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Ideally, the professional career diplomat should help in the ongoing maintenance of an effective American foreign policy despite changes in administration.

(A) in the ongoing maintenance of
(B) in the maintaining of
(C) maintain
(D) to maintain and continue
(E) the maintenance of
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Re: Ideally, the professional career diplomat should help in the ongoing [#permalink] New post   19 Nov 2019, 05:06
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HELP/LET/MAKE + BARE INFINITIVE. The only option, which follows this rule, is option C.
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C for the crisp idiomatic use of 'help maintain' structure.
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Ideally, the professional career diplomat should help in the ongoing maintenance of an effective American foreign policy despite changes in administration.

(A) in the ongoing maintenance of
(B) in the maintaining of
(C) maintain
(D) to maintain and continue
(E) the maintenance of


Help can be followed by an infinitive without to or a to-infinitive:

She helped me find a direction in life.

Everyone can help to reduce carbon emissions by using public transport.

The answer is C.
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Re: Ideally, the professional career diplomat should help in the ongoing [#permalink] New post   02 May 2023, 10:29
Can someone explain to me why D is incorrect? I was down to C and D and wasn't able to decide between the two. Aren't both versions idiomatic?
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Ideally, the professional career diplomat should help in the ongoing [#permalink] New post   05 Aug 2023, 12:46
brightgmat wrote:
Can someone explain to me why D is incorrect? I was down to C and D and wasn't able to decide between the two. Aren't both versions idiomatic?


even a wordy option can be correct but in most cases go for the shortest and cleanest. if theres some error (grammar/meaning) in the shortest option then you can directly cross it out... but if you are left with multiple correct options, then go for straight (active voice), short and clean option. Gmat hates unnecessarily wordy answers (just like this one :p)

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