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06 Jun 2020, 04:34
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Because they could not keep up with people’s divine communication needs through animal mummification, not only did the Egyptian priests farm the “sacred” animals for slaughter, but also cheated their wealthy customers by using empty wrappings, partial animals, or cheaper substitutes, and treating the holy ceremony as a business.
A.but also cheated their wealthy customers by using empty wrappings, partial animals, or cheaper substitutes, and treating
B. but also cheated their wealthy customers, used empty wrappings, partial animals, or cheaper substitutes, and treated
C. but also cheated their wealthy customers, using empty wrappings, partial animals, and cheaper substitutes, and treating
D. they also cheated their wealthy customers by using empty wrappings, partial animals, or cheaper substitutes, and treated
E. they also cheated their wealthy customers by using empty wrappings, partial animals, or cheaper substitutes, and treating
A.but also cheated their wealthy customers by using empty wrappings, partial animals, or cheaper substitutes, and treating
B. but also cheated their wealthy customers, used empty wrappings, partial animals, or cheaper substitutes, and treated
C. but also cheated their wealthy customers, using empty wrappings, partial animals, and cheaper substitutes, and treating
D. they also cheated their wealthy customers by using empty wrappings, partial animals, or cheaper substitutes, and treated
E. they also cheated their wealthy customers by using empty wrappings, partial animals, or cheaper substitutes, and treating
here D is the right answer and E is wrong cus using "using and treating" cant be logically parallel as it distorts the meaning.
if E were correct then it would mean the priests cheated the customers by doing 2 things 1. using abcd and 2. treating xyz. why can this not be right?
In D we are making cheating and treating two separate clauses. but that's not necessary right? it can be that they cheated the customer by doing X and Y (what E says)
if E were correct then it would mean the priests cheated the customers by doing 2 things 1. using abcd and 2. treating xyz. why can this not be right?
In D we are making cheating and treating two separate clauses. but that's not necessary right? it can be that they cheated the customer by doing X and Y (what E says)
08 Jul 2020, 13:07
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Hello, Krishchamp. Although I was not named above, I happened to stumble across your query on the very day in which I came across a question on a different test that presented the same sort of structure. The following comes from Practice Test 3 of the SAT, and The College Board owns the rights:
Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, but they also helped to raise people's generally low opinion of the restaurant industry.
I bring up the line to point out that in such a construct, when the noun discussed in the not only... [but] also frame follows not only, it must be named or referred to after [but] also to create a valid sentence. That is, without they in the sentence above, the entire sentence breaks down. This differs from when the noun precedes the idiomatic construct. Compare:
Such regulations not only were meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, but also helped to raise people's generally low opinion of the restaurant industry.
In the second sentence, inserting they in the second half of the sentence is unnecessary. The idiomatic construct is used in a different manner: noun + not only A + [but] also B.
All of this is to say that in the sentence we are dealing with here, the Egyptian priests follows not only, so we need to find a matching noun/pronoun in the second half of the construct for the sentence to be valid.
Kritisood
Choices (A) through (C) all fail to provide a proper subject to carry over from the first part of the sentence, so they are easy to eliminate. Between (D) and (E), a quick phrase check at the end allows us to rule out (E), since it would need by to precede treating to create a parallel action to by using: by using A, B, or C, and by treating... Finally, if you were wondering about the omission of but in choices (D) and (E), the idiom can appear either way, both on the GMAT™ and elsewhere. In all, the question took me 44 seconds to answer with complete confidence. Experience has taught me what to look for in such a sentence, and I am hoping to share that knowledge with you.
Good luck with your studies.
- Andrew
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06 Jun 2020, 04:56
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Kritisood
Going too mechanical here surely harm your progress in SC, especially when we deal with idioms
There are quite a few decision points
I would start with "Treating" vs "Treated"
cheated their wealthy customers by treating the holy ceremony as a business- Does not make sense
How they cheated their wealthy customers - By Treating the holy ceremony as a business- meaningless
So treating should be replaced with "Treated"
Next Decision point is "Does of the action" to make the entity parallel
Not only did X(Plural).....But also (they)
D fits perfect
D:)
