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In Cold Blood is not only often considered Truman Capote’s most popular novel but also the first “nonfiction novel,” a literary genre that uses techniques of fictional storytelling to depict actual people and events.
A. is not only often considered
B. is as often not only considered
C. is often considered not only
D. not only is often considered to be
E. not only is considered as often
A. is not only often considered
B. is as often not only considered
C. is often considered not only
D. not only is often considered to be
E. not only is considered as often
24 May 2023, 23:06
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(A) "considered Truman Capote’s most popular novel" and "the first “nonfiction novel,” are not parallel
(B) same problem as (A)
(C) Correct. "Truman Capote’s most popular novel" and "the first “nonfiction novel,” are parallel
(D) "considered to be" is not correct, I think
(E) same problem as (A)
(B) same problem as (A)
(C) Correct. "Truman Capote’s most popular novel" and "the first “nonfiction novel,” are parallel
(D) "considered to be" is not correct, I think
(E) same problem as (A)
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KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
(C)
Step 1: Read the Original Sentence Carefully, Looking for Errors
The underlined portion contains the phrase “not only,” which is part of the idiomatic conjunction “not only . . . but also.” What follows both “not only” and “but also” should be in parallel form. However, “not only” is followed by a verb (“considered”) while “but also” is followed by a noun (“the first ‘nonfiction novel’”). Because what follows “but also” cannot be changed, the underlined portion needs to be rewritten to have “not only” followed by a noun.
Step 2: Scan and Group the Answer Choices
In (A) and (B), “not only” is followed by “considered.” In (C), “not only” is the last part of the choice, while in (D) and (E), it’s followed by “is.”
Step 3: Eliminate Choices Until Only One Remains
(A) can be eliminated, as can (B), for having “not only” followed by a verb, which is not parallel to having “but also” followed by a noun. (B) also adds the word “as” before “often,” which suggests there will be a comparison, but no comparison is ever drawn.
(D) and (E) move “not only” to the beginning of the underlined portion. However, they both still follow “not only” with a verb (“is”) and so continue to commit the parallelism error. Further, (D) unnecessarily adds “to be” after “considered,” and (E) uses the phrase “as often,” which suggests a comparison that is never made. Those choices can be eliminated. That makes the correct answer (C); by moving “not only” to the end, these words are followed by a noun (Capote’s novel). To confirm, read it back into the original sentence:
In Cold Blood is often considered not only Truman Capote’s most popular novel but also the first “nonfiction novel,” a literary genre that uses techniques of fictional storytelling to depict actual people and events.
