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Any political figure who is intending on running for president will not succeed without a large quantity of campaign money contributed by wealthy benefactors.

A. who is intending on running - WRONG. Better choice is D.
B. who has the intention of running - WRONG. Better choice is D.
C. who is intent to run - WRONG. 'intent' is noun.
D. intending on running - CORRECT. 'intending of' is equivalent to 'thinking of'
E. intent on running - WRONG. 'intent' is noun.

IMO Answer D.
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Intent is an adjective here. As an adjective, it goes well with the prepositional phrase 'on running' rather than with the infinitive 'to run'. E is crisp and concise
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IMO E: intent on running
who is not required in a,c,e d has verb-ing error

Any political figure [url]who is intending on running[/url] for president will not succeed without a large quantity of campaign money contributed by wealthy benefactors.

A. who is intending on running
B. who has the intention of running
C. who is intent to run
D. intending on running
E. intent on running
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The right answer is E.

A, B, and C can be eliminated for the use of a wordy relative clause compared to D and E.
Between D and E, intent, the noun form of the verb intend is better than the derived gerund. We can, therefore, eliminate D and go with E as the best, most concise answer.

Any political figure who is intending on running for president will not succeed without a large quantity of campaign money contributed by wealthy benefactors.

A. who is intending on running
B. who has the intention of running
C. who is intent to run
D. intending on running
E. intent on running
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Ans: E
"intent on running" and "intending to run" is fine. So, a,c,d can be eliminated.
I didn't find any error with b. I will go with E as it's concise than b.
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Any political figure who is intending on running for president will not succeed without a large quantity of campaign money contributed by wealthy benefactors.

A. who is intending on running-who is not needed in this sentence
B. who has the intention of running-who is not needed in this sentence
C. who is intent to run-who is not needed in this sentence
D. intending on running-doesn't sound right
E. intent on running - correct

therefore
E
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I think the answer is E. Intent and intention both are noun but intent can be adjective as well. Intend is verb. Also, Intent is uncountable whereas intention is countable noun.
Correct idiom is intent on.
But in A it should be intending + to+ run (infinitive) In B it should be simple present and not the has construction because this is a factual statement. C has idiom error intent to instead of intent on. In D intending is ..ing construction and hence is not a verb besides we are speaking about something which will usually be true, so the statement should be in present tense and hence use of intent on takes us to E.
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Any political figure who is intending on running for president will not succeed without a large quantity of campaign money contributed by wealthy benefactors.

A. who is intending on running
B. who has the intention of running
C. who is intent to run
D. intending on running
E. intent on running

This question bugged me a lot.

I am stuck between D and E. Intent on is the correct idiom. I can see no reason to eliminate D.

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Please help out in this question. I am unable to find any split except idiom. Also idiom is not the best way to eliminate answer choices. Please can you explain any other method except idiom.
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