ugimba wrote:
In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.
(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as
(D) and set free more than the 500 slaves who were legally considered
considered vs considered as : Although the usage of "considered as" is wrong here, it doesn't mean the usage of "considered as" is wrong in general. Consider the following examples!
Sentence #1: This job is considered a dream job.
Sentence #2: This job is considered as a dream job.
In this example, when two things are compared to be equal (this job == dream job), "as" is indeed not necessary. However, it would be wrong to state that "as" should be omitted after "consider" altogether, because it can be used in other contexts:
The tool A was used as a solution to the problem. We suggest tool B to be considered as another approach to solving the problem. Here the usage is correct.
Option DOne can argue that the verb
set is parallel to
stunned , and grammatically it is. Pay attention to overall structure of the sentence and the meaning it wants to convey. The RC III stunned his family by setting some slaves free. If we create a list of two different clauses as option D does, the connection and the flow of the sentence w.r.t what it wants to convey break. So this is the reason D is incorrect.
Set could be parallel to
stunned, but the meaning is not correct.