George Washington dedicated his life to the economic

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George Washington dedicated his life to  the economic strengthening of the south with improvement of soil and diversification of corps. 
A. the economic strengthening of the south with improvement of soil and diversification of corps.
B. strengthening the economy in the south with soil improvement and diversification of corps.
C. strengthening the economy of the south through soil improvement and crop diversification.
D. the strengthening of the economy of the south through improving soil and crop diversifying
E. the economic strengthening in the south with improving soil and diversifying corp.

Please. Provide answer and explanation

jcurry · Answer

A) the economic strengthening is akward
B) Not parallel
C) Ok
D) Not parallel
E) With is incorrect; the economic strengthening is akward

I'd go with C

ingoditrust · Answer

what the sentence is try to say is that GW trued to strengthen south's economy by x and y

A. the economic strengthening of the south with improvement of soil and diversification of corps. < its strengthening the economy >
B. strengthening the economy in the south with soil improvement and diversification of corps.
C. strengthening the economy of the south through soil improvement and crop diversification. <correcto>
D. the strengthening of the economy of the south through improving soil and crop diversifying <not parallel>
E. the economic strengthening in the south with improving soil and diversifying corp. < same as A>

hhaddouti · Answer

OA is C

Thank you guys. I also picked C but I wanted to confirm the reasoning.

seekmba · Answer

George Washington dedicated his life to  the economic strengthening of the south with improvement of soil and diversification of corps .

A. the  economic strengthening of the south  with improvement of soil and diversification of corps. - awkward
B. strengthening the economy in the south with  soil improvement  and  diversification of crops . - not parallel
C.  strengthening the economy  of the south through  soil improvement  and  crop diversification .
D. the strengthening of the economy of the south through  improving soil  and  crop diversifying 
E. the economic  strengthening in the south  with  improving soil  and  diversifying corp .

wvivek · Answer

ANswer is C

While the explanation by jcurry is right , the answer is hinged on the difference between corp and crop richness of soil logically makes sense only with crop diversifcation ( which is related to farming) and not corp diversification ( which may be meant for police corps or armed corps etc.). So between C & D D is too wordy and awkward and C uses correct parallelism

Right?

Vivek

Give a kudos if you agree

jcurry · Answer

D) "improving soil and crop diversifying"

It's not only awkward but technically incorrect, you have to have the same logical structure and the same grammatical structure.. this has neither.

praveenism · Answer

Can someone please explain how we have the split between the economic strengthening of the south" and "strengthening the economy of the south ".
This concept relates to Concision Principle RIght !!!! (MGMAT SC Guide)

jcurry · Answer

Not 100% on this, but it seems to be a tense issue. If you changed it to 'the economy strengthening in the south is a result of ...' that also seems correct to me.. experts please give us your advice.

George Washington dedicated his life to the economic

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