Sentence Correction

With his sub-four minute mile Bannister broke a psychological barrier, inspiring thousands of others to attempt overcoming seemingly insurmountable hurdles.

A. inspiring thousands of others to attempt overcoming
B. inspiring thousands of others to attempt to overcome
C. inspiring thousands of others to overcome
D. and inspired thousands of others to attempt to overcome
E. and inspired thousands of others to attempt overcoming

finance wrote:With his sub-four minute mile Bannister broke a psychological barrier, inspiring thousands of others to attempt overcoming seemingly insurmountable hurdles.

A. inspiring thousands of others to attempt overcoming
B. inspiring thousands of others to attempt to overcome
C. inspiring thousands of others to overcome
D. and inspired thousands of others to attempt to overcome
E. and inspired thousands of others to attempt overcoming

C and D change the meaning
attempt to overcome is more idiomatic
In attempt overcoming overcoming is a gerund . i think attempt to is correct .
MGMAT SC says adverbs are preferable to nouns. to overcome is an adverbial modifier serving as a pseudo adverb
,inspiring explains the previous clause and modifies the noun Bannister and verb broke
The and chamges the meaning by giving equal importance to both the act of breaking the barrier and the act of inspiring others

vote for C

mundasingh123 wrote:

finance wrote:With his sub-four minute mile Bannister broke a psychological barrier, inspiring thousands of others to attempt overcoming seemingly insurmountable hurdles.

A. inspiring thousands of others to attempt overcoming
B. inspiring thousands of others to attempt to overcome
C. inspiring thousands of others to overcome
D. and inspired thousands of others to attempt to overcome
E. and inspired thousands of others to attempt overcoming

C and D change the meaning
attempt to overcome is more idiomatic
In attempt overcoming overcoming is a gerund . i think attempt to is correct .
MGMAT SC says adverbs are preferable to nouns. to overcome is an adverbial modifier serving as a pseudo adverb
,inspiring explains the previous clause and modifies the noun Bannister and verb broke
The and chamges the meaning by giving equal importance to both the act of breaking the barrier and the act of inspiring others

so whats ur answer?

LOL both B and C are supposed to be wrong .
BTW the comma isnt underlined that makes either A,B or C the correct answer . However the given OA confirmed from MGMAT Forums is D which is wrong . So the source is dubious

finance wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

finance wrote:With his sub-four minute mile Bannister broke a psychological barrier, inspiring thousands of others to attempt overcoming seemingly insurmountable hurdles.

A. inspiring thousands of others to attempt overcoming
B. inspiring thousands of others to attempt to overcome
C. inspiring thousands of others to overcome
D. and inspired thousands of others to attempt to overcome
E. and inspired thousands of others to attempt overcoming

C and D change the meaning
attempt to overcome is more idiomatic
In attempt overcoming overcoming is a gerund . i think attempt to is correct .
MGMAT SC says adverbs are preferable to nouns. to overcome is an adverbial modifier serving as a pseudo adverb
,inspiring explains the previous clause and modifies the noun Bannister and verb broke
The and chamges the meaning by giving equal importance to both the act of breaking the barrier and the act of inspiring others

so whats ur answer?

B is IMO