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The Articles of Confederation provided the first government of the United States, although, under them, the weak federal government was lacking in the power to negotiate treaties with other nations, for the purpose of securing favorable trade agreements, or in generating revenue by collecting taxes from the states and from individual citizens.
A. was lacking in the power to negotiate treaties with other nations, for the purpose of securing favorable trade agreements, or in generating
B. lacked the power of negotiating treaties and securing favorable trade agreements, or to generate
C. was with a lack of power to negotiate treaties with other nations, with the intent of securing favorable trade agreements, or of generating
D. had no power to negotiate treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate
E. had not the power for negotiating treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate
A. was lacking in the power to negotiate treaties with other nations, for the purpose of securing favorable trade agreements, or in generating
B. lacked the power of negotiating treaties and securing favorable trade agreements, or to generate
C. was with a lack of power to negotiate treaties with other nations, with the intent of securing favorable trade agreements, or of generating
D. had no power to negotiate treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate
E. had not the power for negotiating treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate
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The Articles of Confederation provided the first government of the United States, although, under them, the weak federal government was lacking in the power to negotiate treaties with other nations, for the purpose of securing favorable trade agreements, or in generating revenue by collecting taxes from the states and from individual citizens.
A. was lacking in the power to negotiate treaties with other nations, for the purpose of securing favorable trade agreements, or in generating
B. lacked the power of negotiating treaties and securing favorable trade agreements, or to generate
C. was with a lack of power to negotiate treaties with other nations, with the intent of securing favorable trade agreements, or of generating
D. had no power to negotiate treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate
E. had not the power for negotiating treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate
A. was lacking in the power to negotiate treaties with other nations, for the purpose of securing favorable trade agreements, or in generating
B. lacked the power of negotiating treaties and securing favorable trade agreements, or to generate
C. was with a lack of power to negotiate treaties with other nations, with the intent of securing favorable trade agreements, or of generating
D. had no power to negotiate treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate
E. had not the power for negotiating treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate
Magoosh Official Explanation:
A question about the Articles of Confederation, America’s first government, which provided a not-so-perfect union upon which the Constitution substantially improved.
Split #1: Idiom
The idiom with “power”—the most natural idiom is the “power to do X,” an infinitive construction. The construction “power of doing X” is also perfectly acceptable. The constructions “the power for doing X” and “the power in doing X” are idiomatically incorrect.
Choices (A) & (E) uses at least one idiomatically incorrect construction, and so each is incorrect.
Split #2: Parallelism
The sentence lists three powers—ideally, these three powers should be presented in parallel. Arguably, the second one might be viewed as a qualify of the first, so that only two would be in parallel—that could be acceptable as well.
Choice (A): correct parallelism of two powers, with middle one qualifying
Choice (B): not correct parallelism of the three powers
Choice (C): not correct parallelism of two powers
Choice (D): correct parallelism of the three powers
Choice (E): not correct parallelism of the three powers
Split #3: Rhetorical Construction
A sentence has strong rhetorical construction when it is elegant, concise, direct, powerful, persuasive, and unambiguous. These five choices differ profoundly in the way they set up the verb:
Choice (A): “was lacking in the power” = weak, lily-livered, indirect
Choice (B): “lacked the power” = concise and clear
Choice (C): “was with a lack of power” = embarrassingly bad
Choice (D): “had no power” = concise and clear
Choice (E): “had not the power” = strangely hyper-dramatic and stilted
Rhetorical construction is not black/white right/wrong, the way grammar often is. It’s important to pay attention to rhetoric, though, because wrong answers on the GMAT SC are often rhetorically poor, and correct answer typically are rhetorical gems.
The only possible choice is (D).
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The Articles of Confederation provided the first government of the United States, although, under them, the weak federal government was lacking in the power to negotiate treaties with other nations, for the purpose of securing favorable trade agreements, or in generating revenue by collecting taxes from the states and from individual citizens.
A. was lacking in the power to negotiate treaties with other nations, for the purpose of securing favorable trade agreements, or in generating Incorrect
.............to negotiate............, for the purpose ...........or in generating........... - lack parallelism
B. lacked the power of negotiating treaties and securing favorable trade agreements, or to generate Incorrect
...........of negotiating ....and securing ........., or to generate ...... - parallelism issue
C. was with a lack of power to negotiate treaties with other nations, with the intent of securing favorable trade agreements, or of generating Incorrect
....with a lack of power........, with the intent of securing ............., or of generating.......... - parallelism issue
D. had no power to negotiate treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate Correct
E. had not the power for negotiating treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate Incorrect
.........for negotiating treaties ............., to secure.........., or to generate ....... - parallelism issue
A. was lacking in the power to negotiate treaties with other nations, for the purpose of securing favorable trade agreements, or in generating Incorrect
.............to negotiate............, for the purpose ...........or in generating........... - lack parallelism
B. lacked the power of negotiating treaties and securing favorable trade agreements, or to generate Incorrect
...........of negotiating ....and securing ........., or to generate ...... - parallelism issue
C. was with a lack of power to negotiate treaties with other nations, with the intent of securing favorable trade agreements, or of generating Incorrect
....with a lack of power........, with the intent of securing ............., or of generating.......... - parallelism issue
D. had no power to negotiate treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate Correct
E. had not the power for negotiating treaties with other nations, to secure favorable trade agreements, or to generate Incorrect
.........for negotiating treaties ............., to secure.........., or to generate ....... - parallelism issue
