Schliemann determined at the age of seven to find the site of ancient Troy and devoted his subsequent career to do it.
A. devoted his subsequent career to do it
B. has devoted his subsequent career to do that
C. devoted his subsequent career to such an end
D. has devoted his subsequent career for that
E. devoted his subsequent career to that end
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OA: E
I picked A.
can someone pls explain.
I picked A.
can someone pls explain.
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A is wrong because in "devoted his subsequent career to do it" the pronoun it refers to finding the site of ancient Troy.
The pronoun IT is always used to refer to a noun and NOT verb
The pronoun IT is always used to refer to a noun and NOT verb
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Schliemann determined at the age of seven to find the site of ancient Troy and devoted his subsequent career to do it.
A. devoted his subsequent career to do it
Not idiomatic and it is used very ambiguously . TO DO SO is preferable
B. has devoted his subsequent career to do that
has means he is still devoting and not parallel with determined
C. devoted his subsequent career to such an end
Awkward
D. has devoted his subsequent career for that
wrong tense
E. devoted his subsequent career to that end[/quote]
correct tense and use of THAT END, which clearly refers to the first part of the sentence
A. devoted his subsequent career to do it
Not idiomatic and it is used very ambiguously . TO DO SO is preferable
B. has devoted his subsequent career to do that
has means he is still devoting and not parallel with determined
C. devoted his subsequent career to such an end
Awkward
D. has devoted his subsequent career for that
wrong tense
E. devoted his subsequent career to that end[/quote]
correct tense and use of THAT END, which clearly refers to the first part of the sentence
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"Schliemann determined" means the first clause is in past tense. To maintain the parallelism second clause also has to be in past tense. This eliminates options B and D. In option C, "devoted ... to such an end" distorts the meaning. Option A, 'it' is used wrongly. It can refer to a noun and not an independent clause. Hence, A also ruled out. Answer is E; 'That' is clearly refering to the first clause "finding ... Troy."missionmba wrote:Schliemann determined at the age of seven to find the site of ancient Troy and devoted his subsequent career to do it.
A. devoted his subsequent career to do it
B. has devoted his subsequent career to do that
C. devoted his subsequent career to such an end
D. has devoted his subsequent career for that
E. devoted his subsequent career to that end
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bingo ! i go on the same line as logitech !!A. devoted his subsequent career to do it
to do so !! should be the corrected one !!
SO E is the option
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