IMO D

bureaucracy is singular so require makes and not plural make.

makes work and makes trouble is required in this case.

I am not quite sure. But here is my reasoning:

"makes" is verb, "work" is noun
If we write makes work and trouble, we are making "trouble" as verb.

But trouble should be noun. Hence we need a verb before it.

Hope tis helps!!

Others- Let me know if I am wrong.

gmatdriller wrote:A large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and is filled with often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble

A) A large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and is filled with often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble
B) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled from ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble
C) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people make work and make trouble
D) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble
E) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and trouble


which is preferred?
X makes Y and makes Z
X makes Y and Z

As long as meaning or author's intent is not altered, the succinct choice is preferred

makes work and makes trouble conveys the same meaning as makes work and trouble - Since E is more succinct go with E. Our answer.

imo == e..

looks less wordy.. than d

IMO A is best. Bureaucracy filled with 2 things.

1. ambitious and 2. often sycophantic people
also it makes 2 things
1. work and 2 trouble

other options lack ||ism

gmatdriller wrote:A large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and is filled with often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble

A) A large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and is filled with often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble
B) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled from ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble
C) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people make work and make trouble
D) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble
E) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and trouble


which is preferred?
X makes Y and makes Z
X makes Y and Z

This question is testing idiom, subject/verb agreement, and concision.

The answer should be E.

A) A large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and is filled with often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble
Missing the main verb "is", and it failed concision. Worst of all, I don't think this is even a grammatical sentence.

X is filled with Y makes G and makes Z? There are definitely too many main verbs.
B) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled from ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble
"filled from" is incorrect idiom, and redundancy of repeating verb in the end is also less concise.
C) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people make work and make trouble
"make" does not agree with the subject, which is singular, and again, concision is an issue here.
D) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble
Concision issue.
E) a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and trouble
Correct.

Can someone please explain to me what on earth does this sentence mean?

A large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and is filled with often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble

It sure doesn't look like a complete sentence. Or is the meaning only lost to me? Working with incomplete sentences does not make any sense.

kvcpk wrote:makes work and makes trouble is required in this case.

I am not quite sure. But here is my reasoning:

"makes" is verb, "work" is noun
If we write makes work and trouble, we are making "trouble" as verb.

But trouble should be noun. Hence we need a verb before it.

Hope tis helps!!

Others- Let me know if I am wrong.

This is where sentence constituency kicks in!

The structure of this sentence should be:

[noun phrase] + [main verb] + [noun phrase].

Noun phrase: "a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people"

Main verb: "makes"

Noun phrase: "work and trouble"

uwhusky wrote:This is where sentence constituency kicks in!

The structure of this sentence should be:

[noun phrase] + [main verb] + [noun phrase].

Noun phrase: "a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people"

Main verb: "makes"

Noun phrase: "work and trouble"

Hey uwhusky, I searched for this question and found this.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/praetorian

After seeing this link, I like to know what is the source of this question.

what is OA?

@kvcpk

I see. However, work and trouble are both nouns, and it makes sense to group them together as a compound object. Perhaps it was a stylistic approach to repeat the verb.

OA is D
Source: grockit.com

I agree with Unwhusky.

E is more precise than D.

Both work and trouble are noun and can be grouped together.

please post OA

GMAT driller

Can you please post official explanation.