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06 Jul 2015, 21:56
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I'm reviewing an SC problem I got wrong. Here is the prompt and the two splits I had narrowed down to
For those who walk through the surrounding maze of streets, the dynamics...
A) ...making Buenos Aires to be one of the great immigrant cities of the developing world come into focus.
B) ...making Buenos Aires one of the great immigrant cities of the developing world come into focus.
I incorrectly chose A and am having difficulty coming up with a concrete reason why it's wrong. I can kind of see that making X to be Y is redundant, but as a native speaker (and maybe that's what's throwing me off here) I could swear I've heard the idiom, make X to be Y. Is that ever a correct idiom? If it is, in what circumstances? Thanks!
For those who walk through the surrounding maze of streets, the dynamics...
A) ...making Buenos Aires to be one of the great immigrant cities of the developing world come into focus.
B) ...making Buenos Aires one of the great immigrant cities of the developing world come into focus.
I incorrectly chose A and am having difficulty coming up with a concrete reason why it's wrong. I can kind of see that making X to be Y is redundant, but as a native speaker (and maybe that's what's throwing me off here) I could swear I've heard the idiom, make X to be Y. Is that ever a correct idiom? If it is, in what circumstances? Thanks!
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08 Jul 2015, 06:15
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Can you provide the original sentence as it is difficult to evaluate the choices without context. Sometimes, elimination of some answer choices happens due to illogical meaning that can only be gleaned by looking at the original sentence.
But based on what you have mentioned, "make X to be Y " seems to be unidiomatic. To me (B) is correct idiomatic expression making X Y...
08 Jul 2015, 10:01
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I don't have access to the original sentence, but it was incorrect. I'll put the full, correct sentence below however.
For those who walk through the surrounding maze of streets, the dynamics making Buenos Aires one of the great immigrant cities of the developing world come into focus.
For those who walk through the surrounding maze of streets, the dynamics making Buenos Aires one of the great immigrant cities of the developing world come into focus.
