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Police officers should  abide and protect the law, and represent justice and consideration .

A. abide and protect the law, and represent justice and consideration

B. abide by and protect the law as well as represent consideration and justice

C. abide by and protect the law, and represent consideration as well as justice

D. abide by and protect the law, and represent consideration and justice

E. abide and protect the law while representing justice and consideration

BooRadley · Answer

The verb abide requires a preposition in order to logically connect to the law. Police officers should abide by the law.
 
Op (D): corrects  the original Split Construction error by adding the required preposition by after the verb abide, while fixing the parallelism error in the other answer choices.

exc4libur · Answer

Ans (D) "abide by and protect" equally modify "the law" thus it is one item in the list, and the following item is "represent consider and justice" which also means one item in the list.

daagh · Answer

Police officers should  abide and protect the law, and represent justice and consideration.

A. abide and protect the law, and represent justice and consideration –Abide should be followed by the preposition ‘by’--- unidiomatic and wrong

B. abide by and protect the law as well as represent consideration and justice, ----- and as well as is not parallel. Wrong

C. abide by and protect the law, and represent consideration as well as justice – the same as in C

D. abide by and protect the law, and represent consideration and justice---  the correct choice

E. abide and protect the law while representing justice and consideration -- ‘abide’ is unidiomatic

chaitralirr · Answer

Police officers should  abide and protect the law, and represent justice and consideration.

There are two things police officers should do

1) abide and protect law
2) represent justice and consideration

abide is incorrect as it distorts the meaning in this sentence it means to abide means to follow abide by means act in accordance to hence eliminate options A and E. In between B, and C the additive phrase as well as is incorrect and should not be used. IMO D

A. abide and protect the law, and represent justice and consideration

B. abide by and protect the law as well as represent consideration and justice

C. abide by and protect the law, and represent consideration as well as justice

D. abide by and protect the law, and represent consideration and justice

E. abide and protect the law while representing justice and consideration

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Police officers should  abide and protect the law, and represent justice and consideration .

A. abide and protect the law, and represent justice and consideration

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The verb  abide  requires a preposition in order to logically connect to  the law . Police officers should  abide by  the law.

What helps us identify this question as a Split Construction question and identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A split construction: Verb A + and/or + Verb B + object

B. abide by and protect the law as well as represent consideration and justice

Although this answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by adding the required preposition  by  after the verb  abide , using  as well as  instead of  and  is redundant.

What helps us identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: as well as

C. abide by and protect the law, and represent consideration as well as justice

Although this answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by adding the required preposition  by  after the verb  abide , using  as well as  instead of  and  is redundant.

What helps us identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: as well as

D. abide by and protect the law, and represent consideration and justice

This answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by adding the required preposition  by  after the verb  abide .

E. abide and protect the law while representing justice and consideration

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The verb abide requires a preposition in order to logically connect to the law. Police officers should abide by the law.

What helps us identify this question as a Split Construction question and identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A split construction: Verb A + and/or + Verb B + object

What helps us identify this question as a Split Construction question and identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A split construction: Verb A + and/or + Verb B + object

h31337u · Answer

Police officers should abide and protect the law, and represent justice and consideration.

A. abide and protect the law, and represent justice and consideration
--> "abide" needs "by"

B. abide by and protect the law as well as represent consideration and justice
--> you can't use "as well as" to list verbs

C. abide by and protect the law, and represent consideration as well as justice
--> "as well as" does not parallel with "and"

D. abide by and protect the law, and represent consideration and justice
--> correct
 
E. abide and protect the law while representing justice and consideration
--> "abide" needs "by"

ayushgmatclub1 · Answer

Hi @VeritaKarishma, isn't it compulsory that when we use comma-and, we need to repeat the subject after and? This is one reason I was inclined towards B rather than D. Please help.

RiyaJain69 · Answer

Hello all! I'm aware of the rule about "abide by". However, I'm unable to understand why the inclusion of "as well as" in the answer choices B and C makes these wrong. From what I know, "as well as" and "and" can be used interchangeably. That's why I'm failing to grasp the explanations as well. Please help!

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