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Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely [#permalink]
 04 Aug 2006, 20:45
Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely inspired, turned the tide of English victories in her country by liberating the city of Orleans and she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne.
(A) she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(B) persuaded Charles VII of France in claiming his throne
(C) persuading that the throne be claimed by Charles VII of France
(D) persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(E) persuading that Charles VII of France should claim the throne
Pl explain....
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this looks like D to me... it is parallel:
Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely inspired, turned the tide of English victories in her country by liberating the city of Orleans and persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
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OA is D...
For some reason when I read the sentence it appeared that
Joan of Arc ........ turned the tide ...... by liberating ..... and .... persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne.
So I was trying to fix 'persuaded'
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2times wrote: OA is D...
For some reason when I read the sentence it appeared that
Joan of Arc ........ turned the tide ...... by liberating ..... and .... persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne.
So I was trying to fix 'persuaded'
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D is correct.
If this would have been the case, case you mentioned above, then the ||ism should be
turned.........by liberating..... and by persuading....
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(D) Parallelism SC.
turned... persuaded...
"to claim" is active
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D it is.
Straight case of ||ism as mentioned above.
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D for me.
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Clear winner D.
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Quote: If this would have been the case, case you mentioned above, then the ||ism should be
turned.........by liberating..... and by persuading....
Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely inspired, turned the tide of English victories in her country by liberating the city of Orleans and she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne.observe carefully.. if its liberating&persuading then the meaning of the sentence will change. Turned the Tide of English a)by liberating b)by persuaing So its D
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