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by GmatKiss » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:06 am
Degler does more than merely summarizing existing research; he constructs a coherent picture of two centuries of studies dealing with the changing roles of women.

(A) Degler does more than merely summarizing
(B) Degler's study is more than a mere summarizing of
(C) Degler has done more than a mere summarizing of
(D) Degler's study has done more than summarize merely
(E) Degler does more than merely summarize

Please pick your choice with reasoning!
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:08 am
GmatKiss wrote:Degler does more than merely summarizing existing research; he constructs a coherent picture of two centuries of studies dealing with the changing roles of women.

(A) Degler does more than merely summarizing
(B) Degler's study is more than a mere summarizing of
(C) Degler has done more than a mere summarizing of
(D) Degler's study has done more than summarize merely
(E) Degler does more than merely summarize

Please pick your choice with reasoning!
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:22 am
Hey Aspirant,

Can you please explain whats wrong in A?
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by sl750 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:24 am
E

Summarize..construct are parallel
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by GmatKiss » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:37 am
aspirant2011 wrote:
GmatKiss wrote:Degler does more than merely summarizing existing research; he constructs a coherent picture of two centuries of studies dealing with the changing roles of women.

(A) Degler does more than merely summarizing
(B) Degler's study is more than a mere summarizing of
(C) Degler has done more than a mere summarizing of
(D) Degler's study has done more than summarize merely
(E) Degler does more than merely summarize

Please pick your choice with reasoning!
Again, Please pick your choice with reasoning!
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:22 am
Usage of merely [adverb] summarizing is awkward........we require simple tense summarize in order to maintain clarity in the sentence.
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by phoenix111 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:46 am
IMO : A
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by gauravhasija » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:25 am
GmatKiss wrote:Degler does more than merely summarizing existing research; he constructs a coherent picture of two centuries of studies dealing with the changing roles of women.

(A) Degler does more than merely summarizing
(B) Degler's study is more than a mere summarizing of
(C) Degler has done more than a mere summarizing of
(D) Degler's study has done more than summarize merely
(E) Degler does more than merely summarize

Please pick your choice with reasoning!

IMO A, does is parallel with constructs and sumarizing is parallel with dealing:)
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by GmatKiss » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:54 am
Between A and E, IMO A
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by mad2011 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:24 am
Between aand e correct idiom is X more than Y so IMO E
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Semi-colon - is that the tricky part?

by gaurav-marwaha » Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:35 am
Hi,

A little confusion - there is a semi-colon at the end of the first part of the sentence. Can this affect the parallelism structure of the sentence? Because a semi-colon differentiates a phrase or clause of a sentence from the rest of it.

So, option A seems to be right

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by mankey » Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:42 am
Can some expert please respond to this one? This is still not clear.

What is the OA?

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by saketk » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:02 am
Merely - adverb
Summarize - Verb
Summarizing - gerund

Question: can we use an 'Adverb' to modify a 'Gerund'

EDIT -- the parallelism also comes into play. Summarize ... constructs [parallel]
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by gmatblood » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:28 am
What is OA?
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by Brian@VeritasPrep » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:46 am
Hey guys,

This one has to be E. Note that, in A, we have a comparison..."more than". And since the first portion is "Degler does" the second should be in the same form "summarize" (indicative tense verb vs. indicative tense verb).

You also have "he constructs" later in the sentence, also in the indicative tense, so E keeps all of the "what Degler does" verbs consistent. "Summarizing" is present-tense (or a gerund/noun) and therefore doesn't fit in that timeline or comparison.

Note also that B and D make "Degler's study" the subject of the sentence, but after the semicolon we have "he" as the subject - we need to lead with Degler as the subject to set up "he" later in the sentence.

And while we're at it... C mixes verb tenses illogically. The first portion talks about what Degler "has done". But later we're stuck with saying what Degler "does". We're fixed with the indicative tense after the semicolon, so only E can be correct here.
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