Before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman

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Before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman

by simplyjat » Mon May 05, 2008 12:05 am
Before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman, herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide other slaves along the Underground Railroad to freedom.

(A) herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide
(B) being an escaped slave herself, returned again and again to Maryland so as to guide
(C) an escaped slave herself, returned again and again to Maryland for guiding
(D) herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland so as to be the guide of
(E) who had been herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland for the guiding of

OA A
What is wrong with C
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Mon May 05, 2008 10:36 am
Only (a) has the right ending to the sentence.

The GMAT fanatically prefers the second verb in a set to be in infinitive form.

So, on the GMAT, you should always pick "returned to guide" over "returned for guiding".
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