The papers in the National Archive recounting the

The subject here is the papers which is plural therefore it should not have the in front of it, the answer is b and not e

there is anohter discussion going on why Nouns are preferred to Gerund and Verbs, but I can't really say why that is so.


I think that's just the "efficiency" and "style" that are give so much priority on the GMAT.

I vote for "B: for publication by"
coz, in this place, we need to explain the purpose of the papers. Thus, we should use for+Sth in order to do so.
c.f. to+V1 should be used in case of PERSON.

[quote="chihao"]The papers in the National Archive recounting the experiences of some 20,000 Black men who joined the Union forces duing the Civil War have been prepared [color=blue]to be published by[/color] the historian Ira Berlin.
A.to be published by
B.for publication by
C.for publishing by
D.as the publication of
E.for the publication by

The correct answer is B, but I want to understand the difference between
B and E. Why is the "the"--answer B, unnecessary?
I think publication be modified from "by" N phr; consequently, "the" should be necessary.
Would your give some instruction?[/quote]

The phrase "the publication" does not sound proper as the sentence does not have any context of a known publication. You should use "the X" when you know what X refers to. The sentence talks about the papers that are going to be published, not referring to any specific publication.

Hm... I am a little lost after your comment; I may understand you wrong, but the sentece says that they were prepared for publication or to be published in other words. They were going to publish them.

hi

i agree with option B

"publication" is noun and "publishing" is a verb

"prepared for" is the idiomatic usage too