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Freud's original conception of psychoanalysis was of a treatment method that would be accessible to everyone, rich and poor alike; ironically, it evolved to be a sectarian, elitist practice, understood only by the initiated.
(A) Freud's original conception of psychoanalysis was of a treatment method that would be accessible to everyone, rich and poor alike; ironically, it evolved to be
(B) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis to be an accessible treatment method for everyone, rich and poor alike; ironically, it has evolved such that it became
(C) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis to be a treatment method for everyone, accessible to rich and poor alike ironically, what has evolved was its becoming
(D) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis as a treatment method that would be accessible to everyone, rich and poor alike; ironically, it has evolved into
(E) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis as a method for treating everyone, accessible to rich and poor alike; ironically, this has evolved into
(A) Freud's original conception of psychoanalysis was of a treatment method that would be accessible to everyone, rich and poor alike; ironically, it evolved to be
(B) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis to be an accessible treatment method for everyone, rich and poor alike; ironically, it has evolved such that it became
(C) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis to be a treatment method for everyone, accessible to rich and poor alike ironically, what has evolved was its becoming
(D) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis as a treatment method that would be accessible to everyone, rich and poor alike; ironically, it has evolved into
(E) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis as a method for treating everyone, accessible to rich and poor alike; ironically, this has evolved into
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A, because all the other options used “has evolved”, but the evolution is already done and there’s no need for present perfect
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Freud's original conception of psychoanalysis was of a treatment method that would be accessible to everyone, rich and poor alike; ironically, it evolved to be a sectarian, elitist practice, understood only by the initiated.
(A) Freud's original conception of psychoanalysis was of a treatment method that would be accessible to everyone, rich and poor alike; ironically, it evolved to be
Incorrect.
The phrase Freud's original conception of psychoanalysis was of a treatment method unnecessarily repeats the preposition of (conception of...was of) and is hence awkward and redundant.
There is an answer choice which conveys the meaning of the sentence in a more concise way. Find it!
(B) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis to be an accessible treatment method for everyone, rich and poor alike; ironically, it has evolved such that it became
Incorrect.
While this answer choice seems to correct the original stylistic mistake, it in fact creates a new one. The phrase conceived...to be and the phrase evolved such that it became are stylistically awkward and wordy. Look for a more concise way to express the same meanings.
(C) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis to be a treatment method for everyone, accessible to rich and poor alike ironically, what has evolved was its becoming
Incorrect.
While this answer choice seems to correct the original stylistic mistake, it in fact creates a new one. The phrase conceived...to be and the phrase what has evolved was its becoming are stylistically awkward and wordy. Look for a more concise way to express the same meanings.
(D) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis as a treatment method that would be accessible to everyone, rich and poor alike; ironically, it has evolved into
This answer choice corrects the stylistic mistake by using the idiomatic and concise phrase originally conceived of psychoanalysis as.
Note that this question asks you to choose between stylistically flawed answer choices -- answer choices A, B, C, and D all use the ambiguous pronoun it or its. When you vertically scan these answer choices (and after having eliminated answer choice E), you can safely ignore this common stylistic flaw and look for other grammatical mistakes and/or stylistic flaws.
Remember, you are looking for the best answer choice, not the perfect one.
(E) Freud originally conceived of psychoanalysis as a method for treating everyone, accessible to rich and poor alike; ironically, this has evolved into
Incorrect.
While this answer choice corrects the original stylistic mistake, it is illogical. It replaces the pronoun it, which refers directly to psychoanalysis, with the pronoun this, which refers to the situation of Freud's original conception. However, this creates the illogical statement that Freud's conception has evolved into a sectarian... practice.
