The reason children play is because they enjoy learning about the world around them.
a) is because they enjoy learning about the world around them
b) is because to learn about the world around them, they must enjoy
c) is that they enjoy learning about the world around them
d) that they enjoy learning about the world around them
e) is because they find joy in learning about the world around them.
Target Test Prep is 20% off right now!
Use code FLASH20
Available with Beat the GMAT members only code
MORE DETAILS
what is the right answer and why - part 2
This topic has expert replies
-
sameer_kalra
- Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
- Posts: 6
- Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:19 am
- Followed by:1 members
-
sameer_kalra
- Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
- Posts: 6
- Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:19 am
- Followed by:1 members
When a man appeared in the village of Artigat in the summer of 1556 and presented himself as Martin Guerre, only a few locals suspected whether he assumed the identity of the man who had disappeared eight years earlier.
a)whether he assumed
b)whether he had assumed
c)he assumed
d)his assuming
e)that he had assumed
a)whether he assumed
b)whether he had assumed
c)he assumed
d)his assuming
e)that he had assumed
-
sameer_kalra
- Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
- Posts: 6
- Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:19 am
- Followed by:1 members
GMAT/MBA Expert
-
ceilidh.erickson
- GMAT Instructor
- Posts: 2095
- Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:22 pm
- Thanked: 1443 times
- Followed by:247 members
Please only post one question per thread; otherwise it becomes confusing.
"The reason... is because" is idiomatically incorrect (and also redundant). The correct usage is "the reason... is that." Thus, the only idiomatically correct answer is C.sameer_kalra wrote:The reason children play is because they enjoy learning about the world around them.
a) is because they enjoy learning about the world around them
b) is because to learn about the world around them, they must enjoy
c) is that they enjoy learning about the world around them
d) that they enjoy learning about the world around them
e) is because they find joy in learning about the world around them.
Ceilidh Erickson
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
GMAT/MBA Expert
-
ceilidh.erickson
- GMAT Instructor
- Posts: 2095
- Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:22 pm
- Thanked: 1443 times
- Followed by:247 members
"suspected whether" is also idiomatically incorrect / redundant. If there is suspicion, we already know that there is uncertainty between two possibilities. The correct construction is "they suspected THAT he had done something," so the correct answer is E.sameer_kalra wrote:When a man appeared in the village of Artigat in the summer of 1556 and presented himself as Martin Guerre, only a few locals suspected whether he assumed the identity of the man who had disappeared eight years earlier.
a)whether he assumed
b)whether he had assumed
c)he assumed
d)his assuming
e)that he had assumed
Ceilidh Erickson
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
