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The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.

(A) were united by their holding
(B) had as their uniting ideal
(C) united each other with
(D) united based on
(E) were united with
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Originally posted by pesquadero on 30 Apr 2006, 06:12.
Last edited by Bunuel on 18 Feb 2019, 10:47, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were unit [#permalink] New post   06 Jan 2015, 03:19
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D is for sure the best answer from the ball park. But such an horrible question indeed.

A 700 gmatlike question is really different from this one in all its aspects
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The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were unit [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2006, 07:15
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A:- passive and awkward
B needless repition of ideal
C each other is unnecessary

Actual comparision is b/w D n E
D..repeats based on ..also 'were present in E makes it sound that they had united long time bak.
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Re: The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were unit [#permalink] New post   24 Apr 2013, 03:05
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The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.

(A)were united by their holding
(B)had as their uniting ideal
(C)united each other with
(D)united based on
(E) were united with

why E is wrong?

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Re: The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were unit [#permalink] New post   24 Apr 2013, 04:26
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mun23 wrote:
The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.

(A)were united by their holding
(B)had as their uniting ideal
(C)united each other with
(D)united based on
(E) were united with

why E is wrong?

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Not one of the best questions( will suggest rely thoroughly on gmat prep and og ) ..even i Picked first E then when checked the ans realized the mistake..
(E) were united with- passive format, someone else united them ..nopes from meaning its a past event , they united based on XXX.
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Re: The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were unit [#permalink] New post   26 May 2015, 00:46
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Option E is wrong ,because you cannot join people with an ideal .People come together based on an idea .
D is the only option which uses on .
Yes, the question could have been framed well.
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Re: The 19th-century Russian composers known as "The Five" [#permalink] New post   18 Feb 2019, 09:54
In option D, what is the verb of the sentence?
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Re: The 19th-century Russian composers known as "The Five" [#permalink] New post   18 Feb 2019, 10:02
ArupRS wrote:
In option D, what is the verb of the sentence?


In answer choice D, the verb is united. In other words, united acts as the verb for the subject: The 19th-century Russian composers known as "The Five".
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Re: The 19th-century Russian composers known as "The Five" [#permalink] New post   18 Feb 2019, 10:04
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The 19th-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.


I was close on this one

Intent: The 19th-century Russian composers known as "The Five"
How they were united ??

A. were united by their holding
They are still not getting united or holding, incorrect tense

B. had as their uniting ideal
No two tasks are happening,incorrect tense

C. united each other with
united/ each other redundant

D. united based on
Best among the rest.

E. were united with
They were not united with a person, rather than an idea -> Out
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Re: The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were unit [#permalink] New post   20 Oct 2020, 14:21
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The question is written ERRONEOUSLY, in fact, as it is written now, it doesn't have any correct answer choices. carcass generis BillyZ

CORRECT FORM found on Kaplan today:

The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as The Five were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.

A)were united by their holding

B)had as their uniting ideal

C)united each other with

D)united behind

E)were united with



Hi,

Can you please provide the OA of the same.

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Re: The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were unit [#permalink] New post   04 May 2023, 23:41
(A) were united by their holding -- united or united with is right idiom
(B) had as their uniting ideal --ideal was not uniting , also sentence does not make sense
(C) united each other with - each other is wrong
(D) united based on
(E) were united with -ideal was not something they united with
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Re: The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were unit [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2023, 21:10
The question is probably written incorrectly by the poster, as the source (Kaplan) can't write such grammatically poor question. Waste of 1.5 minutes
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Re: The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were unit [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2023, 00:36
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Deep32470 wrote:
The question is probably written incorrectly by the poster, as the source (Kaplan) can't write such grammatically poor question. Waste of 1.5 minutes


I suspect this question is from old version of Kaplan book. Here is new version of this question from Kaplan: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-19th-cen ... 16014.html
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