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28 Nov 2021, 07:33
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summerbummer
Hello summerbummer,
We hope this finds you well.
Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can resolve your doubt.
Option E maintains parallelism but changes the meaning. The phrase "to respect simplicity, austerity, and a code of behavior" places "simplicity", "austerity", and "a code of behavior" in one list, incorrectly implying that the "military governors and samurai warriors" were trained to respect three things - simplicity, austerity, and a code of behavior; the intended meaning is that the "military governors and samurai warriors" were trained to do three things - respect simplicity, be austere and observe a certain code of honor.
Further, Option E is quite wordy and awkward.
We hope this helps.
All the best!
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01 Dec 2021, 16:48
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Consider the difference in meaning in the following examples:
- 1) Tim was trained to be kind to the elderly.
This tells us what Tim was trained to do, suggesting that someone was teaching Tim to be nice to old people. Logical enough.
- 2) Tim was trained in order to be kind to the elderly.
The phrase "in order to" tells us why an action was performed, so this version tells us why Tim was trained, suggesting that the training itself was an act of kindness for the elderly. The problem with this version is that it doesn't tell us what Tim was trained to do. Was he trained to juggle? To dance? We don't know.
So without more context, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
(E) is similar to the second sentence above.
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This one is even worse. It not only doesn't tell us what the warriors were trained to do, it suggests that the reason why they received this nebulous training was to show respect. That doesn't work. One can be trained to respect someone else, but the unnamed training is not itself a way to show respect.
Because (E) is illogical, we can get rid of it.
I hope that helps!
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