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by neha.patni » Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:59 pm
806. The president of the block association tried to convince her neighbors they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized.

(A) they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized
(B) that they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continue to be victimized
(C) about joining forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood instead of continuing to be victimized
(D) for the joining of forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continue to be victimized
(E) to join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized

OA - B
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by albatross86 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:11 am
A. they should join... rather than continuing.... This is not parallel.

B. they should join ... rather than continue... perfect parallelism and no grammatical errors.

C. convince about joining, instead of continuing. This is awkward, and not parallel. "Instead of" is used not to compare but to replace.

D. convince for is unidiomatic.

E to prevent rather than continuing --> not parallel.

Pick B.
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by neha.patni » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:06 am
albatross86 wrote:A. they should join... rather than continuing.... This is not parallel.

B. they should join ... rather than continue... perfect parallelism and no grammatical errors.

C. convince about joining, instead of continuing. This is awkward, and not parallel. "Instead of" is used not to compare but to replace.

D. convince for is unidiomatic.

E to prevent rather than continuing --> not parallel.

Pick B.

Hi Thanks for all your posts, but just wanted to ask that which one is better?

convinced the neighbors to

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by albatross86 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:08 am
Convince X to do something and Convince X that something is true.

Both of these are correct idioms.

Examples:

1. Tecumseh struggled to convince his fellow Shawnees, as well as the other Indian tribes, that they should unite against the white settlers rather than continue their separate wars.

2. Tecumseh struggled to convince his fellow Shawnees, as well as the other Indian tribes, to unite against the white settlers.
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by albatross86 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:09 am
If you need more help with idioms, try and go through this list : https://www.platinumgmat.com/about_gmat/ ... m_list.pdf

It has all the idioms that appear in the OG.
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