Roy Wilkins

[gmat740]

Roy Wilkins was among the last of a generation of civil rights activists who led the nation through decades of change so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember, what segregation was like.
(A) so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember
(B) so profound that many young Americans cannot imagine, much less remember
(C) so profound many young Americans cannot imagine nor even less remember
(D) of such profundity many young Americans cannot imagine, even less can they remember
(E) of such profundity that many young Americans are not able to imagine, much less to remember

OA-B(I was able to land up with correct answer but unfortunately I was not able to distinguish clearly between “profound” and profundity)

[Robinmrtha]

here you must remember the following pattern

So.....that

This is clearly stated in option B and E
E is lengthy and awkward....
So the answer is B

[maihuna]

E is having following issue:

When it say much less to remember it is making two parallel sentences which are incorrect....

[goelmohit2002]

E is having following issue:

When it say much less to remember it is making two parallel sentences which are incorrect....

Can you please explain this in a bit more detail.

[Domnu]

Here, we can eliminate choices A, C, and D since the word 'that' isn't included in these phrases. In choices B and E, choice E isn't parallel, is awkward, and extremely lengthy. This leaves us with choice B.

[goelmohit2002]

Here, we can eliminate choices A, C, and D since the word 'that' isn't included in these phrases. In choices B and E, choice E isn't parallel, is awkward, and extremely lengthy. This leaves us with choice B.

Can you please explain in a bit more detail how parallelism is broken in "E".

[Domnu]

Hmm, in retrospect, E is a bit more parallel. But it still is awkward and wordy.

[maihuna]

E is having following issue:

When it say much less to remember it is making two parallel sentences which are incorrect....

Can you please explain this in a bit more detail.

If you combine option E the sentence will look like:
Roy Wilkins was among the last of a generation of civil rights activists who led the nation through decades of change of such profundity that many young Americans are not able to imagine, much less to remember, what segregation was like.

Here much less to remember what? what segregation was like, nope, much less to remember requires some purpose which is missing. Here it can not modify the following clause "what segregation was like" because "much less to remember" is commas separated and so is an intervenning clause and should be sufficient in itself.

[goelmohit2002]

Hmm, in retrospect, E is a bit more parallel. But it still is awkward and wordy.

Can you please tell in what sense it is awkward.

[BlindVision]

Roy Wilkins was among the last of a generation of civil rights activists who led the nation through decades of change so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember, what segregation was like.
(A) so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember
(B) so profound that many young Americans cannot imagine, much less remember
(C) so profound many young Americans cannot imagine nor even less remember
(D) of such profundity many young Americans cannot imagine, even less can they remember
(E) of such profundity that many young Americans are not able to imagine, much less to remember

OA-B(I was able to land up with correct answer but unfortunately I was not able to distinguish clearly between “profound” and profundity)

"E" is awkward because it has are not able to imagine, whereas, in "B", it simply uses cannot imagine. "E" has much less to remember, the "to" in there should be omitted, like it is in "B".

[thetrystero]

Roy Wilkins was among the last of a generation of civil rights activists who led the nation through decades of change so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember, what segregation was like.
(A) so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember
(B) so profound that many young Americans cannot imagine, much less remember
(C) so profound many young Americans cannot imagine nor even less remember
(D) of such profundity many young Americans cannot imagine, even less can they remember
(E) of such profundity that many young Americans are not able to imagine, much less to remember

", much less remember" is the only correct usage. My answer: B

[goelmohit2002]

"E" is awkward because it has are not able to imagine, whereas, in "B", it simply uses cannot imagine. "E" has much less to remember, the "to" in there should be omitted, like it is in "B".

Manhattan says....given a choice prefer can over able..

so can we choose B over E based on this rule ?