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01 Oct 2021, 06:00
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Korean Buddhism, which began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha, is characterized for its attempt to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding.
A. Korean Buddhism, which began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha, is characterized for its attempt to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding
B. Korean Buddhism, which began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha, are characterized by its attempt to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding
C. Characterized by its attempt to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding, Korean Buddhism began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha
D. Characterized by its attempt to form a coherent and consistent understanding of thought, Korean Buddhism began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha
E. Korean Buddhism, which began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha, is characterized in attempting to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding
A. Korean Buddhism, which began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha, is characterized for its attempt to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding
B. Korean Buddhism, which began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha, are characterized by its attempt to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding
C. Characterized by its attempt to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding, Korean Buddhism began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha
D. Characterized by its attempt to form a coherent and consistent understanding of thought, Korean Buddhism began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha
E. Korean Buddhism, which began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha, is characterized in attempting to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding
01 Oct 2021, 07:04
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You can only say "characterized by" when using "characterize" in this way, not "characterized in" or "characterized for", so A and E are wrong, and B uses a plural verb with the singular subject "Korean Buddhism", so it is also wrong.
Answers C and D only differ before the comma. In both, we have a problematic soup of words. For example, when it describes a theory the word "coherent" means "logical and consistent", so it's redundant to say "coherent and consistent", and "form" is clearly the wrong verb to use here. Answer D seems less of a mess than answer C, but both are grammatically correct, and both could convey the correct meaning, in theory. It seems to me you'd need to know about the tenets of Korean Buddhism to reliably choose between them, though I'm sure the "OA" is D here.
Answers C and D only differ before the comma. In both, we have a problematic soup of words. For example, when it describes a theory the word "coherent" means "logical and consistent", so it's redundant to say "coherent and consistent", and "form" is clearly the wrong verb to use here. Answer D seems less of a mess than answer C, but both are grammatically correct, and both could convey the correct meaning, in theory. It seems to me you'd need to know about the tenets of Korean Buddhism to reliably choose between them, though I'm sure the "OA" is D here.
03 Oct 2021, 06:30
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Korean Buddhism, which began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha, is characterized for its attempt to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding.
A. Korean Buddhism, which began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha, is characterized for its attempt to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding
Not really.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The correct idiom is not characterized for.
B. Korean Buddhism, which began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha, are characterized by its attempt to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding
Incorrect.
Although this answer choice corrects the original Preposition error by replacing for with by to get the correct idiom characterized by, it creates a Subject Verb Agreement error.
The singular subject Korean Buddhism does not agree with the plural verb are.
What helps us identify this question as a Subject Verb Agreement question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:
- A long complex subject / a long distance between the subject and the verb
C. Characterized by its attempt to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding, Korean Buddhism began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha
This answer choice uses the correct preposition (by) to form the idiom characterized by.
D. Characterized by its attempt to form a coherent and consistent understanding of thought, Korean Buddhism began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha
Incorrect.
Although this answer choice corrects the original Preposition error by replacing for with by to get the correct idiom characterized by, it changes the meaning of the original sentence. The phrase understanding of thought is not the same as form of thought and understanding.
E. Korean Buddhism, which began approximately 800 years after the death of Buddha, is characterized in attempting to form a coherent and consistent form of thought and understanding
Not quite.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect and repeats the original Preposition error. The correct idiom is not characterized in.
