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by PGMAT » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:13 pm
Bengal-born writer, philosopher, and educator Rabindranath Tagore had the greatest admiration for Mohandas K. Gandhi the person and also as a politician, but Tagore had been skeptical of Gandhi's form of nationalism and his conservative opinions about India's cultural traditions


A. same
B. for Mohandas K.Gandhi as a person and as a politician, but Tagore was also
C. for Mohandas K.Gandhi not only as a person and as a politician, but Tagore was also
D. of Mohandas K.Gandhi as a person and as also a politician, but Tagore was
E. of Mohandas K.Gandhi not only as a person and as a politician, but Tagore had also been

[spoiler]OA is B. Why is D wrong other than the idiom?[/spoiler]
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:50 pm
D moves "also" from modifying Tagore's skepticism to modifying Gandhi's role as a politician.
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by PGMAT » Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:42 pm
Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:D moves "also" from modifying Tagore's skepticism to modifying Gandhi's role as a politician.
Bill, could you please explain in bit more detail? 'also' exists in the original sentence too. Thanks.
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