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Sartre, an inadvertent guru, had an opinion on everything, painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, often changed.
(A) often changed
(B) and it was usually changed
(C) that was often changed
(D) changing often
(E) one he often changed
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(A) often changed
(B) and it was usually changed
(C) that was often changed
(D) changing often
(E) one he often changed
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This inadvertent guru had an opinion on everything, painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, often changed. But for most of his life he was convinced of the ineluctable corruption of the bourgeoisie, even though he was to the bourgeoisie born. His father was a naval officer who sickened and died when Jean-Paul was only two. The boy was brought up in the house of his grandfather, a linguistics professor who doted on him. His prim Roman Catholic mother he loved but did not respect, because nobody else in his free-thinking Lutheran grandfather's household did ("My mother and I were the same age," Sartre later recalled).
This inadvertent guru had an opinion on everything, painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, often changed. But for most of his life he was convinced of the ineluctable corruption of the bourgeoisie, even though he was to the bourgeoisie born. His father was a naval officer who sickened and died when Jean-Paul was only two. The boy was brought up in the house of his grandfather, a linguistics professor who doted on him. His prim Roman Catholic mother he loved but did not respect, because nobody else in his free-thinking Lutheran grandfather's household did ("My mother and I were the same age," Sartre later recalled).
30 Sep 2019, 16:24
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Hello Everyone!
Let's tackle this question, one issue at a time, and narrow down our choices to the right one! First, let's take a quick scan over the original question for clues, and highlight any major differences between the options in orange:
Sartre, an inadvertent guru, had an opinion on everything, painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, often changed.
(A) often changed
(B) and it was usually changed
(C) that was often changed
(D) changing often
(E) one he often changed
After a quick glance over the options, it seems that everything except the words "changed/changing" are different. This means we need to look to the original sentence for clues as to what grammar concept we're likely dealing with:
Sartre, an inadvertent guru, had an opinion on everything, painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, often changed.
What I've highlighted in pink is a list - and whenever we deal with lists on the GMAT, there is one grammar concept we always begin with:
PARALLELISM!
We need to make sure each item in the list is written using similar wording, structure, verb tenses, etc. Let's add in the first two items on the list to see which options use parallelism properly:
(A) painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, often changed = PARALLEL
(Each part of the list follows the same general format of ADJECTIVE + VERB-ed)
(B) painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, and it was usually changed = NOT PARALLEL
(C) painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, that was often changed = NOT PARALLEL
(D) painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, changing often = NOT PARALLEL
(E) painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, one he often changed = NOT PARALLEL
There you have it - option A is the only one that uses parallelism correctly! Remember - whenever you're dealing with a list, parallelism is the first thing to look for when trying to narrow down your options quickly!
Don't study for the GMAT. Train for it.
Let's tackle this question, one issue at a time, and narrow down our choices to the right one! First, let's take a quick scan over the original question for clues, and highlight any major differences between the options in orange:
Sartre, an inadvertent guru, had an opinion on everything, painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, often changed.
(A) often changed
(B) and it was usually changed
(C) that was often changed
(D) changing often
(E) one he often changed
After a quick glance over the options, it seems that everything except the words "changed/changing" are different. This means we need to look to the original sentence for clues as to what grammar concept we're likely dealing with:
Sartre, an inadvertent guru, had an opinion on everything, painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, often changed.
What I've highlighted in pink is a list - and whenever we deal with lists on the GMAT, there is one grammar concept we always begin with:
PARALLELISM!
We need to make sure each item in the list is written using similar wording, structure, verb tenses, etc. Let's add in the first two items on the list to see which options use parallelism properly:
(A) painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, often changed = PARALLEL
(Each part of the list follows the same general format of ADJECTIVE + VERB-ed)
(B) painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, and it was usually changed = NOT PARALLEL
(C) painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, that was often changed = NOT PARALLEL
(D) painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, changing often = NOT PARALLEL
(E) painfully considered, elaborately reasoned, one he often changed = NOT PARALLEL
There you have it - option A is the only one that uses parallelism correctly! Remember - whenever you're dealing with a list, parallelism is the first thing to look for when trying to narrow down your options quickly!
Don't study for the GMAT. Train for it.
09 Nov 2019, 11:29
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Isn't this ridiculous? Just to make the questions difficult, such odd writing styles are being tested.
