Contemporary accounts of the life of Charlemagne, crowned emperor by the pope in 800, show that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate driven by his desire for a civilized state to reform education in his kingdom.
a. that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate driven by his desire
b. that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature as well as in the arts was himself an illiterate and also driven by his desire
c. that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate and that he was driven by his desire
d. that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature as well as in the arts was himself an illiterate and that he was driven by his desire
e. that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate and that his desire drove him
[spoiler]Source : Kaplan Test 1, OA later [/spoiler]
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We need "in literature" and "in the arts" for parallelism. This is because without this, we don't have the intended meaning of "renaissance in the arts", but instead it looks like "the founder of the arts"
Rule out A, C, and E
B. ...himself an illiterate and also driven...
This is not parallel. We would need " and that he was driven" since the main verb here is "show" i.e. Show that A and that B.
D. Perfect. We have" renaissance in literature as well as in the arts" which is parallel, and this corrects the "show that A and that B" error.
Pick D.
Rule out A, C, and E
B. ...himself an illiterate and also driven...
This is not parallel. We would need " and that he was driven" since the main verb here is "show" i.e. Show that A and that B.
D. Perfect. We have" renaissance in literature as well as in the arts" which is parallel, and this corrects the "show that A and that B" error.
Pick D.
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I see, I guess this has something to do with my misunderstanding about "and the arts".sumanr84 wrote:@albatross86 ..you repeated my mistake..pls try one more time
If D is wrong, I feel only A can be correct.
Looking forward to more explanations, thanks!
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Hi sumanr84,
tricky one. I should admit I also arrived at D. As we know it is wrong, I can guess for B.
Contemporary accounts of the life of Charlemagne show
that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature as well as in the arts was himself an illiterate ( Can it read like this)
founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature
founder of the Carolingian renaissance in the arts
and
also driven by his desire for a civilized state to reform education in his kingdom
Thanks,
Viju
tricky one. I should admit I also arrived at D. As we know it is wrong, I can guess for B.
Contemporary accounts of the life of Charlemagne show
that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature as well as in the arts was himself an illiterate ( Can it read like this)
founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature
founder of the Carolingian renaissance in the arts
and
also driven by his desire for a civilized state to reform education in his kingdom
Thanks,
Viju
"Native of" is used for a individual while "Native to" is used for a large group
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Confused between A and Calbatross86 wrote:I see, I guess this has something to do with my misunderstanding about "and the arts".sumanr84 wrote:@albatross86 ..you repeated my mistake..pls try one more time
If D is wrong, I feel only A can be correct.
Looking forward to more explanations, thanks!
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One more for Cnikhilkatira wrote:Confused between A and Calbatross86 wrote:I see, I guess this has something to do with my misunderstanding about "and the arts".sumanr84 wrote:@albatross86 ..you repeated my mistake..pls try one more time
If D is wrong, I feel only A can be correct.
Looking forward to more explanations, thanks!
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IMO: C
I believe that following is the best construction.
..., show that the founder + ... + and that he was driven by his desire + ...
"as well as" not required. Subject is always singular so WAS is correct.
he was driven by his desire + ... => CORRECT
I believe that following is the best construction.
..., show that the founder + ... + and that he was driven by his desire + ...
"as well as" not required. Subject is always singular so WAS is correct.
he was driven by his desire + ... => CORRECT
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Aah true, I forgot about C when I tried the second time.
C actually has the very same parallelism I was describing in D.
I agree now that "as well as" is wrong here, because "Founder of the renaissance in literature and the arts" is actually not incorrect and we don't need the "in" before the arts.
Thanks for the enlightening question!
C actually has the very same parallelism I was describing in D.
I agree now that "as well as" is wrong here, because "Founder of the renaissance in literature and the arts" is actually not incorrect and we don't need the "in" before the arts.
Thanks for the enlightening question!
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Can You plz explain onakhp77 wrote:IMO: C
I believe that following is the best construction.
..., show that the founder + ... + and that he was driven by his desire + ...
"as well as" not required. Subject is always singular so WAS is correct.
he was driven by his desire + ... => CORRECT
"as well as" not required. or in wch situation it is required... ?
IMO C too, but wud like to see more comments on D..
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A is outpaes wrote:C looks fine to me
But I am unable to ruled out A.
Please explain A and C.
b'coz
structure of sentence is
THAT...... THAT
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"as well as" introduce a modifier.martin.jonson007 wrote: Can You plz explain on
"as well as" not required. or in wch situation it is required... ?
IMO C too, but wud like to see more comments on D..
* The mayor as well as his brothers is going to prison.
* The mayor and his brothers are going to jail.
The phrase introduced by "as well as" will modify the earlier word (mayor in this case), but it does not compound the subjects (as the word "and" would do).
One thing, it creates embarrassing to me, is that poster does not post OA. Instead of that, they write "OA latter".
One can post question along with OA and ask for explanation. I believe that this would be a good practice.
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Thanks to albatross,akhp,martin and others who attempted. However, it turns out to be that I am not the only one with incorrect answer..
Putting answer in spoiler.
[spoiler]OA : A
OE: A glance at the answer choices suggests that the issue here involves the participle " driven. " The sentence gives the surprising detail that a person interested in literature was illiterate, and then explains why an illiterate would have such an interest. As such, the participle " driven " is an integral description of the word " illiterate, " not of the man in general. Therefore, the participle must stand as it is and choice (A) is correct. Each other choice separates illiterate from driven, altering the meaning of the sentence.[/spoiler]
albatross's second instinct was right.. :mrgreen:
Do you all agree with the OE ?
Putting answer in spoiler.
[spoiler]OA : A
OE: A glance at the answer choices suggests that the issue here involves the participle " driven. " The sentence gives the surprising detail that a person interested in literature was illiterate, and then explains why an illiterate would have such an interest. As such, the participle " driven " is an integral description of the word " illiterate, " not of the man in general. Therefore, the participle must stand as it is and choice (A) is correct. Each other choice separates illiterate from driven, altering the meaning of the sentence.[/spoiler]
albatross's second instinct was right.. :mrgreen:
Do you all agree with the OE ?
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IMO A:paes wrote:C looks fine to me
But I am unable to ruled out A.
Please explain A and C.
if we take out prepositional phrases, what we are left with is :
the founder "prepositional phrase" was himself an illiterate driven by his desire.
this is alright sentence. C is also okay as it brings in right parallelism, but why change the sentence when "A" is correct.