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MGMAT SC - modifiers and parallelism

by bubbliiiiiiii » Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:40 am
Jean-Jacques Rousseau contended that man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that compels man to compare himself to others.


man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that

only man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, that

man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted only by society, that

only man is good when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, which

man is good only when in "the state of nature" but is corrupted by society, which

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Isn't 'is' after but repetitive? I understand this is the case with every option though. Confused!
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Tue Jul 21, 2015 10:59 am
No, because then you would be saying that man actual corrupts society, as opposed to saying man is negatively influenced by society as is intended.
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:15 am
bubbliiiiiiii wrote: Isn't 'is' after but repetitive? I understand this is the case with every option though. Confused!
If is is omitted from the OA, a reader might construe the following meaning:
Man is good only when...corrupted by society.
Not the intended meaning.
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