In keeping with her commitment to her Christian faith, Sojourner Truth

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In keeping with her commitment to her Christian faith, Sojourner Truth demonstrated as a public speaker  a dedication both to the nonviolent abolition of slavery as well as for women to be emancipated .

(A) a dedication both to the nonviolent abolition of slavery as well as for women to be emancipated

(B) her being dedicated to both the nonviolent abolishing of slavery as well as for women’s emancipation

(C) a dedication to both the nonviolent abolition of slavery and the emancipation of women

(D) that she was dedicated both to abolishing slavery nonviolently and to emancipate women

(E) her dedication both to the nonviolent abolition of slavery and emancipation of women

NandishSS · Accepted Answer

Here Idiom is Both X and Y (X & Y Should be Parallel), Eliminate A & B

In D abolishing slavery nonviolently & emancipate women are not parallel (Gerund & Verb)

In E both to X and to Y or to both X & Y is correct hence E is out

Hence C

AjiteshArun · Answer

If you're looking at option D, we can't say  dedicated to emancipate women .

that she was dedicated  both to abolishing slavery nonviolently and  to emancipate women

After  dedicated to , we want either a noun ( emancipation ) or a gerund ( emancipating ), not the plain form of a verb ( emancipate ).

Valhalla · Answer

A. the nonviolent abolition NOT PARALLEL women to be emancipated.
B. Not parallel
C. Answer
D. that cannot modify people
E. to ... NOT PARALLEL emancipated

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prudhvi0410 · Answer

(A) a dedication both to the nonviolent abolition of slavery as well as for women to be emancipated

Not parallel.

(B) her being dedicated to both the nonviolent abolishing of slavery as well as for women’s emancipation

Not parallel.

(C) a dedication to both the nonviolent abolition of slavery and the emancipation of women

It looks good. To both X and Y.

(D) that she was dedicated both to abolishing slavery nonviolently and to emancipate women

Not parallel.

(E) her dedication both to the nonviolent abolition of slavery and emancipation of women

Not correct, both to X and Y.

So, I will choose C

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GyMrAT · Answer

Answer C.

(A) a dedication both  to the  nonviolent abolition of slavery as well as  for  women to be emancipated - X as well as Y should be Parallel.
(B) her being dedicated to both  the nonviolent  abolishing of slavery as well as  for  women’s emancipation - Same as A
(C) a dedication to  both the nonviolent abolition  of slavery and  the emancipation  of women - Correct. Both X and Y
(D) that she was dedicated both  to abolishing  slavery nonviolently and  to emancipate  women. Both verbs should be parallel, for Both X and Y construction.
(E) her dedication both  to  the nonviolent abolition of slavery and emancipation of women. Both X and Y, X should be parallel to Y

Thanks,
GyM

vasuca10 · Answer

In keeping with her commitment to her Christian faith, Sojourner Truth demonstrated as a public speaker a dedication both to the nonviolent abolition of slavery as well as for women to be emancipated.

(A) a dedication both to the nonviolent abolition of slavery as well as for women to be emancipated  INCORRECT BOTH X as well as Y is incorrect. Both and as well as usage in a single sentence is redundant 
(B) her being dedicated to both the nonviolent abolishing of slavery as well as for women’s emancipation -  INCORRECT usage of being. Also BOTH X as well as Y is incorrect. Both and as well as usage in a single sentence is redundant 
(C) a dedication to both the nonviolent abolition of slavery and the emancipation of women  CORRECT, BOTH X and Y form 
(D) that she was dedicated both to abolishing slavery nonviolently and to emancipate women  INCORRECT, BOTH TO X and TO Y form is not parallel. "To abolishing" and "To emancipate" are not parallel 
(E) her dedication both to the nonviolent abolition of slavery and emancipation of women -  INCORRECT, BOTH TO X and TO Y are not parallel

ArtVandaley · Answer

Isnt Abolishing slavery a gerund? CAn gerund-a noun phrase- be parallel to a noun(emancipate woman)?
What type of a phrase "emancipate woman" is? IMO. woman is noun and emancipate is adjective modifying the noun . Is that correct?

When is it right to use gerund after "to"?

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

Hello Experts,
 GMATNinja   MartyTargetTestPrep   AjiteshArun   GMATGuruNY

Could you explain why D is not the correct choice, please? it seems that the highlighted parts are parallel each other.

