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Germany's most infamous leader, Hitler's policies were
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Germany's most infamous leader, Hitler's policies were responsible for the slaughter of 6 million Jews. A. Same B. Germany's most infamous leader, the policies of Hitler caused C. More infamous than other leaders of Germany, the policies of Hitler were responsible for D. Germany's most infamous leader, Hitler caused E. Hitler, Germany's most infamous leader, had policies that caused
This question is about the dangling modifier and for me it came down to D vs E. I very well know that in GMAT a short and simple sentence is a better choice, but then I had a different thought as well.
The given sentence talks about Hitler's policies and this is what E says, whereas D talks about Hitler himself. Since, I don't wanted to alter the intent of the question, I selected E instead of D.
Could you please help me explain where I'm going wrong here?
Germany's most infamous leader, Hitler's policies were responsible for the slaughter of 6 million Jews. A. Same B. Germany's most infamous leader, the policies of Hitler caused C. More infamous than other leaders of Germany, the policies of Hitler were responsible for D. Germany's most infamous leader, Hitler caused E. Hitler, Germany's most infamous leader, had policies that caused
This question is about the dangling modifier and for me it came down to D vs E. I very well know that in GMAT a short and simple sentence is a better choice, but then I had a different thought as well.
The given sentence talks about Hitler's policies and this is what E says, whereas D talks about Hitler himself. Since, I don't wanted to alter the intent of the question, I selected E instead of D.
Could you please help me explain where I'm going wrong here?
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20 Aug 2015, 08:40
Official Explanation: This question involves a dangling modifier. Were the policies Germany’s most infamous leader? No. Then they should not go first in the second part of the sentence. That eliminates choices A, B and C. Choice E is not as efficient as D. Choice D is the correct answer.
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OA is clearly wrong here.
The original question states that hitler's policies were the cause. D say's that Hitler himself caused the deaths.
So what makes more sense: Hitler caused 6 million deaths Hitlers policies caused 6 million deaths
IMO this is clearly E, as Hitler did not himself go and execute 6 million people, but rather his policies caused the execution of 6 million, which matches the original meaning as well.
The OE reasoning for D over E is clearly illogical, the only reason it is more efficient is because it omits key information.
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27 Sep 2015, 01:49
ggurface wrote:
OA is clearly wrong here.
The original question states that hitler's policies were the cause. D say's that Hitler himself caused the deaths.
So what makes more sense: Hitler caused 6 million deaths Hitlers policies caused 6 million deaths
IMO this is clearly E, as Hitler did not himself go and execute 6 million people, but rather his policies caused the execution of 6 million, which matches the original meaning as well.
The OE reasoning for D over E is clearly illogical, the only reason it is more efficient is because it omits key information.
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27 Sep 2015, 19:45
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Germany's most infamous leader, Hitler's policies were responsible for the slaughter of 6 million Jews. A. Same B. Germany's most infamous leader, the policies of Hitler caused C. More infamous than other leaders of Germany, the policies of Hitler were responsible for D. Germany's most infamous leader, Hitler caused E. Hitler, Germany's most infamous leader, had policies that caused
This question is about the dangling modifier and for me it came down to D vs E. I very well know that in GMAT a short and simple sentence is a better choice, but then I had a different thought as well.
The given sentence talks about Hitler's policies and this is what E says, whereas D talks about Hitler himself. Since, I don't wanted to alter the intent of the question, I selected E instead of D.
Could you please help me explain where I'm going wrong here?
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As I see it, it is too much to separate a person from his characteristics. Whenever we say Hitler caused, we always mean Hitler and his policies. What are Hitler’s policies? Are they something that one can buy in a store and adopt? It is because of Hitler, Hitler’s polices are there. When we say Fed defeated Nadal, we mean to say that Fed through his better play defeated Nadal. So IMO, the original text itself is flawed, and D effectively amends it. But I wonder whether the author was aware of this fact since there is no mention of it in the explanation.
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27 Sep 2015, 22:56
daagh wrote:
As I see it, it is too much to separate a person from his characteristics. Whenever we say Hitler caused, we always mean Hitler and his policies. What are Hitler’s policies? Are they something that one can buy in a store and adopt? It is because of Hitler, Hitler’s polices are there. When we say Fed defeated Nadal, we mean to say that Fed through his better play defeated Nadal. So IMO, the original text itself is flawed, and D effectively amends it. But I wonder whether the author was aware of this fact since there is no mention of it in the explanation.
Agreed. But E is not grammatically incorrect. D is just the 'better' option. Does GMAT expect us to correct the sentence or choose the better one? ( I understand that if a particular option is too wordy we should not choose, but that is not the case here , is it? ) Initially I also thought that Hitler's policies cannot exist without Hitler. But doesn't the inclusion of the word 'policy' make the sentence more clear? Just my opinion.
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rohan89 wrote:
Agreed. But E is not grammatically incorrect. D is just the 'better' option. Does GMAT expect us to correct the sentence or choose the better one? ( I understand that if a particular option is too wordy we should not choose, but that is not the case here , is it? ) Initially I also thought that Hitler's policies cannot exist without Hitler. But doesn't the inclusion of the word 'policy' make the sentence more clear? Just my opinion.
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The best answer choice in GMAT should be correct on following parameters. 1. Grammar 2. Meaning 3. Brevity (concise and exact use of words in writing or speech)
In this case both D & E are grammatically and Meaning wise correct. But Option D wins over E because of Brevity.
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The problem with E is that it says Hitler "had policies." This doesn't make sense. We could say that his policies caused deaths, or that he enacted policies that caused deaths, but what does it mean to say that he "had policies"? D is definitely the better answer.
As for "changing the meaning," A does not have a special place in terms of meaning. If the meaning of D makes sense, go with that. Having said that, official GMAT questions are not likely to eliminate an entire piece of the sentence's meaning, especially if it appears in 4/5 of the answer choices. (Of course, official Q's are also not likely to mention "the slaughter of the Jews.")
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The problem with E is that it says Hitler "had policies." This doesn't make sense. We could say that his policies caused deaths, or that he enacted policies that caused deaths, but what does it mean to say that he "had policies"? D is definitely the better answer.
As for "changing the meaning," A does not have a special place in terms of meaning. If the meaning of D makes sense, go with that. Having said that, official GMAT questions are not likely to eliminate an entire piece of the sentence's meaning, especially if it appears in 4/5 of the answer choices. (Of course, official Q's are also not likely to mention "the slaughter of the Jews.")
E. Hitler, Germany’s most infamous leader, pursued policies that cause
In this case, shouldn't the OA be E? The OA marked is again D.
Please explain this case.
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Pretty sure OA & OE are incorrect Option (D) clearly says Hitler "caused" the slaughter of 6 million Jews. (E) says Hitler pursued policies that caused the slaughter of 6 million Jews. Is the "slaughter of 6 million Jews" the result of a person or certain policies?
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