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Though it is now universally accepted that William Shakespeare was a real, historical person – which was once considered questionable – some still suspect him not to have written all of the works attributed as his own. A. Though it is now universally accepted that William Shakespeare was a real, historical person – which was once considered questionable – some still suspect him not to have written all of the works attributed as his own. B. Though William Shakespeare is now universally accepted to be a real, historical person – once considered as questionable – some still suspect him not to have written all of the works attributed to be his own. C. William Shakespeare – now universally accepted as a real, historical person, though even this fact was once considered questionable – who is still suspected, by some, not to have written all of the works attributed to him. D. Though it is now universally accepted that William Shakespeare was a real, historical person – a fact that was once considered questionable – he is still suspected, by some, of not having written all of the works attributed to him. E. Some still suspect that William Shakespeare did not write all of the works attributed as his own, although it is now universally accepted that he was a real, historical person – a fact that was once considered questionable. OA to follow..
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B isn't correct. Choice B-contains four idiom errors: "accepted to be…", "attributed to be…", "considered as…", and, finally, "suspected not to have…" (the last of which is also present in the original). In addition, it is unclear what is being modified by the modifier “once considered as questionable”, which appears to indicate that the “real, historical person” himself was once considered questionable.
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D for using right idioms, - accepted that, considered , suspected of and attributed to - at the appropriate junctures
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D should be the correct one.
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Re: Shakespeare Speculation [#permalink]
10 Nov 2010, 08:57
D. The phrase between dash provides either an example or additional information which is not critical to the sentence. D is not so ambiguous as other answer choices.
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Re: Though it is now universally accepted that William [#permalink]
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Confused between A and D.. Later found that 'which' has no antecedent in A.
IMO D
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Re: Though it is now universally accepted that William [#permalink]
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The Idiom is : X attributed to Y
Vertical scan reveals only C n D fits the above.
Bxn C & D :
C : ..............Suspected not to have written............
D : ...............Suspected of not having written...........
Guess it now becomes easy to eliminate C ( suspected OF in D outweighs Suspected not to have )
Leading to D = my take
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Re: Though it is now universally accepted that William [#permalink]
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Yes, official answer is D, but i still choose A because i did not realize that "which" was ambiguous in the first choice and did not want to go for the option with the passive verbs; the Manhattan SC guide 8 advises to usually prefer the choices in active form, but I took this advice a bit too far. Just in case someone out there made the same mistake, mind you, do not make the active/passive split the make or break rule.
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