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In late 1961, the legendary general Douglas MacArthur told President Kennedy he considered the “domino theory,” which was the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous in the nuclear age

A. he considered the “domino theory,” which was the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous
B. that he considered the “domino theory,” the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous
C. that he considered the “domino theory” to be the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, making it ridiculous
D. that he, MacArthur, considered the “domino theory,” the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, to be ridiculous
E. that he, MacArthur, considered the “domino theory” as the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, and it was ridiculous
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In late 1961, the legendary general Douglas MacArthur told President Kennedy he considered the “domino theory,” which was the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous in the nuclear age

A. he considered the “domino theory,” which was the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous
B. that he considered the “domino theory,” the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous
C. that he considered the “domino theory” to be the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, making it ridiculous
D. that he, MacArthur, considered the “domino theory,” the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, to be ridiculous
E. that he, MacArthur, considered the “domino theory” as the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, and it was ridiculous
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generis GMATNinja could you please throw some light on the correct idiomatic usage of consider on GMAT? Is it "Consider X Y" that GMAT considers to be correct or is it "Consider X to be Y"? I searched on the internet but found no help. In this question I believe this is the deciding factor between options B and D.
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In late 1961, the legendary general Douglas MacArthur told President Kennedy he considered the “domino theory,” which was the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous in the nuclear age

A. he considered the “domino theory,” which was the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous
B. that he considered the “domino theory,” the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous
C. that he considered the “domino theory” to be the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, making it ridiculous
D. that he, MacArthur, considered the “domino theory,” the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, to be ridiculous
E. that he, MacArthur, considered the “domino theory” as the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, and it was ridiculous

generis GMATNinja could you please throw some light on the correct idiomatic usage of consider on GMAT? Is it "Consider X Y" that GMAT considers to be correct or is it "Considers X to be Y"? I searched on the internet but found no help. In this question I believe this is the deciding factor between options B and D.
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I chose B on the terms that "he" is redundant.
He told him that he considered the A B. A: theory and B: ridiculous
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In late 1961, the legendary general Douglas MacArthur told President Kennedy he considered the “domino theory,” which was the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous in the nuclear age

A. he considered the “domino theory,” which was the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous
B. that he considered the “domino theory,” the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous
C. that he considered the “domino theory” to be the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, making it ridiculous
D. that he, MacArthur, considered the “domino theory,” the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, to be ridiculous
E. that he, MacArthur, considered the “domino theory” as the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, and it was ridiculous

generis GMATNinja could you please throw some light on the correct idiomatic usage of consider on GMAT? Is it "Consider X Y" that GMAT considers to be correct or is it "Consider X to be Y"? I searched on the internet but found no help. In this question I believe this is the deciding factor between options B and D.
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Hello kungfury42,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, on the GMAT, "consider" and its derivatives are used without any type of preposition or helping words.

We hope this helps.

To understand the concept of "Considered" and "Regarded As" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):



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In late 1961, the legendary general Douglas MacArthur told President Kennedy he considered the “domino theory,” which was the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous in the nuclear age

A. he considered the “domino theory,” which was the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous
B. that he considered the “domino theory,” the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, ridiculous
C. that he considered the “domino theory” to be the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, making it ridiculous
D. that he, MacArthur, considered the “domino theory,” the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, to be ridiculous
E. that he, MacArthur, considered the “domino theory” as the justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam, and it was ridiculous
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Magoosh Official Explanation:



A question about conversations between General MacArthur and President Kennedy.

Split #1: idioms. The correct idiom for “consider” is

to consider A B

“to consider” + [noun] + [noun/adjective]

Here, this should be “considered the ‘domino theory’ ridiculous.” Putting an “as” or “to be” between the noun & adjective is incorrect. Choices (C) & (D) & (E) make these mistakes.

Split #2: in the formal language of the GMAT, anything “told” should begin with the word “that.” Choice (A) is the only one that omits the “that” so it is wrong.

These two splits are enough to isolate (B) as the answer, but it’s important to appreciate other problems with the wrong answers. (A) is simply bloated and wordy. In (C), the meaning changes: here, the idea that the “domino theory” is the “justification for America’s involvement in Vietnam” is presented as MacArthur’s own idea, rather than objective fact; furthermore, the phrase “making it ridiculous” is both ambiguous and far too colloquial for the GMAT. In (D), we have the unnecessary and redundant repetition of MacArthur’s name. In (E), the final “it” is ambiguous and incorrect.

The best answer is (B).
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