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OG question 127 Ambiguity

by fangtray » Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:06 am
Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely inspired, turned the tide of ENglish victories in her country by liberating the city of Orleans and she persuaded Charles VII of Franch to cliam his throne.

B. persuaded Charles VII of Franch in claiming his throne
C. persuading that the throne be claimed by Charles VII of France

When i did this question, i see the main subject Joan, performed the main verb turned, by liberating...and persuading...both of which need to be parallel.

Apparently the main verb is turned, and persuaded..which both need to parallel.. but how can you tell which should be parallel..both ways makes sense to me. How do you know what the author's intent is?
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by sam2304 » Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:06 am
Can you post the whole question ? ? All the options seems wrong.

A - she is not necessary
B - in claiming his throne is wrong
C - throne be claimed is wrong, A has the proper idiom

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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:47 am
fangtray wrote:Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely inspired, turned the tide of ENglish victories in her country by liberating the city of Orleans and she persuaded Charles VII of Franch to cliam his throne.

B. persuaded Charles VII of Franch in claiming his throne
C. persuading that the throne be claimed by Charles VII of France

When i did this question, i see the main subject Joan, performed the main verb turned, by liberating...and persuading...both of which need to be parallel.

Apparently the main verb is turned, and persuaded..which both need to parallel.. but how can you tell which should be parallel..both ways makes sense to me. How do you know what the author's intent is?
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by fangtray » Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:27 pm
sam2304 wrote:Can you post the whole question ? ? All the options seems wrong.

A - she is not necessary
B - in claiming his throne is wrong
C - throne be claimed is wrong, A has the proper idiom

There is nothing wrong in posting the question in its entirety and get your doubts clarified.
Whoops your right. D is persuaded ....to claim his throne. which is the right answer
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by fangtray » Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:50 pm
GMATGuruNY wrote:
fangtray wrote:Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely inspired, turned the tide of ENglish victories in her country by liberating the city of Orleans and she persuaded Charles VII of Franch to cliam his throne.

B. persuaded Charles VII of Franch in claiming his throne
C. persuading that the throne be claimed by Charles VII of France

When i did this question, i see the main subject Joan, performed the main verb turned, by liberating...and persuading...both of which need to be parallel.

Apparently the main verb is turned, and persuaded..which both need to parallel.. but how can you tell which should be parallel..both ways makes sense to me. How do you know what the author's intent is?
If you're not sure about one aspect of the sentence, LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT ERROR.

Check my post here:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/joan-of-arc- ... tml#263979
I totally get what you are saying...but when i was doing the problem, i eliminated all the answers beginnign with persuaded, because i immediately noticed the -ING parallelism... Is there anyway to avoid that besides first recognizing that the sentence could be interpretted in 2 ways?
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by ank_1 » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:23 pm
There has been lots of discussion about meaning of the sentence lately on this forum.
The word 'and' signifies two parallel things. If you consider the 'ing' form of the verb for parallelism then you mean that by persuading Charles to claim his throne(along with liberating the city of Orleans) Joan turned the tide of English victories. It will alter the meaning of the sentence.

Turned is the main verb and therefore it should be considered while checking for parallelism.
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