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It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has
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It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them to market when the time is ripe.
(A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to
(B) all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and
(C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and
(D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and
(E) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and
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The first thing to remember here is the there are only two items in this list and not three as one would be led to believe. This is the essence of this tricky question. The two items of the list are 1. Leave them alone while they feed themselves (meaning graze) and 2. Corral them and drive them. The first of the lists is the one that the cattle themselves can do without outside help and the second is the one wherein somebody as the rancher has to do those things for them. You need the conjunction ‘and’ at appropriate places to conjugate the two items in the overall list and to join the two items in the second arm. You do not need any commas before any of the ‘ands’ in the choice, since there are only two items in each of the master list and in the sub-list. As per this tenet, only C fits in and you can dump all the other four. Thus you can hit four mangos with a single stone.
If you still want, you can ponder with infinitive parallelism and so on
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C sounds better to me than A.
(A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to--- incorrect usage. (C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and
D and E are incorrect because they say " the only thing..." and then give two 'things' that need to be done 1) to leave them alone ... and 2) corral them and drive them to the market... (D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and (E) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and
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24 Jul 2009, 04:05
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C sounds better to me than A.
(A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to--- incorrect usage. (C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and
D and E are incorrect because they say " the only thing..." and then give two 'things' that need to be done 1) to leave them alone ... and 2) corral them and drive them to the market... (D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and (E) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and
What about B, does it change the meaning by saying " leave them alone to feed..." rather than "leave them alone while they feed..."
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What about B, does it change the meaning by saying " leave them alone to feed..." rather than "leave them alone while they feed..."
(B) all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and (C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and
The main issue with B is not '...while they feed...", it is the use of '...to corral them, and to...' ".... all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and to drive them (now it appears that the cattle would do all these things and not the owner)..." whereas in C, the sentence has a better flow stating that the cattle needs to be left alone onlywhile they feed themselves.
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THIS QUESTION IS CHECKING FOR PARALLELISM + CONJUNCTION.LETS LOOK AT THE OPTIONS A. all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS A) LEAVE THEM ALONE B) CORRAL THEM C) AND TO DRIVE LACK OF PARALLELSIM..OUT B. all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and A)TO LEAVE B) TO CORRAL C) AND DRIVE..PARALLELISM BREAKS..OUT C. all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and A) LEAVE THEM B)AND CORAL THEM C)AND DRIVE THEM PARALLEL BUT CONJUNCTION USAGE INCORRECT.2 "AND" USED WHEN A COMMA SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED TO SEPARATE 3 ELEMENTS..OUT D. the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and PARALLEL AND CORRECT CONJUNCTION USAGE..CORRECTE. the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and LACK OF PARALLELISM..OUT
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OA is C. I searched in other forums for the explaination. C is correct because it mantains correct parallel structure and there are two phrases (and not 3) that shud be considered for parallelism in C.
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Error of parallelism: There are 3 actions: leave them, corral them, drive them. These actions need to be parallel.
It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them to market when the time is ripe. (A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to - third action not parallel. (B) all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and - third action not parallel. (C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and - parallel with drive them (D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and - Changes meaning, has to be done is passive form. In GMAT active tone is always preferred. (E) the only thingthat has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and - Changes meaning, has to be done is passive form. In GMAT active tone is always preferred. Correct option - C
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Dear Answer is C only,
the is of course a case of parallelism but not with infinitive form. once you opt infinitive such as in option D " the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and..., the only thing it communicates that one has to do three things: to leave them..., to corral them..., and to.. but here the meaning is to do one thing so after the only thing that has to be done with cattle is there should be only one thing as one object. consider this example. Why all elephants ran away is the only point of concern. in this sentence main verb is singular as it is not linked with elephants but the phrase " why all elephants ran away" as a singular subject.
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It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them and to drive them to market when the time is ripe.
A. all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them and to -- infinitive parallelism is bad -- wrong
B. all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them and --since 'to' is missing in the third arm, this is unparallel. -- wrong
C. all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and -- C is the only one left; here the parallelism is : the first series of A and B, in which A is the feeding and B is the corralling is duly separated by a conjunction and both are without the infinitive 'to'; The second series is a single item list that has been appropriately separated by the conjunction from the other list and happens to have the 'to' infinitive. Since it is a separate list, there is no need to maintain parallelism with the first list. correct choice. ( the template here is 'A and B' and 'C"
D. the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and ----There are three actions, not one - drop E. the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and-- There are three actions, not one - drop
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I can see lots of open questions are going on here. Time for me to chime in.
This question reinforces the fact that one should focus alot on understanding the meaning of the sentence.
The meaning of the sentence is the current over simplified view is to leave them alone while they are feeding and then corral and drive them to the market. Or I can say corral and drive should happen after they are done with feeding.
Now, let's see what you all are saying.
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IMO option D changes the meaning of the original sentence. Need to know whether option D has any parallelism error?
Yes, D is changing the meaning of the sentence. The sequencing is not maintained in D. It implies leaving them alone, corralling and driving are happening at the same time. Do you see the importance of "then"?
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can someone explain why B is incorrect and does C not create parallelism issue?
B is incorrect for the same reasons mentioned above for D. Also, B has another issue. B says leave them alone to feed themselves. Meaning the purpose of leaving them is to feed. While the original meaning is while they are feeding, don't dare to disturb them. Do you see how using the infinitive "to feed" changes the meaning?
