heshamelaziry wrote:Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was intent on improving the city's cultural diversity.

Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was intent

Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was different and intended

The new mayor was intent, unlike his predecessor before him,

Unlike his predecessor before him, the new mayor was intent

The new mayor, unlike his predecessor, was different, and was intent

OA

A

WHAT THE HELL IS "WAS INTENT" ? HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS EXPRRESSION BEFORE ?

Yeah, this is when intent is used as an adjective. Check here for more examples:

https://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-intent.html


You can also get to A via POE.

B- Different thrown in randomly, awkward phrasing, changes intent to intended

C- "Predecessor before him" is redundant

D- Same as C

E- Awfully written

Ludacrispat26 wrote:

heshamelaziry wrote:Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was intent on improving the city's cultural diversity.

Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was intent

Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was different and intended

The new mayor was intent, unlike his predecessor before him,

Unlike his predecessor before him, the new mayor was intent

The new mayor, unlike his predecessor, was different, and was intent

OA

A

WHAT THE HELL IS "WAS INTENT" ? HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS EXPRRESSION BEFORE ?

Yeah, this is when intent is used as an adjective. Check here for more examples:

https://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-intent.html


You can also get to A via POE.

B- Different thrown in randomly, awkward phrasing, changes intent to intended

C- "Predecessor before him" is redundant

D- Same as C

E- Awfully written

I clicked on the link you provided, but nothing camne up about "was intent". i see nothing wrong with "B"; it maintains the meaning with lees awkward words "was intent" ! intended is better ?

heshamelaziry wrote: I clicked on the link you provided, but nothing camne up about "was intent". i see nothing wrong with "B"; it maintains the meaning with lees awkward words "was intent" ! intended is better ?

In the link, it is right under the adjective portion of the explanation.

B is wrong because it changes the meaning. It asserts that the new mayor was "different" than his predecessor. This is nowhere in the original. It also doesn't say that the intent made him different, because the sentence is implying two separate ideas:

1) the new mayor was different than his predecessor

2) he intended to improve cultural diversity

Also, I don't think that "intended on" is even correct idiomatically.