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12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors

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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   20 Dec 2022, 20:33
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For many authors, beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament, a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them, as religion does for other people.

lays vs lies:

Lay means 'to put down' and it need an object that does it. In this sentence, there is no actor to put something down. Hence any options that has 'lays' is incorrect.

Lie means 'something moving on its own or already in that position'. It does not need an actor/object to bring it that position. Hence, 'Lies'is appropriate for this sentence.



(A) beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament
There is no grammar or logical errors. Keep A.

(B) beyond the act of self-exploration lays a sense of writing as a sacrament
lays usage is incorrect. Eliminate

(C) a sense of writing as a sacrament lies beyond the act of self-exploration
Misplaced modifier error as the modifier 'a personal ritual' is modifying 'the act of self-exploration' and is illogical. Eliminate.

(D) a sacramental sense of writing lies beyond self-exploration’s act
Possessive noun seems awkward and the misplaced modifier like in option C is also wrong. Eliminate.

(E) beyond self-exploration’s acts lays a sacramental sense of writing
Because of the possessive noun 'acts lays' is causing meaning error. Also lays is incorrect. Eliminate.

Hence the best answer choice is A.
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   20 Dec 2022, 20:57
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For many authors, beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament, a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them, as religion does for other people.

(A) beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament : Correct
(B) beyond the act of self-exploration lays a sense of writing as a sacrament : Incorrect : "lies " is the correct verb "lays" is incorrect as it does not make much sence
(C) a sense of writing as a sacrament lies beyond the act of self-exploration : Incorrect : " a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them " modifies sacrament
(D) a sacramental sense of writing lies beyond self-exploration’s act : Incorrect : " a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them " modifies sacrament
(E) beyond self-exploration’s acts lays a sacramental sense of writing : Incorrect : " a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them " modifies sacrament
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2022, 00:13
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Option C and Option D : seems to be wrong since the modifier 'a personal ritual' wrongly points to the act of self exploration.
Option E : self exploration's acts seems to be the acts performed by self exploration, which is wrong.
Option B : 'lays' is probably not the correct usage since it's used in a sense when you lay something down.

Option A seems to be the correct one.
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2022, 00:17
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(A) beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament-----correct
(B) beyond the act of self-exploration lays a sense of writing as a sacrament
(C) a sense of writing as a sacrament lies beyond the act of self-exploration--in non underlined part we have a noun phrase that defines sacrament,OUT
(D) a sacramental sense of writing lies beyond self-exploration’s act--same reason as c ,out
(E) beyond self-exploration’s acts lays a sacramental sense of writing--- same reason as c , out

OA:A
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2022, 01:29
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For many authors, beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament, a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them, as religion does for other people.

Per the meaning of the sentence, we require lies rather lays - Eliminate B & E
The un-underlined part of the sentence "a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace" is required to be close to "sacrament" - Eliminate C & D

(A) beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament - Correct
(B) beyond the act of self-exploration lays a sense of writing as a sacrament
(C) a sense of writing as a sacrament lies beyond the act of self-exploration - modifier placement issue
(D) a sacramental sense of writing lies beyond self-exploration’s act - changes the meaning
(E) beyond self-exploration’s acts lays a sacramental sense of writing
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2022, 03:08
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To me, the question boils down to what should be considered as 'a personal ritual', which immediately follows the insert -
whether it is 'a sacrament' (A-B), an 'act of self-exploration' (C-D) or 'a sacramental sense' (E).

And to me, a sacrament is very synonymous to a ritual. Plus, the focal point of the sentence is that the writing is not only self-exploration (which is useful by itself),
but ALSO a ritual - so it's ALSO something in addition to exploration, like a sacrament. Therefore the suitable options are immediately A and B - not C, not D and not E.

And to compare these two, the only different is in the main verb:
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    (A) beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament
    (B) beyond the act of self-exploration lays a sense of writing as a sacrament

'To lay' is a transitive verb, while here the subject is performing the action - so, we need a non-transitive 'lies' instead of 'lays', which requires an object (e.g. lay the tablecloth).

Therefore, the right answer is A.
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2022, 03:48
For many authors, beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament, a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them, as religion does for other people.

For Many Authors modifying incorrectly modfying "beyond the act" and beyond Self exploration's act, Hence A, B & E are incorrect.

(C) a sense of writing as a sacrament lies beyond the act of self-exploration - Incorrect becoz "as a sacrament" is not been used as a role or function. Hence Incorrect
(D) a sacramental sense of writing lies beyond self-exploration’s act - Correct

Option D Correct
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2022, 04:28
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For many authors, beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament, a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them, as religion does for other people.

(A) beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament
(B) beyond the act of self-exploration lays a sense of writing as a sacrament
(C) a sense of writing as a sacrament lies beyond the act of self-exploration
(D) a sacramental sense of writing lies beyond self-exploration’s act
(E) beyond self-exploration’s acts lays a sacramental sense of writing


 


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(A) beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament - Correct
(B) beyond the act of self-exploration lays a sense of writing as a sacrament - Incorrect usage of verb lays
(C) a sense of writing as a sacrament lies beyond the act of self-exploration - incorrect meaning issue, the sentence implies that sense of writing as a sacrament gives solace to the people.
(D) a sacramental sense of writing lies beyond self-exploration’s act - Incorrect usage meaning issue, also incorrect usage of possessive noun
(E) beyond self-exploration’s acts lays a sacramental sense of writing - incorrect usage of possessive noun
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2022, 05:02
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For many authors, beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament, a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them, as religion does for other people.

The phrase << a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them>> modifies << a sense of writing as a sacrament>> and should be placed as close as possible to it.
Hence C and D are out.
In B the use of <<lay>> is incorrect. Lay is often used to put or set (something) down.
In E the use of <<beyond self-exploration’s acts>> alters the intended meaning of the author.
Hence A is the correct choice.

Answer: Option A
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2022, 05:25
(A) beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament - wrong (passive)
(B) beyond the act of self-exploration lays a sense of writing as a sacrament - wrong
(C) a sense of writing as a sacrament lies beyond the act of self-exploration - correct (straight and good )
(D) a sacramental sense of writing lies beyond self-exploration’s act - wrong
(E) beyond self-exploration’s acts lays a sacramental sense of writing - wrong
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2022, 05:41
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For many authors, beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament, a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them, as religion does for other people.

(A) beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament
--> here verb lies followed by the object "a sense" which is wrong & made the meaning of the sentence illogical

(B) beyond the act of self-exploration lays a sense of writing as a sacrament

(C) a sense of writing as a sacrament lies beyond the act of self-exploration
-->"a personal ritual ... to them" is modifying self-exploration which is wrong

(D) a sacramental sense of writing lies beyond self-exploration’s act
-->"a personal ritual ... to them" should modify the sacrament sense not act

(E) beyond self-exploration’s acts lays a sacramental sense of writing
--> here acts are plural noun which verb lays is singular verb
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 7: For many authors [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2022, 06:12
For many authors, beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament, a personal ritual that provides a sense of solace to them, as religion does for other people.

(A) beyond the act of self-exploration lies a sense of writing as a sacrament
'lies is wrong'...incorrect modifier usage

(B) beyond the act of self-exploration lays a sense of writing as a sacrament
incorrect modifier usage

(C) a sense of writing as a sacrament lies beyond the act of self-exploration
self-exploration act is not the personal ritual

(D) a sacramental sense of writing lies beyond self-exploration’s act
self-exploration act is not the personal ritual

(E) beyond self-exploration’s acts lays a sacramental sense of writing
correct modifier usage...sense of writing can be correctly referred as personal ritual

(E) is the correct option
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