Written in the early eleventh century by Lady Murasaki Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be the world's first novel.
A) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be
B) Shikibu in the manner of a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji as
C) Shikibu, a fictionalized accounting for political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji
D) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, The Tale of Genji is considered by literary historians to be
E) Shikibu, The Tale of Genji is a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court which literary historians consider to be
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Answer should be D.
Actually, you can narrow it down to Option D and E.
E has which and which modifies the noun preceding it.
In this case, that noun is court.
Actually, you can narrow it down to Option D and E.
E has which and which modifies the noun preceding it.
In this case, that noun is court.
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I'm going with E. The opening clause is meant to modify The Tale of Genji, so we should say Written......, The Tale of Genji.... and option E is the only one which does this.faraday88 wrote:Written in the early eleventh century by Lady Murasaki Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be the world's first novel.
A) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be
B) Shikibu in the manner of a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji as
C) Shikibu, a fictionalized accounting for political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji
D) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, The Tale of Genji is considered by literary historians to be
E) Shikibu, The Tale of Genji is a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court which literary historians consider to be
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ABC can be ruled out - modifier error.
E - usage of which as essential modifier is awkward, we should use 'that' here.
IMO D.
E - usage of which as essential modifier is awkward, we should use 'that' here.
IMO D.
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The OA is D. The reason that I posted this one is that I don't consider this question correct, because according to official GMAT "consider to be" is not idiomatic. D is the best answer, but it is just to choose the lesser of two evils.
The bottom line for officials: can we expect such questions on real exam?
The bottom line for officials: can we expect such questions on real exam?
a,b,and c are not correctly modified.faraday88 wrote:Written in the early eleventh century by Lady Murasaki Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be the world's first novel.
A) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be
B) Shikibu in the manner of a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji as
C) Shikibu, a fictionalized accounting for political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji
D) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, The Tale of Genji is considered by literary historians to be
E) Shikibu, The Tale of Genji is a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court which literary historians consider to be
in e which refers to court and thus is incorrect.
moreover considered by x to be z is wrong.
considered to be is suspect but grammatically correct(acording to manhattan guide)