D) To have more than the usual number of fingers and toes (...) - Incorrect,BastiG wrote:There is no rule whether c or d is right. I also can't think of any construction in the gmat where to + infintiv functions As a subject and where this construction is the critical factor.
Ron suggested that to + Infinitiv is used, when there is not a concrete noun such as love.
Example:
'to become a mother of six children was her greatest ambition
The context is this question.Night reader wrote:D) To have more than the usual number of fingers and toes (...) - Incorrect,BastiG wrote:There is no rule whether c or d is right. I also can't think of any construction in the gmat where to + infintiv functions As a subject and where this construction is the critical factor.
Ron suggested that to + Infinitiv is used, when there is not a concrete noun such as love.
Example:
'to become a mother of six children was her greatest ambition
'to verb' is infinitive form of the subject requiring the action to be considered in the cause-effect relationship -->
(...)-To have more than the usual number of fingers and toes on the hands or feet is termed polydactyly.
To know is to live --> cause= to know, effect= is to live
cause=To have more than the usual number of fingers and toes, effect=possible [... is to have motor or sensory functions changed (one example)]
not effect attribute=is termed polydactyly.
What Ron said in the prior posts might have distinct application though.
Here is the link:Below I am copying an expert's query:BastiG wrote:The context is this question.Night reader wrote:D) To have more than the usual number of fingers and toes (...) - Incorrect,BastiG wrote:There is no rule whether c or d is right. I also can't think of any construction in the gmat where to + infintiv functions As a subject and where this construction is the critical factor.
Ron suggested that to + Infinitiv is used, when there is not a concrete noun such as love.
Example:
'to become a mother of six children was her greatest ambition
'to verb' is infinitive form of the subject requiring the action to be considered in the cause-effect relationship -->
(...)-To have more than the usual number of fingers and toes on the hands or feet is termed polydactyly.
To know is to live --> cause= to know, effect= is to live
cause=To have more than the usual number of fingers and toes, effect=possible [... is to have motor or sensory functions changed (one example)]
not effect attribute=is termed polydactyly.
What Ron said in the prior posts might have distinct application though.
https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/ger ... t3133.html
And i think that cause and effect is not a sufficient explanation. The manhattan experts would have mentioned it!
