Hello
shameekv1989,
This is in response to your PM. Sincere apologies for the late revert.
Quote:
Your doubt:
Analysts believe that whereas bad decisions by elected leaders can certainly hurt the economy, no administration can really be said to control or manage all of the complex and interrelated forces that determine the nation's economic strength.
(A) no administration can really be said to control
(B) no administration can be said that it really controls
(C) that no administration can really be said to control
(D) that no administration can really be said that it controls
(E) that it cannot be said that any administration really controls
and one reply to this question was -
The gist of the topic is the contrast that is brought out by the word ‘whereas”. It means that while the first part is negative, the admin cannot do much about it; for this the second sentence has to be an IC. By introducing the word, ‘that”, the contrast is lost and the clause becomes anther subordinate clause
This made me really confused as the Use of That and But (in the church question) is similar to the one in above question.
Your reply would be very helpful since it will help me clear out one of the topics.
My response: Let me present the structure of the original sentence here.
Cl. 1:
Analysts believe = IC
Cl. 2:
that whereas bad decisions by elected leaders can certainly hurt... = DC. Please note that the entire structure after that is a long DC. This DC is connected to the preceding IC by the connector
that.
Now there are a couple of clauses inside this DC.
Cl. 3:
whereas bad decisions by elected leaders can certainly hurt the economy, = DC because the clause starts with
whereas.
Cl. 4:
no administration can really be said to control or manage all of the complex and interrelated forces that determine the nation's economic strength. = IC. This IC is connected to the preceding DC ?(Cl.3) by a comma and keeps the structure grammatical.
Now, let's take a look at the correct version of the
e-GMAT sentence you have doubt about:
That the church coined the date ‘February 14’ as Valentine’s day with an ulterior motive to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia is claimed by a few experts, but the more prevalent belief is it is celebrated on this date to honor the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial.Cl 1:
That the church coined the date ‘February 14’ as Valentine’s day with an ulterior motive to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia is claimed by a few experts = IC. Now, in this IC, the subject is DC. The verb for this DC subject is
is claimed.
Cl 2: but the more prevalent belief is = IC because it is preceded by
comma + but.
Cl. 3:
it is celebrated on this date to honor the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial. = DC as the connector
that is understood at the beginning of this clause.
Now, in the official question, the presence of the connector that in choices C, D, & E makes the clause following a DC. This makes the choices ungrammatical because the DC starting with
whereas must be followed by an IC for the correct structure.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha
) - Thanks for the detailed explanation for the above 2 sentences.
Usage of "That" or for that matter DC as a subject is not that familiar to me, hence I got confused.
This sentence serves as a good example of the complex sentences that can be formed and great learning.