Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an

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Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence  while being an adolescent , Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.

(A) while being an adolescent
(B) while in adolescence
(C) at the time of her being adolescent
(D) as being in adolescence
(E) as an adolescent

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/14/books/do-everything-she-said.html

She organizes her narrative within well-titled chapters: ''Choices,'' ''Commitment,'' ''Career,'' ''Celebrity,'' ''Reformer,'' ''Christian,'' ''Politician.'' With grace and energy the author portrays a woman who was in command of her life choices. Willard chose not to marry, breaking an engagement to a domineering Methodist minister because she preferred the independence and intimacy of female friendships. (Ten years later, when her former fiance became president of Northwestern University and she was head of its women's college, he forced her out.) Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence  as an adolescent , Frances Willard was 35 years old before she self-consciously chose to become a temperance activist and a woman's organizer in 1874, and went on to become a local, statewide and national leader of the W.C.T.U. Rather than contradict prevailing attitudes about ''woman's place,'' Willard presented a continuum to justify the involvement of women in social issues: the protectors of the home needed ''home protection.'' In a similar linkage, Willard argued that religious teaching legitimized rather than limited women's roles.

PrashantPonde · Accepted Answer

When "As" is used as comparison marker in comparing clauses, then yes it needs to be followed by a clause.
However "as" here means   "in the role of"   or   "in the stage of being"   and doesn't require the clause.

e.g.
 Correct :  As a child , I delivered newspapers (= in the stage of being)
 Correct :  As a president of the company , she works hard. (= in the role of)
 Correct : My first job was an apprenticeship  AS a sketch artist .

There are common  errors  around such use:
 Wrong :  While being  a child, I delivered newspapers. 
 Wrong :  As being  a child, I delivered newspapers.
 Wrong :  While in childhood , I delivered newspapers

PrashantPonde · Answer

Choice (B) while in adolescence - is wrong due to ambiguity in tense. The construct "while in adolescence" is can mean "while she was in her adolescence" or "while she is in her adolescence" and does the tense error.

If the choice had wordings as "while she was in her adolescence", it would have been grammatically correct.

Choice (E) as an adolescent - is concise and appropriate in this context.

sprtng · Answer

E, as an adolescent...correct usage

(A) while being an adolescent -being an adolescent....wordy
(B) while in adolescence - while is really not needed here...
(C) at the time of her being adolescent -wordy
(D) as being in adolescence -wordy as well..
(E) as an adolescent

perfectstranger · Answer

being is generally wrong in gmat eliminate a , c, d e fits that question

alchemist009 · Answer

i am going with the option E here. "as" here used as preposition here. for example " as a child, i thought i could fly". so E wins

methevoid · Answer

In Option    turns  is not active, an active voice   would read -  how frequently the inventory is turned over can be

if option D is : how frequently the inventory is turned over are often  is incorrect - replacing can in the stimulus with are here would change the meaning entirely....i guess, that is a risk a test taker should not take when a correct option   is already making a perfect answer sense.

Narenn · Answer

Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence  while being an adolescent,  Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.
(A) while being an adolescent 
(B) while in adolescence 
(C) at the time of her being adolescent
(D) as being in adolescence
(E) as an adolescent

I shortlisted Choice B & E. Correct Answer is E

I signed the agreement as a Management Representative of the company  I was aware of what i was doing.
 I slapped him while got drunk  Probably i was not aware of what i was doing

I think the question is not expecting the meaning expressed by choice E.
Pls help correct my concept.

shanmugamgsn · Answer

Hi Parapon,
i have a doubt here...

Actually as should be followed by clause right? 
But doesn't this sentence violate that rule?

sesh · Answer

Can someone throw some light on the although and while relation mentioned in the above post?

blueseas · Answer

IMO you cant eliminate choice on the basis that ALTHOUGH and WHILE cant come together.
 
 ALTHOUGH she spoke to me on phone while driving the car manytimes,she never met an accident.  
 (THIS MIGHT NOT BE A GMAT LIKE SENTENCE but whole intention is to say that we cant eliminate on this basis.)
 
 ALTHOUGH is used to connect two clauses only wth A COMMA.
NEVER use ANOTHER CONJUNCTION .
MEANS .:  ALTHOUGH X, Y ==(X,Y = CLAUSES) ==>CORRECT 
 ALTHOUGH X, conjunction  Y . ==(X,Y = CLAUSES)==>.==> CONJUNCTION = FOR/AND/NOR/BUT/OR/YET/SO  ==>INCORRECT

HOPE IT HELPS

TGC · Answer

My two cents of the knowledge on the above:

'AS' as a preposition can functions as:

(1). Function (In the role of)

Although not personally good,John  as a lawyer  was a good person.

(2). Equation (is equal to)

I think of you  as my friend.

(3). Stage as

As a child, I was notorious.

Second aspect is the connector issue and as per MGMAT SC Guide and other sources:

We cannot have two connectors(Subordinating Conjunctions such as Although/When/While as well as Coordinating conjunctions such as But/And?So) in a SENTENCE without any punctuation.

Hope that make sense !

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

Here are my 2 cents to this question.

"Being" is generally used to indicate the current state of something. Here we aren't really talking about the CURRENT state of anything. Hence Options A, C and D can be eliminated.

The usage of while happens when one wants to represent two actions that occur simultaneously.

Ex : I listen to the radio while driving to office.

This makes the usage of "while" inappropriate in this case.

This brings us down to Option E.

Hope that helps.

Saikiran Dudyala.

GovindAgrawal · Answer

Option E is preferred over option B because usage of "As" here is correct. As here is used as "in capacity of" or "as a function". Moreover usage of "while" either represents a contrast or used to state two simultaneous actions. Here if it is used as a contrast it would be redundant with "although" because although already presents contrast and there is no two simultaneous actions. Therefore usage of while is incorrect.

AkshdeepS · Answer

(A)  while being  an adolescent
(B)  while in  adolescence
(C) at the time of her  being adolescent 
(D)  as being  in adolescence
  (E) as an adolescent

Only (E) makes sense. B conveys the wrong meaning.

Rest are nowhere near.

rever08 · Answer

Although is used to connect to clauses only with a comma. Option B uses although with while. Please provide kudos if this help. Need 9 to move to next level

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swatihod123 · Answer

+1 for E.

While being an adolescent / while being in adolescence is unidiomatic.

saby1410 · Answer

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Can you explain why options A,B,C & D are incorrect

when usage of being is allowed or for what purpose being is used and what role of being does play in question.

Harsh2111s · Answer

Hi Saby, If you look all the options with being, all are redundant. Why? meaning for adolescence-"the period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult." Thus it already defines some time period. Now "being" is used where you want to show that the action is still happening.(here in the past) Hence Being Adolescence becomes redundant. I hope it helps

KarishmaB · Answer

Use of being to show a state/role is incorrect. Being is used in case of a temporary state. She was an adolescent at that time; she was not being an adolescent. We can say 'she was being irrational' to show a temporary state. Check this post: https://anaprep.com/sentence-correction ... s-part-ii/

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