Misc3

[manu.pant]

By showing that South Africa does not have a free market and in in fact a kind of collectivist welfare state for whites only, Sowell argues that American conservatives have no valid ideological grounds to be in sympathy with the Pretoria regime.

a.
b. to sympathize with
c. for sympathizing with

[aditya8062]

my take wud be [spoiler]:C [/spoiler]

[aditya8062]

To the original poster
when u put question plz put the complete question .i don't think gmat will ever give 3 choice ,atleast not in this life!!

[sana.noor]

i will go with C

[Tommy Wallach]

Hey Manu,

Agreed. Oftentimes people want to put up just a few answer choices, none of which are correct, to try to get a sense of which is "best". This is not a good idea. I don't personally like either of these examples:

By showing that South Africa does not have a free market and in in fact a kind of collectivist welfare state for whites only, Sowell argues that American conservatives have no valid ideological grounds to be in sympathy with the Pretoria regime.

a.
b. to sympathize with
c. for sympathizing with

Both "grounds to" and "grounds for" are correct idioms, so I'm not sure what case you can make for one over the other. I looked it up, and they are both legal. I don't buy this question, so let's ignore it.

-t

[manu.pant]

By showing that South Africa does not have a free market and in in fact a kind of collectivist welfare state for whites only, Sowell argues that American conservatives have no valid ideological grounds to be in sympathy with the Pretoria regime.

a.
b. to sympathize with
c. for sympathizing with
d. that they should sympathize with
e. that they should have sympathy for

[Tommy Wallach]

Hey Manu,

Thanks for that. I know the official answer is (C), but my understanding of idioms is that both (B) and (C) are justifiable, so I don't think this is realistic.

These are adequate grounds for divorce.
He said these are grounds to initiate a separation.

Both of those sentences are okay.

-t

[aditya8062]

To Tommy Wallach
good day sir
i got ur point but isn't "to sympathize" wrong because infinitive shows the intent of act but here no such intent is there
thanks and regards
aditya

[Tommy Wallach]

Hey Aditya,

No, this is a separate idiom: "grounds to". So it isn't about intent.

-t

[sana.noor]

I reject B just because it uses "to", which is mostly used for intentions. Tommy what if such questions appear in real test (gmat).

[Tommy Wallach]

Hey Sana,

Again, "to" is not being used for intention here. It's an idiom, much like:

He is thought to be a great man.
He is known to be a great golfer.
He admits to being a terrible person.

-t

[aditya8062]

To sana
i think ur and mine confusion was same : but here is the deal : the fact is that infinitive are used to convey intention BUT thats not the only use of infinitive .they can be used in many other ways !!

[Tommy Wallach]

Exactly right, Aditya!

-t