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08 Nov 2022, 02:30
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The sculptors spent many days to bring finesse to the statue of the Prince to honor the Prince's commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, to achieve finally the aimed at verisimilitude.
A. to honor the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for the victory's showcase to posterity, to achieve finally
B. to honor the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, achieving finally
C. to honor the victory of the commendable Prince and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, as a means to achieve finally
D. to honor the victory of the commendable Prince and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, as a means achieving finally
E. to give honor to the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for his showcase to posterity, as a final achievement of
A. to honor the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for the victory's showcase to posterity, to achieve finally
B. to honor the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, achieving finally
C. to honor the victory of the commendable Prince and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, as a means to achieve finally
D. to honor the victory of the commendable Prince and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, as a means achieving finally
E. to give honor to the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for his showcase to posterity, as a final achievement of
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08 Nov 2022, 06:33
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My answer is (B). It took me 02:08.
Achieving / Achieve the aimed at verisimilitude? I guess it should read "the aimed-at verisimilitude". This strange spelling did add 20-30 seconds to my time.
(A) If infinitive form is used, the comma before "to" should be removed. GMAT does not strictly adhere to punctuation usage guide, though, so we can also argue that Comma + Present participle should be used to show the result.
(B) Comma + Present participle is used to show the result.
(CD) Commendable should modify "victory".
(E) “To give honor to” is unnecessarily wordy. It is also not parallel with "prepare". (To be parallel, "prepare" can be rewritten as "give preparation to". Also, "as a final achievement of " is not only wordy but unclear in its meaning.
Achieving / Achieve the aimed at verisimilitude? I guess it should read "the aimed-at verisimilitude". This strange spelling did add 20-30 seconds to my time.
(A) If infinitive form is used, the comma before "to" should be removed. GMAT does not strictly adhere to punctuation usage guide, though, so we can also argue that Comma + Present participle should be used to show the result.
(B) Comma + Present participle is used to show the result.
(CD) Commendable should modify "victory".
(E) “To give honor to” is unnecessarily wordy. It is also not parallel with "prepare". (To be parallel, "prepare" can be rewritten as "give preparation to". Also, "as a final achievement of " is not only wordy but unclear in its meaning.
09 Nov 2022, 16:38
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pretty difficult, confusing choices, intentionally awkward phrasing all around. The most difficult part of this problem isn't even part of the choices. Its in the phrase "the aimed at verisimilitude". The use of the idiom "aimed at" deviated from standard usage, as in "A is aimed at B". I still don't know what it's trying to say but the important point is that the idiom is used as an adjective since it's sandwiched between the and a noun.
before example: I want you to thoroughly examine this sentence.
end example: I want you to examine this sentence thoroughly.
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poor adverb placement. in the case of infinitives, adverbs have 2 places where they can sit, before the verb or at the very end.
before example: I want you to thoroughly examine this sentence.
end example: I want you to examine this sentence thoroughly.
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using a present participle phrase makes a lot of sense here because the phrase then modifies the subject of the clause, the sculptors.
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same problem as A
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incorrect idiom use. "as a means" must either be followed by a preposition.
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Not sure why it sounds wrong. This structure seems to convey that "preparing for the showcase" is itself an act of final achievement.