GMATGuruNY · Answer

A VERBing that functions as a noun is called a  gerund .
 to abolishing  = PREPOSITION + GERUND = MODIFIER
Here,  to  is a preposition, while  abolishing  is a gerund serving as the OBJECT of  to .
 abolishing  = the NOUN to which Sojourner was dedicated
A prepositional phrase such as  to abolishing  is a MODIFIER.

to emancipate  = VERB (infinitive)

A conjunction such as  and  may not connect a modifier to a verb.
Eliminate D.

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

GMATGuruNY oops! I thought it was to abolish vs to emancipate . Sorry for this silly question

. I've still a query on this issue! What if the choice says: (F) that she was dedicated both to abolish slavery nonviolently and to emancipate women Does it make sense?

MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

On top of what GMATGuruNY said, "she was dedicated ... to emancipate women" does not make sense.

It should be "she was dedicated ... to emancipating women."

Soham68 · Answer

Can someone verify whether the construction is correct or not?

In keeping with her commitment to her Christian faith, 
Sojourner Truth (was) demonstrated as a public speaker (Seems to me that Verb was missing)
a dedication both to the nonviolent abolition of slavery as well as for women to be emancipated. (Wont there be comma before a dedication)

EducationAisle · Answer

No verb is missing Soham.  demonstrated  is used as a  verb .

For example:

Virat Kohli's century demonstrated his brilliance.

This is a correct sentence, and  demonstrated  is the main verb.

Soham68 · Answer

As per your example, it was clear that verb is demonstrated.

However, in the question, it did not seem that  Sojourner Truth  is like  Sojourner's Truth . when I read/infer the sentence, it feels like someone demonstrated Sojourner Truth as a speaker. That part created the confusion.

EducationAisle · Answer

Sure I understand Soham.

How about this example:

Virat Kohli demonstrated brilliance in making decisions. 
- Clearly,  demonstrated  is a  verb .

Now, let's change the above sentence to:

Virat Kohli demonstrated as a captain a brilliance in making decisions. 
- Again,  demonstrated  is a  verb . This sentence is basically equivalent to the first sentence, since  as a captain  is just a modifier, modifying  Virat Kohli .

Similarly, notice this sentence:

Sojourner Truth demonstrated a dedication .
- Hopefully it is clear that  demonstrated  is a  verb .

Now, let's change the above sentence to:

Sojourner Truth demonstrated as a public speaker a dedication .
- Again,  demonstrated  is a  verb . This sentence is basically equivalent to the previous sentence, since  as a public speaker   is just a modifier, modifying  Sojourner Truth .

neutronstar · Answer

Let's look at apparently wrong answers below

After eliminating Option A, B, & E for obvoius reasons, you are left with apparently two parallel choices - C & D.
 Let's understand why D is wrong.

structure of D is:
both
to abolishing slavery nonviolently and --> is abolishing a verb or a  gerund  (noun)? --> a verb form is 'to abolish slavery non violently', thus, it is definitely a gerund
to emancipate women --> is emancipate a  verb ? Definitely Yes!

Hence, though phrases begin with 'to', they are not parallel because we have gerund in first phrase and verb in another

Conversely, in Option C,  the nonviolent abolishing of slavery (noun) and the emancipation of women (noun) are parallel.

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sonalchhajed2019 · Answer

MartyTargetTestPrep

I would like to understand what is the issue with "she was dedicated ... to emancipate women"
emancipate means " to set free"

1. She was dedicated to set free women - I know this does not make sense. 
2. She was dedicated to set women free ( What's the issue with is one)
3. She was dedicated to emancipating women ( She was dedicated to setting women free)

I want to understand what is the issue with Sentence 2.

Namangupta1997 · Answer

Hi  EducationAisle

Shouldn't "demonstrated" be mandatorily followed by "that" to stress upon what is being demonstrated, or is there no such rule?

EducationAisle · Answer

Hi Naman, there is no "place" for "that" in the construct used in this sentence.

For example following is a correct sentence, and you can't really introduce a "that" after "demonstrated":

Lakshya Sen demonstrated his competence.

To introduce "that", we would have to change the sentence to:

Lakshya Sen demonstrated that he was competent .

Similarly, we either say:

Sojourner Truth demonstrated a dedication to both X and Y.

Or

Sojourner Truth demonstrated that she was dedicated to both X and Y.

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