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Cattle were domesticated both for the uses made of the

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Cattle were domesticated both for the uses made of the animal --food and leather -- but also for the labor the animal could provide.

A) but also for
B) and for
C) or for
D) but also
E) and also

This question is from Kaplan Verbal book (3rd ed.) It's given in the explanation that "And also" is considered redundant on GMAT, but then I found at many places the usage of "And also" in OG.

Someone please shed some light on this?



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Re: Cattle were domesticated both for the uses made of the [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2010, 07:30
Even I also went with " and also".
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Re: Cattle were domesticated both for the uses made of the [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2010, 08:22
The two reasons for domesticating cattle are
1. uses of the animal
2. labor the animal could provide.

Idiom is "both X and Y" and by parallelism it has to be option B

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Re: Cattle were domesticated both for the uses made of the [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2010, 08:29
both for and for

Parallelism in idioms.
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Re: Cattle were domesticated both for the uses made of the [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2010, 11:11
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IMO B..

Both X and Y
Both for X and for Y...
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Re: Cattle were domesticated both for the uses made of the [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2010, 17:37
I know the answer is B and figured out this correctly, my question is "and also" considered redundant always??
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Re: Cattle were domesticated both for the uses made of the [#permalink] New post   27 Jul 2010, 19:37
I think that "and also" is always redundant.

Cattle were domesticated both for X and for Y

B for me.



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