BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

Capitalism

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 23
Joined: Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:26 pm
Location: India

Capitalism

by rkhicha » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:26 am
Some analysts contend that true capitalism exists only when the ownership of both property and the means of production is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual's, and it is not a license granted by government and revokable at
whim.

(A) is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual's, and it is not
(B) are regarded as individuals' inalienable rights, and that it not be
(C) is regarded as an individual's inalienable right, not as
(D) are regarded as an individual's inalienable rights, not when they are
(E) is regarded as the inalienable rights of an individual, not when it is

OA later.

Please accompany you answers with adequate reasoning.[/u]
Top
Source: — Sentence Correction |
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1172
Joined: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:20 pm
Thanked: 74 times
Followed by:4 members

by uwhusky » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:36 am
3/2 split with is/are.

B is wrong and that leaves D.

What's your confusion to this question?
Yep.
Top
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 69
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:18 pm
Thanked: 3 times

by nox104 » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:38 am
- subject verb - both ___A___ and __B___ are
- Parallelism - when the ownership of ____, not when ____

[D]
Top
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 23
Joined: Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:26 pm
Location: India

by rkhicha » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:41 am
I marked D as well. Hence, the confusion.

OA is C.

Source: 1000 SC's
Top
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1460
Joined: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:28 am
Thanked: 135 times
Followed by:7 members

by selango » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:43 am
But "the ownership" is singular.So is must be used.

Am I right?
--Anand--
Top
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1172
Joined: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:20 pm
Thanked: 74 times
Followed by:4 members

by uwhusky » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:43 am
I take it back, I guess C is correct. Tricky tricky...

when the ownership of both property and the means of production is

Yes, I should have paid attention to "both".
Yep.
Top
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1460
Joined: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:28 am
Thanked: 135 times
Followed by:7 members

by selango » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:45 am
Yes Option C is correct..

The ownership is singular...So is must be used..

Option A and E can be eliminated bcoz of usage of "it"
--Anand--
Top
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 69
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:18 pm
Thanked: 3 times

by nox104 » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:47 am
oops.. I completely missed this one.. I agree with OA, C is correct.

when the ownership of something is regarded as.. not as.. is the correct construction. Note that "of both property and .." is in a prep phrase, which is just a modifier of the subject "ownership".
Top
Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
Posts: 4
Joined: Tue May 11, 2010 10:14 pm
Location: KOLKATA

by sam_scoe » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:59 am
selango wrote:But "the ownership" is singular.So is must be used.

Am I right?




yes the ownership ( as a whole concept ) is singular ,, So "IS " follows

Now we are left with options A ,C and E .

We must also note the use of "Regarded as " and hence the second part of the sentence
must also be some what parallel .
Hence option C
Failure is not an option
Top
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 362
Joined: Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:18 am
Thanked: 26 times
Followed by:1 members

by indiantiger » Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:12 am
Answer should be C as ownership is singular.
Question : is the usage of both right in the sentence :
"both property and the means of production"

Does not it violate both x and y ?
"Single Malt is better than Blended"
Top
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1261
Joined: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:46 am
Thanked: 27 times
GMAT Score:570

by reply2spg » Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:28 am
C is better here.

We need 'is' and not 'are', because subject is 'the ownership'.

B and D are out.

A is out because 2 possessive forms are redundant
E is out because 'not when it is' is not ||el with anything

Left with C alone.
rkhicha wrote:Some analysts contend that true capitalism exists only when the ownership of both property and the means of production is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual's, and it is not a license granted by government and revokable at
whim.

(A) is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual's, and it is not
(B) are regarded as individuals' inalienable rights, and that it not be
(C) is regarded as an individual's inalienable right, not as
(D) are regarded as an individual's inalienable rights, not when they are
(E) is regarded as the inalienable rights of an individual, not when it is

OA later.

Please accompany you answers with adequate reasoning.[/u]
Sudhanshu
(have lot of things to learn from all of you)
Top
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1172
Joined: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:20 pm
Thanked: 74 times
Followed by:4 members

by uwhusky » Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:59 am
Keep in mind that the most important word is "both".

By removing "both" from the sentence:

"when the ownership of property and the means of production are regarded as an inalienable right of an individual's, and it is not"

The verb then should be plural "are".

The key here isn't "ownership of..." but rather the keyword "both" symbolizes that there should be two elements following it.
Yep.
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 364
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:13 am
Thanked: 31 times
Followed by:3 members

by FightWithGMAT » Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:05 pm
rkhicha wrote:Some analysts contend that true capitalism exists only when the ownership of both property and the means of production is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual's, and it is not a license granted by government and revokable at
whim.

(A) is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual's, and it is not
(B) are regarded as individuals' inalienable rights, and that it not be
(C) is regarded as an individual's inalienable right, not as
(D) are regarded as an individual's inalienable rights, not when they are
(E) is regarded as the inalienable rights of an individual, not when it is

OA later.

Please accompany you answers with adequate reasoning.[/u]
Why E is wrong?

Only when X is regarded as ....................not when IT is a license given by

X and IT are parallel.
Top
User avatar
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 82
Joined: Thu May 27, 2010 12:23 pm
Location: Newyork
Thanked: 2 times
Followed by:3 members

by selfmade » Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:19 pm
Answer should be C


B and D can be ruled out. Correct usage is ownership is.

C is more proper because it uses correct form of parralelism

ragarded as ... not as
----------
Aiming for 780
Top
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 286
Joined: Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:36 pm
Location: Kolkata, India
Thanked: 11 times
Followed by:5 members

by pesfunk » Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:36 pm
You should also look at the later part of the sentence which says "a license granted", which makes the singularity clear.
rkhicha wrote:Some analysts contend that true capitalism exists only when the ownership of both property and the means of production is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual's, and it is not a license granted by government and revokable at
whim.

(A) is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual's, and it is not
(B) are regarded as individuals' inalienable rights, and that it not be
(C) is regarded as an individual's inalienable right, not as
(D) are regarded as an individual's inalienable rights, not when they are
(E) is regarded as the inalienable rights of an individual, not when it is

OA later.

Please accompany you answers with adequate reasoning.[/u]
Top
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1