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The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were unit Updated on: 18 Feb 2019, 10:47
Originally posted by pesquadero on 30 Apr 2006, 06:12.
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The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.

(A) were united by their holding
(B) had as their uniting ideal
(C) united each other with
(D) united based on
(E) were united with
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D is for sure the best answer from the ball park. But such an horrible question indeed.

A 700 gmatlike question is really different from this one in all its aspects
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A:- passive and awkward
B needless repition of ideal
C each other is unnecessary

Actual comparision is b/w D n E
D..repeats based on ..also 'were present in E makes it sound that they had united long time bak.
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The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.

(A)were united by their holding
(B)had as their uniting ideal
(C)united each other with
(D)united based on
(E) were united with

why E is wrong?

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The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.

(A)were united by their holding
(B)had as their uniting ideal
(C)united each other with
(D)united based on
(E) were united with

why E is wrong?

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Not one of the best questions( will suggest rely thoroughly on gmat prep and og ) ..even i Picked first E then when checked the ans realized the mistake..
(E) were united with- passive format, someone else united them ..nopes from meaning its a past event , they united based on XXX.
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Option E is wrong ,because you cannot join people with an ideal .People come together based on an idea .
D is the only option which uses on .
Yes, the question could have been framed well.
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In option D, what is the verb of the sentence?
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In option D, what is the verb of the sentence?
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In answer choice D, the verb is united. In other words, united acts as the verb for the subject: The 19th-century Russian composers known as "The Five".
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The 19th-century Russian composers known as "The Five" were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.
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I was close on this one

Intent: The 19th-century Russian composers known as "The Five"
How they were united ??

A. were united by their holding
They are still not getting united or holding, incorrect tense

B. had as their uniting ideal
No two tasks are happening,incorrect tense

C. united each other with
united/ each other redundant

D. united based on
Best among the rest.

E. were united with
They were not united with a person, rather than an idea -> Out
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The question is written ERRONEOUSLY, in fact, as it is written now, it doesn't have any correct answer choices. carcass generis BillyZ

CORRECT FORM found on Kaplan today:

The nineteenth-century Russian composers known as The Five were united by their holding an ideal of a national music based on folk melodies and themes.

A)were united by their holding

B)had as their uniting ideal

C)united each other with

D)united behind

E)were united with
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Hi,

Can you please provide the OA of the same.

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(A) were united by their holding -- united or united with is right idiom
(B) had as their uniting ideal --ideal was not uniting , also sentence does not make sense
(C) united each other with - each other is wrong
(D) united based on
(E) were united with -ideal was not something they united with
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The question is probably written incorrectly by the poster, as the source (Kaplan) can't write such grammatically poor question. Waste of 1.5 minutes
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The question is probably written incorrectly by the poster, as the source (Kaplan) can't write such grammatically poor question. Waste of 1.5 minutes
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I suspect this question is from old version of Kaplan book. Here is new version of this question from Kaplan: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-19th-cen ... 16014.html
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