Mozart

[reply2spg]

At age four, Mozart's father began taking him on tours of the capitals of Europe, in order to demonstrate his musical talents.

Mozart's father began taking him on tours of the capitals of Europe, in order to demonstrate his musical talents

Mozart's father began taking the boy on tours of the capitals of Europe, to demonstrate his musical talents

Mozart began accompanying his father on tours of the capitals of Europe, to demonstrate his own musical talents

Mozart began accompanying his father on tours of Europe's capitals, to demonstrate his musical talents

Mozart's father began taking him on tours of the capitals of Europe, to demonstrate the boy's musical talents

SPOILER: OA C, what is wrong with D?

[samarpan_bschool]

I find D awkward in two ways - (i) concision of prepositional phrase ( of Europe) 'Too Short' . (ii) Though 'his' in 'to demonstrate his musical talents' refers to Mozart (because of the antecedent 'his'), the noun 'father' comes in between. I somehow find it a lil ambiguous
if you have manhattan guide (4th edition) , please refer to page 211. It will clear up your doubts.

[gmatissimple]

Some thoughts:
1. To make possessive of impersonal nouns, we nee to use the following structure:
The Noun of + Noun.
Example:
The legs of chair. Not the chair's legs.
The pages of book. Not the book's pages.
2. Every pronoun used in a sentence must have clear reference.

Now, come to the sentence:
For using "him" and "the boy", and "his" A, B, and E are out. Now we are between C and D. In D, "the noun of+noun" should have been used as it is the possessive of impersonal noun, Europe. So, answer is C.

[adi_800]

manhattan guidesays...do not shorten too much..that is what has been done in option D...
Europe's capitals is too short..the capitals of Europe is fine...