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by real2008 » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:53 am
p3. Degler does more than merely summarizing existing research; he constructs a coherent picture of two centuries of studies dealing with the changing roles of women.
(A) Degler does more than merely summarizing
(B) Degler’s study is more than a mere summarizing of
(C) Degler has done more than a mere summarizing of
(D) Degler’s study has done more than summarize merely
(E) Degler does more than merely summarize

What is wrong in C?
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by rahulg83 » Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:03 am
Inconsistent verb forms in the sentence, has done <perfect tense> should be does as in A and E. BTW, is the OA E
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by raghavsarathy » Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:19 am
IMO - E

Between A and E , I chose E because "summarizing" in A looked like a wrong form of the verb.
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by tanviet » Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:07 pm
"he" can not refer to " possesive" so B and D is out

"dose more than " must be followed by a noun so E is out

"mearly sumarising" is not pure noun because it has adverb and object at the same time, a situation is not recommended.

C is correct
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by tohellandback » Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:36 pm
IMO E
IMO choice is between A and E
if we remove "more than merely", does summarizing is wrong.
so E
OA plz
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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by yogami » Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:48 pm
does more than should be followed by a noun. Is this in manhattan SC? I am kinda getting concerned about remembering so many tids and bits like these!!!
200 or 800. It don't matter no more.
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by umaa » Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:11 pm
btw, OA is E. Not C.

My answer is same of what raghavsarathy said.
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by ashish.cromp2k » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:03 am
What's wrong with A:

Question says Degler does more than "summarizing". Here "summarizing" should NOT be taken as a verb. This should be taken as a noun. Had it been "Degler does summarize existing research...." I would have gone with A because here "summarize" works as a verb.

Since in the question it acts as a noun, the correct usage should be "summarizing".

Please clarify my doubt :(

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by ps63739 » Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:01 pm
I will go with A.

B - cannot be referred by He.
C - Changes the meaning ( Tells that he doesn't do anymore)
D - cannot be referred by He.
E - (summarize existing research)... Doesn't sound right.

Imagine this sentence - I have done more this weekend than just watching TV. We don't say - than just watch TV, do we?
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by frank1 » Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:03 am
i will go with E as i consider it is a tense problem (...Not "considering it as a tense problem"....lol)
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by ps63739 » Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:20 am
frank1 wrote:i will go with E as i consider it is a tense problem (...Not "considering it as a tense problem"....lol)
If you take into account the 'than just' then can you think of any sentence?

- I did more this evening than just playing basketball.
- I took into account a lot of things, than just taking something in account.

One you mentioned use of Consider/considering that doesn't follow the same sentence structure as the one given in problem.
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by harshavardhanc » Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:48 am
(A) Degler does more than merely summarizing


Problem with A :

merely summarizing

An adverb cannot modify a gerund/noun.
(E) Degler does more than merely summarize
problem with E:
Degler .......summarize (subject verb disagreement).


C is out because of the change of tense in it.

Don't know what to pick now.
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by tpr-becky » Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:22 am
because "more than" indicates a comparison the form of summarize must be parallel to the word constructs therefore the only word that works is E - has done is the verb in C and that is not parallel.
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by harshavardhanc » Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:13 am
tpr-becky wrote:because "more than" indicates a comparison the form of summarize must be parallel to the word constructs therefore the only word that works is E - has done is the verb in C and that is not parallel.
makes sense! thanks Becky!
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by frank1 » Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:05 am
lol....seems like i got it right this time as well

i dont know why it doesnt happen in sentence correction during real mock test
may be just good in parts...lol
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