Five-star General John Pershing had such a sweeping command

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by BTGmoderatorDC » Tue May 21, 2019 3:43 am

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Five-star General John Pershing had such a sweeping command in World War I as no single WWII general is a correspondence to him.

(A) such a sweeping command in World War I as no single WWII general is a correspondence to
(B) such a sweeping command in World War I that no single WWII general would be a correspondence with
(C) so sweeping a command in World War I as no single WWII general would be corresponding to
(D) so sweeping a command in World War I that no single WWII general corresponds to
(E) such a sweeping command in World War I because no single WWII general corresponds with

OA D

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by deloitte247 » Sun May 26, 2019 7:25 am

Firstly, It's important to differentiate between correspondence and correspond here. Where the former depicts a noun, the latter is a verb. Corresponds which is to be equivalent or similar to character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function, etc.

Option A - Incorrect
Wrong use of word. The verb 'correspond' should be use in place of the noun 'correspondence' to depict the actual meaning of the sentence.

Option B - Incorrect
This option suffers the same fate as option A above. The verb form is preferred to the noun form.

Option C - Incorrect
The use of 'corresponding' which is the present participle of correspond renders this option invalid in the area of tenses.
The event had happened in the past, and a present participle verb will not be recommended

Option D - Correct
This option uses the right verb 'corresponds' in the best way, and thus it's the correct answer.

Option E - Incorrect
'corresponding with' and 'correspond to':- As stated above, the phrasal verb has its rule, and this choice of answer violates it. It cannot be "corresponding to" but rather "correspond with".

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