Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids" in Shiite Iran and Iraq.
A. Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
B. Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and also
C. In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, of the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
D. In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
E. In the first period of religious reformism, Islamic political militancy was manifested in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, and the Mahdi in the Sudan, and in
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I think this question is more about parallelism and how close we can keep subject and verb, and keep modifiers as far as we can so that Subject-verb pair remains close to each other.
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This sentence tells us that there were two ways in which Islamic political militancy was manifested:
the rise of four groups, which are all listed
the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids"
So we have a four-item list (the groups) inside a two-item list (the rise of the groups and the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids".
When we have a list, it's a good idea to visualize the list items as an actual bulleted list. This can help us notice parallelism issues or issues of meaning.
Looking at answer choice A, we see that it uses the word "and" once, creating a single five-item list:
Manifestations ... were the rise of:
Only answer choice E separates "the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids" from our list of groups correctly by adding an additional "and" :
... Islamic political militancy was manifested
the rise of four groups, which are all listed
the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids"
So we have a four-item list (the groups) inside a two-item list (the rise of the groups and the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids".
When we have a list, it's a good idea to visualize the list items as an actual bulleted list. This can help us notice parallelism issues or issues of meaning.
Looking at answer choice A, we see that it uses the word "and" once, creating a single five-item list:
Manifestations ... were the rise of:
- -the Wahhabis in Arabia
-the Sanusi in Cyrenaica
-the Fulani in Nigeria
-the Mahdi in the Sudan
-the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids"
Only answer choice E separates "the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids" from our list of groups correctly by adding an additional "and" :
... Islamic political militancy was manifested
- -in the rise of:
- +the Wahhabis in Arabia
+the Sanusi in Cyrenaica
+the Fulani in Nigeria
+the Mahdi in the Sudan
- +the Wahhabis in Arabia
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and must serve to connect PARALLEL FORMS that serve the SAME FUNCTION.richachampion wrote:Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids" in Shiite Iran and Iraq.
A. Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
B. Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and also
C. In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, of the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
D. In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and
E. In the first period of religious reformism, Islamic political militancy was manifested in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, and the Mahdi in the Sudan, and in
A: Manifestations...were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, [the rise of] the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, [the rise of] the Fulani in Nigeria, [the rise of] the Mahdi in the Sudan, and [the rise of] the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids" in Shiite Iran and Iraq.
C: Manifestations...were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, [the rise] of the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, [the rise of] the Fulani in Nigeria, [the rise of] the Mahdi in the Sudan, and [the rise of] the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids" in Shiite Iran and Iraq.
The bracketed words in the blue portions are omitted but implied.
Since and must serve to connect parallel forms, the bracketed words in the red portions must also be implied.
The result is a nonsensical meaning:
[the rise of] the victory of the Usuli "mujtahids" in Shiite Iran and Iraq.
Eliminate A and C.
a manifestation = something that becomes visible.
to be shown = to be made visible.
B and D: Manifestations...were shown.
Conveyed meaning:
Things that became visible were made visible.
This meaning is redundant.
Eliminate B and D.
The correct answer is E.
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