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An artistic presence of the first order, one frequently ranked with Picasso, Stravinsky, and James Joyce, Martha Graham was acclaimed as a great dancer long before her innovative masterworks made her the most honored of American choreographers.
(A) Martha Graham was acclaimed as
(B) Martha Graham was acclaimed to be
(C) Martha Graham’s acclaim is as
(D) Martha Graham’s acclaim to be
(E) Martha Graham’s acclaim was in being
What is the correct idiom to use.
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My choice D. Idiom usage .. Acclaim to be.
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Agree with D. We also need a noun here because it is "the acclaim... that made her..."
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30 s and B. Idiom + the main clause here is "Martha Graham was acclaimed to be".
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bigtooth, you are right. I revert back to B after reading the sentence again. You are "acclaimed to be X" is the meaning of the sentence. I got to keep a sharp eye open. This is it for tonight, I need some rest. 
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Paul wrote: bigtooth, you are right. I revert back to B after reading the sentence again. You are "acclaimed to be X" is the meaning of the sentence. I got to keep a sharp eye open. This is it for tonight, I need some rest. Actually, you're acclaimed AS blah-blah-blah. 
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vote for A as well--the initial sentence does seem OK as is
possessive options are ruled out, for Picasso, Stravinsky, and James Joyce are used as personal names. Therefore, Martha Graham should be used as a personal name too. Between A and B, A seems to be the best.
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Auuummmm, yeah the correct ans is A. "Acclaim as"
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singh_satya wrote: An artistic presence of the first order, one frequently ranked with Picasso, Stravinsky, and James Joyce, Martha Graham was acclaimed as a great dancer long before her innovative masterworks made her the most honored of American choreographers.
(A) Martha Graham was acclaimed as
(B) Martha Graham was acclaimed to be
(C) Martha Graham’s acclaim is as
(D) Martha Graham’s acclaim to be
(E) Martha Graham’s acclaim was in being
My answe is A.
'to acclaim as' and 'to be acclaimed as' are the correct idioms here - also refer to the link below
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define. ... &dict=CALD
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Good to know about the correct idiom, Though I also chose (B) initially.
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Thank you Smashing 
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This is another good SC to bump up to the front page of the VERBAL forum. "Acclaim as", not "Acclaim to"
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From Cambridge:
acclaim
verb [T often passive]
to give public approval and praise:
She was universally/widely/publicly acclaimed for her contribution to the discovery.
She is being acclaimed (= publicly recognized) as the greatest dancer of her generation.
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GMATT73 wrote: From Cambridge:
acclaim
verb [T often passive]
to give public approval and praise:
She was universally/widely/publicly acclaimed for her contribution to the discovery.
She is being acclaimed (= publicly recognized) as the greatest dancer of her generation.
I think people might think "acclaim to be" b/c it sounds so much like "claim to be"
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"acclaimed as" seems better than "acclaim to be", especially with the "a great dancer" that follows. I'll go with A.
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Got it. Acclaim as is the proper idiom.
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I was almost taken aback seeing Paul go for D!
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