To Henry David Thoreau, harmony with nature was his ideal a century
and a half before it became popular to be an environmentalist, and he
retained his fascination with and respect for nature as essential elements of his
lifestyle until his death.
A: ...
B: For Henry David Thoreau, a century and a half before it became popular to
be an environmentalist, harmony with nature was his ideal
C: Henry David Thoreau idealized harmony with nature a century and a half
before to be an environmentalist became popular
D: A century and a half before it became popular to be an environmentalist,
Henry David Thoreau idealized harmony with nature
E: A century and a half before it became popular being an environmentalist,
harmony with nature was ideal to Henry David Thoreau
To Henry David Thoreau, harmony with nature
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D?gmatdriller wrote:To Henry David Thoreau, harmony with nature was his ideal a century
and a half before it became popular to be an environmentalist, and he
retained his fascination with and respect for nature as essential elements of his
lifestyle until his death.
A: ...
B: For Henry David Thoreau, a century and a half before it became popular to
be an environmentalist, harmony with nature was his ideal
C: Henry David Thoreau idealized harmony with nature a century and a half
before to be an environmentalist became popular
D: A century and a half before it became popular to be an environmentalist,
Henry David Thoreau idealized harmony with nature
E: A century and a half before it became popular being an environmentalist,
harmony with nature was ideal to Henry David Thoreau
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IMO D
There are following issues here: parallelism, logic of the sentence and idioms
1) parallelism
The word "and" connects two sentences, which must be parallel.
A: "To Henry David Thoreau..., and he" is not parallel
B: "For Henry David Thoreau..., and he" is not parallel
E: "... to Henry David Thoreau, and he" is not parallel
We should eliminate answer choices A, B & E
2) logic of the sentence
There is wrong order of words in answer C.
3) idiom
correct idioms are
"ideal for sb/sth"
"ideal to do sth"
For example:
"open fields are ideal for children"
"It is not ideal to have a foreign army here"
Source: www.nytimes.com
I choose answer D
Read "Top 10 Tips for the Sentence Correction Section" by Chris Black
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/09/ ... on-section
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Hope it helps!
Best,
Maciek
There are following issues here: parallelism, logic of the sentence and idioms
1) parallelism
The word "and" connects two sentences, which must be parallel.
A: "To Henry David Thoreau..., and he" is not parallel
B: "For Henry David Thoreau..., and he" is not parallel
E: "... to Henry David Thoreau, and he" is not parallel
We should eliminate answer choices A, B & E
2) logic of the sentence
There is wrong order of words in answer C.
3) idiom
correct idioms are
"ideal for sb/sth"
"ideal to do sth"
For example:
"open fields are ideal for children"
"It is not ideal to have a foreign army here"
Source: www.nytimes.com
I choose answer D
Read "Top 10 Tips for the Sentence Correction Section" by Chris Black
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/09/ ... on-section
If you don't agree with my reasoning, please post here. Thanks!
Hope it helps!
Best,
Maciek
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Must be a Grockit question.
Here's the OG question that inspired this question:
https://www.beatthegmat.com/josephine-ba ... 33389.html
Here's the OG question that inspired this question:
https://www.beatthegmat.com/josephine-ba ... 33389.html
Yep.
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The consensus (choice D) is correct for the various reasons given.
Glad there was no ambiguity over the credited response.
Glad there was no ambiguity over the credited response.