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I want some help to understand why C is wrong. You can say it is passive. But it is not the reason given by OG. In OG it says "The infinitive must be preceded by a conjunction ( in order ). "To marry" is preferable to wordier "to be married to" ". I cannot crack this.
In 1527 King Henry VIII decided to marry Anne Boleyn - OK In 1527 King Henry VIII he divorced Queen Catherine to marry Anne Boleyn - OK [ I hope ]
But why I cannot say: In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled to marry Anne Boleyn.
Why ( according to OG ) I have to say: In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled in order to marry Anne Boleyn.
This is a tricky one. Choice (A) is very good---if (D) didn't exist, I could imagine that (A) could be a right answer. This is a rare case of an official question having an incorrect answer that is so good.
Version (A): In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marryAnne Boleyn. This is 100% grammatically correct. I think the rhetorical emphasis on the subject makes it clear who will do the marrying. Let's say this one is 90% clear.
If we didn't mention the queen, that would be 100% correct: Version (A1): In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn. Now, that's 100% clear, but poor Queen Catherine of Aragon was ignored.
Version (D): In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so that he could marry Anne Boleyn. This is also 100% clear, absolutely no ambiguity imaginable, and we get to keep the queen. This is win-win.
Choice (A) is not wrong. Choice (A) is very strong, AND it is not as good as Choice (D), which is above all reproach. Once again, it is rare that an official question has this pattern.
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In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn. (A) so as to marry (B) and so could be married to (C) to be married to (D) so that he could marry (E) in order that he would marry
I want some help to understand why C is wrong. You can say it is passive. But it is not the reason given by OG. In OG it says "The infinitive must be preceded by a conjunction ( in order ). "To marry" is preferable to wordier "to be married to" ".
To be married to is unidiomatic. Though we use it often, it should be avoided. 'To marry' is slightly different in meaning from 'so that he could'. So that he could marry means that the annulment of earlier marriage allowed him to marry Anne Boleyn.
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in "so that" and "in order that" clause , subjuctive mood is required , and, so, only "may,might, can, could+infinitive" is used. "would do" is incorrect in "so that", and "in order that" clauses
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31 May 2016, 10:52
l understand D is the correct answer here, but why is answer choice E incorrect? Could someone let me know whether "in order that" an incorrect idiom? Regards.
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ranaazad wrote:
l understand D is the correct answer here, but why is answer choice E incorrect? Could someone let me know whether "in order that" an incorrect idiom? Regards.
In order that. So that, to the end or purpose that, as in In order that Bob can meet my husband, we've come early. [Early 1700s] In order to. For the purpose of, as a means to, as in We'll have to hire more help in order to finish on time. This usage always precedes a verb, such as finish in the example.
Correct answer will always be easy to understand,concise and will have clear meaning. hope it helps.
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"So that" in D is certainly simpler and more direct than "in order that" in E, but as usual, there's another reason.
If we're going to say "in order that," we shouldn't also add the conditional "would." We might get away with "could," which introduces a possibility (as in ynk's present-tense example above: "in order that Bob can meet my husband."). However, "in order that he would" is never going to be correct. If we're going to start with "in order," why not just say "in order to marry"?
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28 Jul 2019, 01:34
In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.
(A) so as to marry - correct ideom - so X as to Y (B) and so could be married to - doesn't make sense (C) to be married to - wrong use of to be (D) so that he could marry - correct answer (E) in order that he would marry - correct ideom - in order to
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hi egmat , AjiteshArunGMATNinja and other experts can you please explain why A is incorrect. Though I was confused between A&D ,but I went ahead with A. Thanks in advance.
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bratbg wrote:
hi egmat , AjiteshArunGMATNinja and other experts can you please explain why A is incorrect. Though I was confused between A&D ,but I went ahead with A. Thanks in advance.
In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn. (A) so as to marry (D) so that he could marry
According to OE, the problem is meaning. It doesn't specify who is going to marry Anne Boleyn. One wonders how one can use "so as to" legitimately in a sentence. The takeaway: choose the clearest version.
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