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need expert's thoughts as to why D is incorrect and C is more correct. pls guide.
D is incorrect for reasons explained above. Remember "the statement C is more correct" is absolutely incorrect on GMAT. An option is either 100% correct or 100% wrong.
AdityaHongunti wrote:
Doesn't " all one has to do " imply the same? The main verb begins before all the action words . So it is understood that the main verb implies for every action verb that follows. I don't think your reasoning is quite right.
Hey AdityaHongunti , I agree somewhat to l01os 's explanation. When I am saying "only thing", I can't list out multiple things in the list. "All one has to" opens the doors for multiple things. That could be another reason to reject option D and E.
colinlin1 wrote:
For Answer C, "is leave them alone", why not "is leaving them alone" or "is to leave them alone", strange for "be + verb"
We are given a general fact/information here on what is the view. So, there is not need of using present continuous tense. Usually, facts are presented in Simple tense.
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D: The only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and drive them to market when the time is ripe
Here, it is illogical to equate a PASSIVE ACTION (to be done) with an ACTIVE ACTION ([to] leave them alone). In addition, it is nonsensical to define a SERIES of actions performed at various times -- while the cattle feed themselves, when the time is ripe -- as THE ONLY THING that has to be done. Further, it is questionable whether ANY action may rightly be considered a thing. Eliminate D.
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In C, to take corralling (done for two to three years) and driving to the markets ( for a day or two) as the same function for the sake of parallelism is peculiar.
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D: The only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and drive them to market when the time is ripe
Here, it is illogical to equate a PASSIVE ACTION (to be done) with an ACTIVE ACTION ([to] leave them alone). In addition, it is nonsensical to define a SERIES of actions performed at various times -- while the cattle feed themselves, when the time is ripe -- as THE ONLY THING that has to be done. Further, it is questionable whether ANY action may rightly be considered a thing. Eliminate D.
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GMATGuruNY wrote:
D: The only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and drive them to market when the time is ripe
Here, it is illogical to equate a PASSIVE ACTION (to be done) with an ACTIVE ACTION ([to] leave them alone). In addition, it is nonsensical to define a SERIES of actions performed at various times -- while the cattle feed themselves, when the time is ripe -- as THE ONLY THING that has to be done. Further, it is questionable whether ANY action may rightly be considered a thing. Eliminate D.
Do you find the OA correct in this question? How can it be 'is leave'? I think it is 'to leave'? Also, I think the language somehow colloquial.
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OA: all one has to do with cattle is [to] leave them alone Here, the to in brackets is implied because of the usage of the green to in the preceding clause.
This SC is included in Paper Test 37, an official test published by GMAC. The paper tests are quite old and were written not by Pearson (the current administer of the GMAT) but by ETS (the former administer). For this reason, some SCs in the paper tests -- including this SC -- do not seem reflective of the modern GMAT. I recommend that you disregard this SC.
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GMATGuruNY wrote:
Mo2men wrote:
GMATGuruNY wrote:
D: The only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and drive them to market when the time is ripe
Here, it is illogical to equate a PASSIVE ACTION (to be done) with an ACTIVE ACTION ([to] leave them alone). In addition, it is nonsensical to define a SERIES of actions performed at various times -- while the cattle feed themselves, when the time is ripe -- as THE ONLY THING that has to be done. Further, it is questionable whether ANY action may rightly be considered a thing. Eliminate D.
Do you find the OA correct in this question? How can it be 'is leave'? I think it is 'to leave'? Also, I think the language somehow colloquial.
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OA: all one has to do with cattle is [to] leave them alone Here, the to in brackets is implied because of the usage of the green to in the preceding clause.
This SC is included in Paper Test 37, an official test published by GMAC. The paper tests are quite old and were written not by Pearson (the current administer of the GMAT) but by ETS (the former administer). For this reason, some SCs in the paper tests -- including this SC -- do not seem reflective of the modern GMAT. I recommend that you disregard this SC.
Thanks for your reply.
Regardless of the 'to' in the OA, How does OA maintain parallelism? i.e. How 'and' in both places maintain the parallelism?
C. all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and
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Regardless of the 'to' in the OA, How does OA maintain parallelism? i.e. How 'and' in both places maintain the parallelism?
C. all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and drive them to market when the time is right.
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The green and serves to convey that the two connected actions (corral and drive) are both modified by the following adverb (when the time is right). The red and serves to link the action performed while they feed (one has to leave them) to the two actions performed when the time is right (one has to corral them and drive them).
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D and E: Incorrect because they say " the only thing..." and then give two 'things' that need to be done 1) to leave them alone ... and 2) corral them and drive them to the market...
A and B: Parallelism violated. “…feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them” “…to feed themselves, to corral them, and drive them (“to” missing)…”
C: Best choice. Maintains parallelism “…leave them… and then corral them and drive them…”. Hence, C is the answer.
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[quote="Natia"]It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them to market when the time is ripe.
(A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to
(B) all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and
(C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and
(D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and
(E) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and
I miss this one. look at choice D. D suffer terrible meaning error D mean leave them alone, corral them and drive them to the market when time is ripe. this mean when time is ripe, we leave them, corral them and drive them. no sense in choice C, with adding "and", "when time is ripe" is applicable only to "drive them...". this is good.
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