Like Many Others of his Generation of Native American Leaders, Joseph GMAT Sentence Correction

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Question: Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he also received an education from English-speaking teachers.

(A) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds;
(B) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was
(C) Like many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant, living in two worlds, was
(D) As with many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was
(E) As with many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds;

Answer: A
Explanation:

This line of reasoning can be in favor of the suggested linguistic change:

  • Parallelism
  • Considering two separate truths
  • Modifiers

The contrast between Brant and the other leaders of his generation is properly made in the sentence. Two distinct sentences have been joined together correctly with a semicolon as well. After the semicolon, the following statement properly supports itself. The first two verb-ed modifiers in the sentence, "born" and "instructed," correctly modify the pronoun "he" as the subject of the main clause. Additionally, we can infer that "he" refers to "Joseph Brant" from the first sentence (before the semicolon). As is, this statement is true.

A: Correct

This choice is the correct one. True for the causes mentioned above.

B: Incorrect

B is an incorrect choice. Joseph Brant was a Native American leader of his day who was caught between two civilizations. Incorrect. The "alive" verb-ing modifier is enclosed in two commas. This leaves it unclear as to whether it should be taken to mean that Joseph Brant lived in two worlds or that many other leaders did as well. This decision is flawed because of the ambiguity.

C: Incorrect

This is an incorrect choice. It is incorrect to say "many others" in this context. A comma is placed before the verb-ing modifier "living" once more. This implies that it should change the clause before it. However, it is preceded by no clause.

D: Incorrect

It is an incorrect choice. The word "alive" is used here as a verb modifier, which is the identical mistake made in choice B. Additionally, a clause must come after the comparative phrase "as." Here, a prepositional phrase rather than a sentence follows the verb "as."

E: Correct

It is the correct choice. The "as" error from choice D is repeated in this option, as is the "many another" phrase error from choice C.

“Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph” - is a GMAT sentence correction question. The text that is underlined in these questions has grammatical mistakes, and we must select the right response from the list of possibilities. The GMAT verbal section includes GMAT sentence correction.

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