...

Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest, yet his forays into mainstream dramatic films helped him achieve respect among a wider audience of film fans and critics.

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored - as discussed above
(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both - in the slasher .... and Robert F cannot be parallel because one is prepositional phrase and the other is noun.
(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored - anchored in X & Y ... CORRECT
(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored - Verb for the subject Wes Craven is missing. As you can see, the subject is followed by a modifier, and then followed by ,yet (independent clause)
(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both - Again, Both X & Y should be parallel.

Answer : C

Thanks

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored
"Both anchored" and you will read the rest of the sentence hoping you will find "and modifier" but I was disappointed
"Both X and Y" idiom is used incorrectly

(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
again "Both" and again wrong. We cant find anything parallel which correctly completes "Both X and Y" idiom

(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored
We get rid of "Both", thats a good sign
"that" refers to "catalog" correct
We have passive voice "that was anchored" but it's clear and nice (for me)

(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored
the first IC is not an IC at all now, where is the main verb? "who created ...." is just a modifier and then another IC connected with fanboy "yet" begins

(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
repeats the error of D and adds "Both" as a bonus

IMO
Ans: C

Statement analysis:
Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest, yet his forays into mainstream dramatic films helped him achieve respect among a wider audience of film fans and critics

The colored parts are || list. Do they look parallel? One is a modifier and other is a noun. THe parallel form is out of idiom both X and Y. X and Y are not \\

A. Same as statement analysis
B. Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest -> PROBLEM: Same error as A, the list is a prepositional phrase and a noun

C. Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest -> CORRECT

D. No Verb for Wes Cavern -> OUT

E. No Verb for Wes Cavern -> OUT.

Answer -> C

Regards,
Rishav

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored
Incorrect parallelism using Both: the proper structure should be : Both+verb+and+verb, but there is no parallel verb to "anchored"

(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both (...in the slasher-film tropes)
Incorrect parallelism using Both: the proper structure should be : Both+prepositional phrase+and+prepositional phrase, but there is no parallel phrase to "in the slasher-film tropes"

(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored (correct)

(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored
No verb for the subject of the main sentence "Wes Craven" ...... yet his forays

(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
the same incorrect parallelism as in B and the same incomplete clause lacking a verb as in D

C

Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest, yet his forays into mainstream dramatic films helped him achieve respect among a wider audience of film fans and critics.

We must know that in idiom both X and Y, X and Y have to be parallel. Lets take the options.

(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored
who was a horror-film director - this clause is redundant. We can just add modifier - a horror film director. Though this does not strictly rule out the option. Both ANCHORED - As said, Both X and Y, X and Y have to be parallel. Here X becomes - anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Y - Robert Fuest. This is definitely not parallel. This is incorrect.

(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
Clause issue is updated in this option, but the idiom stays the same. X and Y in the idiom are not parallel.

(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored
Here comma separated modifier becomes the adjective and 'that' refers to catalog. This is correct.

(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored
modifier starting with WHO doesn't end up and we don't have an independent clause before , yet his forays into mainstream dramatic.. This is incorrect.

(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
Same issue as of Option D and Idiom problem as well.
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(A) Wes Craven, who was a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films both anchored
in idiom ---both x and y...x and y should be parallel what follows both..should also follow and
both anchored in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest
X and Y are not parallel----so wrong

(B) Wes Craven, a horror-film director, created a well-known catalog of films anchored both
both in the slasher-film tropes of Pete Walker and Robert Fuest
a prepositional phrase is not parallel to noun so wrong

(C) Horror-film director Wes Craven created a well-known catalog of films that was anchored
yes this the correct answer here that is modifying catalog of films ....and of films is a mission-critical modifier modifying catalog (correct)

(D) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored, yet his forays
no verb for the subject Horror-film director Wes Craven.......this sentence is a fragment (wrong)

(E) Horror-film director Wes Craven, who created a well-known catalog of films anchored both, yet his forays
no verb for the subject Horror-film director Wes Craven.......this sentence is a fragment (wrong)