Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Film directors like Terry Gilliam are the kind of underrated movie makers whom success eludes while alive but often garner high praise from critics after dying and are ultimately recognized as classics.

  1. are the kind of underrated movie makers whom success eludes while alive but often garner high praise from critics after dying and

  2. are the kind of underrated movie makers who find success elusive while alive but often garner high praise from critics after dying

  3. are the kind of underrated movie makers who find success elusive while alive but whose movies often garner high praise from critics after dying

  4. are the kind of underrated movie makers whose movies found success elusive while the director were alive but whose movies often garnered high praise from critics after death

  5. are the kind of underrated movie makers whose movies find success elusive while the directors are alive but, after they die, often garner high praise from critics
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E Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The option removes the ambiguity brought about by the Dangling Modifier. It makes clear that the 'death' being referred to is not of the critics, or of the movies, but of the film makers.

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