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Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   22 Jun 2004, 14:56
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Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers.


(A) the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers

(B) penitentiaries were ideas for reform of the penal system suggested by Quakers

(C) Quakers suggested the penitentiary as a reform of the penal system

(D) Quakers suggested that the penal system be reformed as penitentiaries

(E) the penitentiary was suggested to be a reform of the penal system by Quakers
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Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2020, 00:16
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740gmat wrote:
can you explain why suggest is not taking subjunctive mood form i.e. suggested + that ?
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Usually 'that' is used with these verbs but not always.

What did the medic suggest?

He suggested lozenges for my cough.
He suggested that I take lozenges for my cough.

Both are correct. If you don't need a clause, you don't have to worry about using subjunctive form.

(C) says "Quakers suggested A as a reform of B"
So A = a reform of B
Makes sense

(D) says "Quakers suggested that A be reformed as B"
This is confusing and not correct. A be reformed as B is reformed? or A be reformed into B?

Answer should be (C)
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Re: Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   22 Jun 2004, 18:01
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Hard to tell between C and D. I'll take C
"X as a reform of Y" sounds better to me than "Y be reformed as X". It perhaps has to do with an idiom here, one that is certainly not used very often.
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Re: Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   22 Jun 2004, 19:13
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Tough choice between C and D
Will go with C (though D still stares at me :roll: )

In the original sentence:
the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers.
means that penite...s introduced by Quakers reformed the penal system
My guess is C comes closest to this and Do would have been correct if :
Quakers suggested that the penal system be reformed by penitentiaries
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Re: Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   13 Oct 2017, 02:14
For this question: I am not quite sure about the OA.

1) repelled by ....., Quakers or the (idea) of penitentiaries.

How can a person (Quakers) was repelled by bodily punishments?
My common sense is penitentiaries was repelled by punishment

Or my understanding about verb-ed mod. is wrong?
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Re: Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   13 Oct 2017, 04:52
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polpanumas wrote:
For this question: I am not quite sure about the OA.

1) repelled by ....., Quakers or the (idea) of penitentiaries.

How can a person (Quakers) was repelled by bodily punishments?
My common sense is penitentiaries was repelled by punishment

Or my understanding about verb-ed mod. is wrong?


A Person can be repelled by a practice - Quaker (the person) was repelled by maiming and Branding (the practice). i.e., Quaker disliked the practice of maiming and branding.

Penitentiaries (i.e. imprisonment) cannot be repelled by the practice maiming and branding, i.e. it does not make sense to say that imprisonment disliked maiming and branding.
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Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2020, 03:07
can you explain why suggest is not taking subjunctive mood form i.e. suggested + that ?
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Re: Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   15 Mar 2021, 05:35
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16. Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers.


(A) the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers
(B) penitentiaries were ideas for reform of the penal system suggested by Quakers
(C) Quakers suggested the penitentiary as a reform of the penal system
(D) Quakers suggested that the penal system be reformed as penitentiaries
(E) the penitentiary was suggested to be a reform of the penal system by Quakers

Solution:

The opening phrase obviously needs to modify Quakers
So we eliminate A, B & E

Between C & D
D seems to be altering the meaning of the sentence – the whole penal system is being reformed instead of penitentiary being a reform to the penal system
So that leaves us with C.
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Re: Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   04 Apr 2022, 08:37
KarishmaB Ma'am

I understood your explanation of D.

However, in C I have one doubt. C says that Quakers suggested the Penitentiary as a reform of the penal system.
Isn't the comparison illogical? How can a prison be suggested as a reform of a system?

Please share your two cents.
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Re: Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   05 Apr 2022, 02:15
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krndatta wrote:
KarishmaB Ma'am

I understood your explanation of D.

However, in C I have one doubt. C says that Quakers suggested the Penitentiary as a reform of the penal system.
Isn't the comparison illogical? How can a prison be suggested as a reform of a system?

Please share your two cents.


We don't need to be too literal. Penal system consisted of bodily punishments. Then it was reformed and penitentiary came into being.
So penitentiary was suggested as a reform of the penal system.
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Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   06 Apr 2022, 04:21
Hello expert,
Could you help on E? I think the opening modifier “Repelled” should modify “prison”, but not a person.
It is so weird and need your ideas. Much thanks.
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Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea [#permalink] New post   06 Apr 2022, 05:09
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Mavisdu1017 wrote:
Hello expert,
Could you help on E? I think the opening modifier “Repelled” should modify “prison”, but not a person.
It is so weird and need your ideas. Much thanks.

Hi Mavisdu1017.

In this context "repelled by" means "disgusted by" or "horrified by."

So, we can see that people, such as Quakers, not a prison, would be "disgusted by" or "horrified by" something.
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