Great artists

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Great artists

by Hopper39 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:12 pm
Peterson's '09, Test 2, Q33

While few truly great artists consider themselves visionary, many lesser talents boast about their own destiny to lead the way to higher artistic ground.

A. ...
B. While many lesser talents boast about their own destinies to lead the way to higher ground, few truly great artists consider themselves as visionary.
C. Many lesser talents boast about their own destiny to lead the way to higher artistic ground while few truly great artists consider themselves as being visionary.
D. Few truly great artists consider himself or herself a visionary while many lesser talents boast about their own destinies to lead the way to higher artistic ground.
E. While many lesser talents boast about their own destiny, few truly great artists consider themselves visionary, to lead the way to higher artistic ground.

OA: A
Source: — Sentence Correction |

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by pandeyvineet24 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:04 pm
I chose A.


Consider as...not the correct idiom. Eliminate B and C (C also uses being)

In D (himself or herself ...not required. use themselves as reflexive pronoun )

E changes the meaning of the sentence. also makes the clause "few truly great artists consider themselves visionary," non essential, but the clause is essential to the sentence. eliminate E.

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Re: Great Artists

by Hopper39 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:39 pm
With regards to A:

"...many lesser talents boast about their own destiny..."

Can't the singular form of destiny here be read as a collective noun - i.e. the destiny of all lesser talents?

i.e. "Native Americans lament their history of displacement."

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by sparsh.21 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:24 am
i just want to know whether the use of "own destinies" in option B is correct or not...

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by raunekk » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:19 am
consider as is wrong...

i just want to know whether the use of "own destinies" in option B is correct or not...
its correct...

try googling the same words...

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by dgr8onerip » Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:46 am
B :roll:

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by Hopper39 » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:25 pm
Bump...

Can anyone explain why "own destiny" is OK here, instead of "own destinies"? I also thought B was correct when I originally posted the sentence.

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by sjd00d » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:52 pm
pandeyvineet24 wrote:I chose A.


Consider as...not the correct idiom. Eliminate B and C (C also uses being)

In D (himself or herself ...not required. use themselves as reflexive pronoun )

E changes the meaning of the sentence. also makes the clause "few truly great artists consider themselves visionary," non essential, but the clause is essential to the sentence. eliminate E.
Why is "Consider As..." wrong in B?

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