Last visit was: 13 Dec 2024, 20:30 It is currently 13 Dec 2024, 20:30
Home
GMAT
Messages
Tests
Schools
Reviews
Social
Chat
My Profile
Close
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Go to My Error Log Learn more
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel
Back to Forum
Create Topic
User avatar
Abhi077
User avatar
SC Moderator
Joined: 25 Sep 2018
Last visit: 27 May 2024
Posts: 1,091
Own Kudos:
2,309
 []
Given Kudos: 1,665
Location: United States (CA)
Concentration: Finance, Strategy
Schools: Rotman '21 Jindal '21 Stern '21
GPA: 3.97
WE:Investment Banking (Finance: Investment Banking)
Products:
My Reviews
Schools: Rotman '21 Jindal '21 Stern '21
Posts: 1,091
Kudos: 2,309
 []
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Edward Stratemeyer was 25 Mar 2020, 00:27
Kudos
Add Kudos
2
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
00:00
Start Timer
Pause Timer
Resume Timer
Show Answer
Hide
Show
History
B
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!

Difficulty:

15% (low)

Question Stats:

83% (01:31) correct 17% (01:25) wrong based on 72 sessions

History

Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Edward Stratemeyer was advertising for writers to help him—people not only who could write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate, but mimicking his successful formula also in order to continue the many series he had begun but was too busy to continue.

A. people not only who could write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate, but mimicking his successful formula also in order to continue

B. people who could not only write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate but also mimic his successful formula in order to continue the many series he had begun but was too busy to continue

C. someone who not only could write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate, but also to mimic his successful formula in continuing

D. that being people who could not only write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate, but mimicking his successful formula for continuing

E. being people not only who could write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate, but mimic his successful formula also, continuing

Source - Ready4Gmat
ShowHide Answer
Official Answer
B
User avatar
daagh
User avatar
GMAT Club Legend
Joined: 19 Feb 2007
Last visit: 16 Oct 2020
Posts: 5,264
Own Kudos:
42,256
 []
Given Kudos: 422
Status: enjoying
Location: India
WE:Education (Education)
Expert reply
Posts: 5,264
Kudos: 42,256
 []
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Edward Stratemeyer was 27 Mar 2020, 06:22
1
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Edward Stratemeyer was advertising for writers to help him—people not only who could write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate, but mimicking his successful formula also in order to continue the many series he had begun but was too busy to continue.

A. people not only who could write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate, but mimicking his successful formula also in order to continue --- The modifier part is not parallel. ‘People not only who could write’ should be matched by a parallel “people or those who could mimic.

B. people who could not only write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate but also mimic his successful formula in order to continue the many series he had begun but was too busy to continue – This is the answer.

C. someone who not only could write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate, but also to mimic his successful formula in continuing – one can’t say write in the plural and then ‘someone’ in the singular

D. that being people who could not only write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate, but mimicking his successful formula for continuing – being is wordy and superfluous and is a modifier of the demonstrative pronoun ‘that’. One can’t even guess what ‘that’ stands for --- wrong

E. being people not only who could write children's mystery books for his popular syndicate, but mimic his successful formula also, continuing – ‘being’ is wordy and superfluous.
User avatar
Abhi077
User avatar
SC Moderator
Joined: 25 Sep 2018
Last visit: 27 May 2024
Posts: 1,091
Own Kudos:
2,309
 []
Given Kudos: 1,665
Location: United States (CA)
Concentration: Finance, Strategy
Schools: Rotman '21 Jindal '21 Stern '21
GPA: 3.97
WE:Investment Banking (Finance: Investment Banking)
Products:
My Reviews
Schools: Rotman '21 Jindal '21 Stern '21
Posts: 1,091
Kudos: 2,309
 []
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Edward Stratemeyer was 29 Mar 2020, 23:22
1
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION


This question is very easy to answer if we've gained familiarity with some of the paired structures the GMAT likes to test. In this case, we're dealing with the structure "not only...but also..." When one of these two phrases appears in the correct answer on the test, the other will also be in the sentence.

Two of our choices have this construction, so we've narrowed it down to (B) and (C).

Choice (C) is incorrect because the verbs in this type of construction need to be in the same form, so "not only could write...but also to mimic" is not correct, while "not only write...but also mimic" is.

The correct answer is Choice (B).
Moderators:
GMATNinja
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
7163 posts
GMATNinjaTwo
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
234 posts