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Mahmud6
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The first split is easy to decide since we want a full past - tense sentence and not a past-present combination as in A, C, and E. Between B and D, I suggest we look at it logically. An infinitive implies a purpose. If she was elected to be something as in B, it means that some people elected her intentionally for being only the second women. Does it logically happen that way? That she happened to be only the second women is an incidental or coincidental phenomenon. That is why D is better IMO.
I agree with your above explanation. But would you please explain the usage of 'as' in D?
Hi
Mahmud6 ,
I believe its all about the correct idiom usage.
Correct idiom is "elected as".
For example, I was
elected as the president of Harvard Ambassadors Club.
Did you see what I mean?
From
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/elect I have got the following:
elect to (something)To vote someone into a particular position or office. A noun or pronoun can be used between "elect" and "to."
I had hoped to be elected to the student government, but a more popular boy beat me out.elect someone (as) somethingto select someone to be something by ballot.
We elected her as our representative. She was elected as our president.elect someone to somethingto select someone to be a member of something by ballot; to select someone to be an officer in something by ballot.
We elected you to office, so do your job. Tom was elected to the congress.So, the answer should be corrected with D.