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by armaan700+ » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:27 am
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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by komal » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:29 am
armaan700+ 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 - Awkward

B. has devoted his subsequent career to do that - Parallelism error

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- Correct tense

My pick is (E)
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by thephoenix » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:03 am
armaan700+ 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 -------always wrng in GMAT to do so is correct
B. has devoted his subsequent career to do that -------not llel with determined
C. devoted his subsequent career to such an end -----makes s/c incomplete
D. has devoted his subsequent career for that ----same as B
E. devoted his subsequent career to that end------correct
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