goelmohit2002 wrote:ken3233 wrote:
My guess is that the answer is "A".
Clearly, "A" and "D" are the only possible answers.
Can you please tell why you kicked out "B", "C" and "E" ?
Thanks
Mohit
The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five"
were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.
(A) were united by their holding
(B) had as their uniting ideal
(C) united each other with
(D) united based on
(E) were united with
B - This would repeat "ideal", which is redundant. Also, in this case for some reason "had as" is less grammatical than "were." As a native English speaker, I can intuit the incorrect usage, but I do not know the grammar rule that applies here.
C - This is incorrect because "united each other" is illogical and ungrammatical. I do not believe that the verb "unite" can be used reflexively in this case. Again, this is something I can intuit, without being able to explain why.
E - This is illogical because it changes the meaning of the sentence, literally saying that the composers "united" with an ideal. The sentence is supposed to say that the composers themselves had a sense of unity because they shared an ideal.
