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by The Jock » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:16 pm
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To read of Charlotte Bronte's fatal struggle with a pregnancy condition known as hyperemesis is to remember with gratitude the incredible advances of modern medicine.

a. To read of
b. To be one who has read of
c. Once one reads of
d. Having read about
e. Reading about

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by debmalya_dutta » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:50 pm
think the answer is A
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by adi_800 » Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:14 pm
'is' is a linking verb..
so both sides of the verb should match...
the other side has infinitive...so the start of the sentence should be wid infinitive..
A n B provide infinitive constructions but B is wordy..
So A..
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by ankurmit » Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:38 am
IMO A
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by scorpionz » Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:53 am
IMO: A

But only because it seems to be the best alternative...

I'm not convinced with the "of" in "To read of..."

Can someone explain why it should be "To read of.." rather than simply "To read..."
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by kvcpk » Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:37 am
adi_800 wrote:'is' is a linking verb..
so both sides of the verb should match...
the other side has infinitive...so the start of the sentence should be wid infinitive..
A n B provide infinitive constructions but B is wordy..
So A..
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by vzzai » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:06 pm
Hi experts,
I understand that there is parallelism issue, but I read in this forum that we should avoid starting the sentence with an infinitive on GMAT.
Ex: "It is human to err" instead of "To err is human".
with that note, how can we be sure that it is the right sentence? Please clarify.
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by avik.ch » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:45 pm
vzzai wrote:Hi experts,
I understand that there is parallelism issue, but I read in this forum that we should avoid starting the sentence with an infinitive on GMAT.
Ex: "It is human to err" instead of "To err is human".
with that note, how can we be sure that it is the right sentence? Please clarify.
Yes !! there is a parallelism issue here,
you must refer to non-underlined part of the sentence after the linking verb "is" : to remember.............., you cannot change this part. So in order to preserve parallelism, we must choose A.



The example you have stated is from MGMAT SC. Please note that this is a stylistic issue. We use stylistic expression to eliminate choices, when there are choices that do not have a grammatical error or a meaning error - as you choose the best out of five, we do not have the choice to create a sixth one. You should never give importance to stylistic error, without taking care of grammar and meaning.

I hope this helps
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