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i too picked C. It is little wordy, but fits better than A. A to me looked awkward.
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A for brevity. took m e 2 mins 
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Between illiterate and driven there should have been a comma else its a run on. I went for C because of parallelism and meaning.
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IMO, the passage is testing essentially an expression of paradoxical intention with concision. Basically the accounts show only one aspect i.e. the founder of the renaissance was himself an illiterate person. His being driven by a desire to achieve something was an auxiliary and not equal to the main theme that he was illiterate. Such subordinate factors are best articulated by appropriate participles. That is the reason choices that use the relative pronoun 'that' in the second arm are tending to distort the meaning of the passage, as though there were two equivalent factors. We can eliminate choice C and D on the count of altered intent alone. B - was himself an illiterate and also driven by his desire – is unparallel; in addition ‘and also’ is redundant. E is out because of non-//ism with a passive voice and active voice construction. A correctly brings out the crux of the author, using optimal wordage. A good and deep conceptual question and a +1 to the poster.
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I read OE explaining that driven modify illiterate. I still don't see anything wrong in C which says man was illiterate and he was driven by desire OE: A glance at the answer choices suggests that the issue here involves the participle “ driven. ” The sentence gives the surprising detail that a person interested in literature was illiterate, and then explains why an illiterate would have such an interest. As such, the participle “ driven ” is an integral description of the word “ illiterate, ” not of the man in general. Therefore, the participle must stand as it is and choice (A) is correct. Each other choice separates illiterate from driven, altering the meaning of the sentence.
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I fell for D as well but A makes sense.
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what's wrong w/ C? there is really no clear explanation...
Is it cause it's Passive construction?
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hemanthp wrote: Contemporary accounts of the life of Charlemagne, crowned emperor by the pope in 800, show that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate driven by his desire for a civilized state to reform education in his kingdom.
a) that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate driven by his desire
b) that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature as well as in the arts was himself an illiterate and also driven by his desire
c) that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate and that he was driven by his desire
d) that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature as well as in the arts was himself an illiterate and that he was driven by his desire
e) that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate and that his desire drove him A - Correct B - wordy ("as well as", "also driven" ) C - we can't use ||ism here. "that he was driven by desire" was NOT shown by contemporary accounts. D - same as C E -same as C
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confused between A and E, but chose A
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Contemporary accounts of the life of Charlemagne, crowned emperor by the pope in 800, show that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate driven by his desire for a civilized state to reform education in his kingdom.
a) that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate driven by his desire
c) that the founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate and that he was driven by his desire
COnfused between A and C.
can anybody tell me what is the role played by "driven" in option A. Is it adjective for the noun "illiterate"?
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Picked C but confused between A & C. Any expert voice on each options? Cheers.!
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Re: Contemporary accounts of the life of Charlemagne, crowned [#permalink]
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Still i am confused between A,C and D can anyone take time and clearly explain what wrong with A,C and D? Initially i thought the answer is D... Thanks in advance, +1 Kudos for the clear explanation
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Re: Contemporary accounts of the life of Charlemagne, crowned [#permalink]
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Got stuck between C and A, for over 40 seconds... Then saw that A had a better continuation than C.
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