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(A) Through his movies, the director reveals to us both the pain and (B) By means of the director’s movies, which reveal to us both the pain and (C) Through his movies, the director both reveals to us the pain and (D) The director reveals to us both through his movies, the pain and (E) The director, through the medium of his movies, reveal to us both the pain yet 4 Being that many Indian food recipes require you to cook and not be interrupted, it is advisable to keep all the ingredients ready in advance. 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Hi experts,
I have a small doubt with the following question :

During a conversation with Stacy???s parents, the teacher mentioned that Stacy
had shown considerable ability in literature and to learn foreign languages

(A) considerable ability in literature and to learn
(B) considerable ability in literature and that she could do it well in
(C) ability that was considerable in literature as well as in learning
(D) ability considerably in literature and in
(E) considerable ability in literature and in

I agree that option E is the best of all.
My question is that do we consider the ability in literature and that in foreign language the same thing? Should it be "considerable abilities in literature and in foreign language?"

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Singular "ability" is alright. The skills required may be different, but she is considerably able in both.

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Hi Experts , question 5. Is this option correct:
the artist???s music was more innovative than that of most of his
contemporaries.

Here THAT makes copy of the artist's music. So the sentence will read as artist's music was more innovative than artist's music of most of his contemporaries.
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"That" makes a copy of "music", not "artist's music". However from parallelsim aspect, following optons would be better:

The artist’s music was more innovative than most of his contemporaries' music.
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The music of the artist was more innovative than that of most of his contemporaries.

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4 Being that many Indian food recipes require you to cook and not be interrupted,
it is advisable to keep all the ingredients ready in advance.

(A) Being that many Indian food recipes require you to cook and not be
interrupted,
(B) Because many Indian food recipes require for one to cook without
interruption,
(C) Because many Indian food recipes require that one cook without interruption,
(D) Many Indian food recipes require that one cook without interruption and
(E) Many Indian food recipes require that one should cook without interruption;

OAs

A E A C C B A C D C

Can anybody clear my doubt... should not it be "One cooks" and not "One Cook" in option "C"...anybody!!

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Certain Verbs have specific structures that need to be maintained. Verbs such as "require", "recommend", " suggest", etc. (command verb) have one of the following two structure:
A ) Verb+that+subject+bare infinitive
Example : The doctor suggested that she take her medicine (not takes).
**Also, in this structure, insertion of "should", or " would" or any other auxilary is not permitted.
B ) Verb+object+to+person
Example : The doctor suggested some antibiotics to her

Hope this is help you understand the rule required.

**reference from : "Manhattan Review- Gmat Sentence Correction Guide, page 298."

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I don't care about my answer right now. I just can't understand how E is the answer for 2. It changes the meaning drastically.

My take is E:

(A) considerable ability in literature and to learn :
in A parallelism and meaning are tested which are at issue,
First Considerable ability in literature(prepositional phrase=preposition+object)
Considerable ability to learn foreign languages(to+verb+object)
so wrong.

E) considerable ability in literature and in : is parallel and less ambiguous.

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Can anyone suggest in brief how 6 has the ans B and why not A ?

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The question 9 ...Why is D not B ?

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9 Patrick Woodroffe is a poet and painter that is able to make a living at it

(A) Patrick Woodroffe is a poet and painter that is able to make a living at it
(B) Patrick Woodroffe is able to make a living as a poet and painter
(C) A poet and painter, Patrick Woodroffe is able to make a living at it
(D) Patrick Woodroffe makes a living as a poet and a painter
(E) By writing poetry and painting is how Patrick Woodroffe makes a living

The intended meaning of the original sentence is clearly giving stress upon "being as a poet & a painter" and it says this is the only medium through which patrick can able to earn something, while option D is pretty straight forward and missing the intended stress on his profession.
Am I making sense? Btw what is wrong with option B? It is having that stress component as well

Carcass, I have the exact same doubt and went with B.. can you explain why it is wrong please?
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I join to @Juliaz's question
carcass, could you please help us to figure out?

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Actually, The meaning of B and D is exactly the same.

However, "is able to make a living" in B and "makes a living" in D, between the two D is better because of two reasons:

GMAT prefers concision;
as a general rule in a daily speaking: why you should use ten words instead of 5 words to say the exact concept ?' is a question of efficiency, in every field.

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Can anyone explain Question 4, what is the difference between Option B and C?

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Hi,

Could someone explain why Q9 wont be B? D makes no mention of him _being able_ to make a living out of poetry and painting

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Hi,

Could someone explain why Q9 wont be B? D makes no mention of him _being able_ to make a living out of poetry and painting

That question is discussed here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/patrick-wood ... 53261.html

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in question no 8, I didn't choose option "c" because I thought comma + and will take independent sentence after it. Please, someone clarify my confusion.

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