Well I started with a different thought and got a different answer as well please let me know where I was wrong.
I agree that "considered as" is wrong so down to A and D now what .....
Why cant we say that he did two things "stunned" and "set free". In that case set free should be parallel to stunned which is in option D?
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(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
-> "emancipation, setting free" is correct. As we know the process of freeing someone from the control of another is termed as emancipation then setting free should point to emancipation with a comma. No need to add "and", "and he" as given in C,D, E choices.
-> considered is correct idiom.
-> "emancipation, setting free" is correct. As we know the process of freeing someone from the control of another is termed as emancipation then setting free should point to emancipation with a comma. No need to add "and", "and he" as given in C,D, E choices.
-> considered is correct idiom.
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Some thoughts:amitu wrote:In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally
considered his property.
(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as
(C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as
(D) and set free more than the 500 slaves who were legally considered
(E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as
what is the diff between ioption A and B ? expert please reply .
1. If one subject has two verbs, those two verbs should not be separated by comma:
Example:
I have watched the film and commented on its merit.
=> No comma before "and" is required.
They are singing and dancing in the party.
=> No comma before "and" is required.
Now, look at the options C, D, and E.
"Robert Carter III stunned, and set free..." in the options C and D is wrong according to this rule.
In the option E, repeating the subject "he" is redundant.
=> So, the options C, D, and E are out.
2. "Consider X Y" is the correct idiom.
=> Option B uses "consider X as Y", which is wrong. So, option B is out.
Answer is A.
Experts, please comment on the rule 1.
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I understood that A is right one.
"the more than 500 slaves" => why "the more" is correct? what is the intention here?
"the more than 500 slaves" => why "the more" is correct? what is the intention here?
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the answer should be A although i dont like " the more than 500 slave" much however it use correct idiom " consider sb sb "amitu wrote:In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and
neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally
considered his property.
(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as
(C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as
(D) and set free more than the 500 slaves who were legally considered
(E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as
what is the diff between ioption A and B ? expert please reply .
regard sb/ sthg as sb/sthg but consider sb sb without as
