Justifiably one of the most well-known political speeches

gmatdriller wrote:Justifiably one of the most well-known political speeches, Martin Luther King Jr. has
based his “I have a dream” speech on principles, not platitudes.

A. Martin Luther King Jr. has based his “I have a dream” speech on principles, not
B. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech based on principles, not
C. “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. is motivated by principles, so he has not filled it with
D. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” is driven by principles, not stuffed with
E. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech is driven with principles, not filled with

IMO, we need SPEECHES after opening modifier - drop A/B
C - use of SO indicates that HIS DESIRE NOT TO FILL SPEECH WITH PLATITUDE was because of some other reason. That is not the original intent

Between D and E, I feel E is more parallel

D - driven BY PRINCIPLES suggests that PRINCIPLES somehow drove the speech. IS DRIVEN BY principles, (IS) NOT FILLED WITH

E - is driven WITH ..., (is) not filled WITH..

IMO E

Justifiably one of the most well-known political speeches, Martin Luther King Jr. has
based his “I have a dream” speech on principles, not platitudes.

A. Martin Luther King Jr. has based his “I have a dream” speech on principles, not name of speech to be followed after the comma
B. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech based on principles, not same as option A
C. “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. is motivated by principles, so he has not filled it with too wordy
D. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” is driven by principles, not stuffed with not parallel should have been is driven by principles, not stuffed by platitudes
E. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech is driven with principles, not filled with correct option

Justifiably one of the most well-known political SPEECHES,
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” SPEECH is driven with principles, not filled with

2 reasons i feel E may not be correct:
(i)"speech" need not be repeated
(ii)should be "driven BY" and not "driven with"

Guys what do u think?

gmatdriller wrote:Justifiably one of the most well-known political SPEECHES,
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” SPEECH is driven with principles, not filled with

2 reasons i feel E may not be correct:
(i)"speech" need not be repeated
(ii)should be "driven BY" and not "driven with"

Guys what do u think?

SPEECH is repeated to make sure that we understand "“I have a dream” is indeed a speech (not something else). However, repeating of SPEECH is not a must - we can live without it also; Presence of it does not make sentence awkward either (IMO).

IMO "BY" is not required - driven BY PRINCIPLES suggests that PRINCIPLES somehow drove the speech.

“I have a dream” is driven by principles (PASSIVE)
PRINCIPLES drives “I have a dream” (ACTIVE)

IMO use of BY makes PRINCIPLES the agent (doer) of speech, not a part of speech.

Captaingmat wrote:Justifiably one of the most well-known political speeches, Martin Luther King Jr. has
based his “I have a dream” speech on principles, not platitudes.

A. Martin Luther King Jr. has based his “I have a dream” speech on principles, not name of speech to be followed after the comma
B. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech based on principles, not same as option A
C. “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. is motivated by principles, so he has not filled it with too wordy
D. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” is driven by principles, not stuffed with not parallel should have been is driven by principles, not stuffed by platitudes
E. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech is driven with principles, not filled with correct option

I don't think we need that sort of parallelism. Compare(not a great example):
(i) Driven by passion for business school and stuffed with great quant skills, George...intended and correct
(ii) Driven by passion for business school and stuffed by great quant skills, George...not intended and doesn't make sense to say George is stuffed by "great quant skills"
(iii) Driven with passion for business school and stuffed with great quant skills, George...not intended meaning. One may be engrossed with a passion to do something, but one's actions are driven (or propelled) BY a passion.
I would hardly believe that parallelism is simply a case of "cut and paste", especially where it distorts and lends the original meaning to obscurity.
Where a word is needlessly repeated, i think we avoid that option if there is a more concise choice.
"I have a dream" is modified by "one of the most well-known political SPEECHES"

Hi,

IMO, Options A and B are talking about Martin and not his speech. so ruled out.

Option C is rhetorical construction.

Option D is having 2 problems-- 1. We are not sure whether "I have a dream" is indeed a speech. It can be anything else also.. 2. Use of Driven by and stuffed with-- does not go together.

Option E-- Correct Choice.. No ambiguity in the meaning.

Hope it helps.

Can you please post the OA?
Thanks!

ABC are out for very obvious reason...

driven by and driven with both are correct... parallelism is also there if you wan't to ignore that
further...

"Justifiably one of the most well-known political speeches" is an appositive.. modifying a singular noun. In D we dont know "Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream”" is singular or plural.. Modifier should be clear... So D out

E has the clarity on plural or singular "Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech"
E wins.

OA is D