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Cattle raising

by massi2884 » Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:59 am
It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them to market when the time is ripe.

(A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to
(B) all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and
(C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and
(D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and
(E) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them

OA is C However, can you please explain why the use of "to" before at least the first verb is not needed here?
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by GmatKiss » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:53 am
It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them to market when the time is ripe.

(A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to
(B) all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and
(C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and
(D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and
(E) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them

IMO: C for parallelism.

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by massi2884 » Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:09 am
Why the use of "to" before at least the first verb is not needed here

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by GMAT Kolaveri » Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:23 am
C for parallelism and clear meaning.
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by limjeff » Mon Nov 25, 2013 4:09 am
Raising cattle for beef is different from raising cattle for dairy products. Each type of cattle has its own unique requirements for rearing. There are some important considerations on how to raise cattle for beef; the same is true in raising dairy cattle.

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by [email protected] » Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:14 pm
Hi massi2884,

In the early part of the underlined sentence, the phrase "all one has TO DO with cattle..." uses an infinitive verb to introduce the list (of things that one has to do with cattle). The list doesn't need to have any other "to"s put into it because that would be redundant.

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