SC - Joe Showering(Manhattan Flash Card Doubt)

[goelmohit2002]

Hi All,

In the Manhattan SC flash cards available at:

http://www.manhattangmat.com/pdf/FlashC ... e_2009.pdf

page#94....

the sentence given is
"Joe, who hasn’t showered in days, smells bad"”however, John, who is suffering from nasal congestion, smells so badly that Joe’s odor doesn’t bother him at all."

Flash cards say the above sentence is correct.

Reason as explained in flash cards is:

"This question is about adjectives and adverbs, and it’s a little bit of a trick - however strange it may sound, this sentence is perfectly correct. Joe, who hasn’t showered, smells bad. We are modifying a noun (Joe), so we want an adjective. John, who is stuffed up, smells badly. We are modifying a verb (smells), so we want an adverb. Both uses are correct, although they have very different meanings!"


Can someone please help me
a) understand what exactly Manhattan meant to say here ?
b) tell why "him" is not ambiguous here.....why can't him refer to either "John" or "Joe" ?

[goelmohit2002]

Can Moderator please move this to "General Verbal or Manhattan Strategy guide forum"...

By mistake I posted on the GPrep folder.