Sentence Correction

Schliemann determined at the age of seven to find the site of ancient Troy and devoted his subsequent career to do it.
A. devoted his subsequent career to do it
B. has devoted his subsequent career to do that
C. devoted his subsequent career to such an end
D. has devoted his subsequent career for that
E. devoted his subsequent career to that end

IMO E

IMO A.

A & E come close. I think E is awkward

IMO A

IMO E.

"do it "wrong in A.

lvincy

IMO A
E wordy for me

I was thinking "has" would be used for this answer. Is there any particular reason why it is not?

OA: E

I picked A.

can someone pls explain.

A is wrong because in "devoted his subsequent career to do it" the pronoun it refers to finding the site of ancient Troy.
The pronoun IT is always used to refer to a noun and NOT verb

C. devoted his subsequent career to such an end

E. devoted his subsequent career to that end


any difference meaning between C and D?

IMO E.
A is wrong coz "it" incorrectly refers to Troy.

Schliemann determined at the age of seven to find the site of ancient Troy and devoted his subsequent career to do it.



A. devoted his subsequent career to do it

Not idiomatic and it is used very ambiguously . TO DO SO is preferable


B. has devoted his subsequent career to do that

has means he is still devoting and not parallel with determined


C. devoted his subsequent career to such an end

Awkward


D. has devoted his subsequent career for that

wrong tense


E. devoted his subsequent career to that end[/quote]

correct tense and use of THAT END, which clearly refers to the first part of the sentence

missionmba wrote:Schliemann determined at the age of seven to find the site of ancient Troy and devoted his subsequent career to do it.
A. devoted his subsequent career to do it
B. has devoted his subsequent career to do that
C. devoted his subsequent career to such an end
D. has devoted his subsequent career for that
E. devoted his subsequent career to that end

"Schliemann determined" means the first clause is in past tense. To maintain the parallelism second clause also has to be in past tense. This eliminates options B and D. In option C, "devoted ... to such an end" distorts the meaning. Option A, 'it' is used wrongly. It can refer to a noun and not an independent clause. Hence, A also ruled out. Answer is E; 'That' is clearly refering to the first clause "finding ... Troy."

A. devoted his subsequent career to do it

bingo ! i go on the same line as logitech !!

to do so !! should be the corrected one !!

SO E is the option

Vishu