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The mathematical insights made by Paul Dirac were essential to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom they shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to his own successful efforts to apply the special theory of relativity to the quantum mechanics of the electron.

A. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom they shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
B. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
C. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom both men shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
D. towards his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
E. in his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shares a Nobel prize in 1933, and in
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Re: The mathematical insights made by Paul Dirac were essential to his pro [#permalink] New post   20 Jan 2021, 07:51
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The mathematical insights made by Paul Dirac were essential to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom they shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to his own successful efforts to apply the special theory of relativity to the quantum mechanics of the electron.

A. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom they shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
B. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
C. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom both men shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
D. towards his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
E. in his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shares a Nobel prize in 1933, and in


Essential to : Correct Idiomatic usage (options D & E out)

(A) with whom they shared - Awkward and gramatically incorrect
(C) whom both men shared a Nobel prize - Awkward , Funny and gramatically incorrect

Left wit (B) whic correctly expresses the intended meaning, hence answer is (B)
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Re: The mathematical insights made by Paul Dirac were essential to his pro [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2021, 06:30
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The mathematical insights made by Paul Dirac were essential to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom they shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to his own successful efforts to apply the special theory of relativity to the quantum mechanics of the electron.

A. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom they shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
B. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
C. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom both men shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
D. towards his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
E. in his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shares a Nobel prize in 1933, and in


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The initial sentence commits a Pronoun error, using the plural pronoun 'they' to refer to the singular 'Dirac'. Similarly, choice C uses the phrase "both men" to refer to Dirac; there are only two men, and so it is illogical for 'both men' to share a prize with Schrodinger. Accordingly, A and C are both incorrect. Choice D commits a parallel structure error, using 'towards' in place of 'to'; because the sentence requires parallel construction between the two parallel elements ('to his collaboration' and 'to his own successful efforts'), the correct answer must have "to" as the connector for both elements. Choice E commits a Tense error, using 'shares' to refer to an event that clearly took place in the past tense ('in 1933).
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The mathematical insights made by Paul Dirac were essential to his pro [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2021, 23:19
The mathematical insights made by Paul Dirac were essential to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom they shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to his own successful efforts to apply the special theory of relativity to the quantum mechanics of the electron.

A. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom they shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
they refers to both D... and Ed...
it is illogical, as D only shared with Ed
A is out

B. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
to his ..., and to his ...
Parallelism is maintained, hold on to B

C. to his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom both men shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
Same as A.
C is out

D. towards his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shared a Nobel prize in 1933, and to
towards his..., and to his...
Not a parallel structure
D is out

E. in his productive collaboration with Edwin Schrodinger, with whom Dirac shares a Nobel prize in 1933, and in
to+v shows motive. B can be preferred over E.
There is no as such grammatical mistake in E, just B is better.

B is answer.
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