There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from thinki

A) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from thinking it simply private property to that now of
-- simply is an adverb modifying noun private property. we need an adjective.

B) There have been changes in how men think of land, a change from that of simple private property to now that of
-- use of that of is incorrect.

C) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from once considering it simply private property to now considering it
-- considering it is incorrect.

D) Once men used to think of land as simply private property, but they [b]consider it[/b] now
-- consider it is incorrect.

E) Once thought of simply as private property, land is now considered
-- correct.

There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from thinking it simply private property to that now of a limited national resource, with an inherent public interest transcending the individual owner’s prerogatives.

A) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from thinking it simply private property to that now of Incorrect

pronoun error - it refers what?

B) There have been changes in how men think of land, a change from that of simple private property to now that of Incorrect

SV error - ...changes..., a change....; meaning change

C) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from once considering it simply private property to now considering it keeps

D) Once men used to think of land as simply private property, but they consider it now keeps

E) Once thought of simply as private property, land is now considered Incorrect

meaning change; who thought simply as private property?; considered is past form - need present form


POE -

C & D -

C - SV error, it refers what ? may be land; parallelism error;

D - D is better than C and less wordy, has proper parallelism

they > men, consider > used to think of, it > land

There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from thinking it simply private property to that now of a limited national resource, with an inherent public interest transcending the individual owner’s prerogatives.

A) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from thinking it simply private property to that now of
Incorrect
it- Pronoun Error

B) There have been changes in how men think of land, a change from that of simple private property to now that of
What is that of referring to - Not Clear
Incorrect

C) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from once considering it simply private property to now considering it
it- Pronoun Error
Incorrect

D) Once men used to think of land as simply private property, but they consider it now
it- Pronoun Error
Incorrect

E) Once thought of simply as private property, land is now considered
Correct Choice
Once thought of simply as private property this is modifier- modifying land
Sentence is concise as well and better than B

There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from thinking it simply private property to that now of a limited national resource, with an inherent public interest transcending the individual owner’s prerogatives.

A) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from thinking it simply private property to that now of ..Simply is an adverb .. cant modify Noun "private property"

B) There have been changes in how men think of land, a change from that of simple private property to now that of.. First talk of changes , then a change ..So Incorrect

C) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from once considering it simply private property to now considering it . same error as A

D) Once men used to think of land as simply private property, but they consider it now .. Correct

E) Once thought of simply as private property, land is now considered .. Remove some of contents of original sentence

Hi Bunnel/Generis,

Can you guys comment on choice d and choice e? Although, I selected choice E, but didn't have the strong reason to reject choice D. I admit that choice D is little wordy, but I don't think there is a pronoun ambiguity. Moreover, as it has been mentioned by many in this post, the choice E has removed the word men, suggesting meaning change.

Thanks in advance,
agar123

agar123

I believe choice D has an ambigous pronoun "it".

D) Once men used to think of land as simply private property, but they consider it now ..

You can read the "it" to be private property or land. Both nouns make sense in the context of the sentence. However, we do not know whether the pronoun refers to land or private property and each usage changes the mean of the sentence.

Once men used to think of land as simply private property, but they consider land (it) now ...

Once men used to think of land as simply private property, but they consider private property (it) now ...

All the other choices with "it" only has land as the only singular noun that makes sense, making it clear that it refers to land. If you read "it" as "a change," the sentence fails to make sense.


In answer choice C, can anyone clarify if you change the sentence to be:
C) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from once considering it "as" simply private property to now considering it

or

C) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from once considering it simply "as" private property to now considering it

Would this make C correct? I fail to see a reason to eliminate it.

Definitely D,E acts as contenders here.

The usage of consider it - incorrect
Consider X,Y is correct

hence E is correct

A) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from thinking it simply private property to that now of

"That" refers to nothing clear. eliminate

B) There have been changes in how men think of land, a change from that of simple private property to now that of

"That" refers to nothing clear. eliminate

C) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from once considering it simply private property to now considering it

Scenario 1: There has been a change in A, a change from once considering it (= A) simply B

Scenario 2: There has been a change in how men think of A, a change from once considering it (= A) simply B
since we CAN imagine two scenarios for pronoun "it", the option is eliminated.

D) Once men used to think of land as simply private property, but they consider it now

should be "simple private property". or "a simply private property" or " simply as private property". this error also appears in other options.
I do not know the exact grammatical explanation for this.

E) Once thought of simply as private property, land is now considered

although slightly changes the meaning, it has no red flags

Request guidance on answer D and E,
Is the word "simply" a reason for elimination of Answer D?
Doesn't "E" generalize the entire population and not of just "men"?
Looking forward to your advise.

Hi,
Choice (C): "There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from once considering it simply private property to now considering it"

In choice C, I find only one issue, i.e. 'as' missing after private property. Am I right in my evaluation?

regards,
Deepak

Hey generis ,

Why did you stop posting your analysis for the month of Sept 2020, I enjoyed reading your analysis.

Could you please provide to this question.

A) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from thinking it simply private property to that now of - Here 'simply' is incorrectly modifying private property. Also, thinking is not the right change. We are talking about a fundamental shift, so it should be in present tense and the correct idiom is 'think of X as Y'

B) There have been changes in how men think of land, a change from that of simple private property to now that of - the word "that" before simple private property does not make sense.

C) There has been a change in how men think of land, a change from once considering it simply private property to now considering it - Again simply private property is not correct

D) Once men used to think of land as simply private property, but they consider it now - the correct idiom is "Consider X Y"

E) Once thought of simply as private property, land is now considered - The most succinct and crisp answer choice

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Does (E) not change the meaning of the sentence? The original sentence explicitly calls out MEN, while (E) omits this.. Wouldn't this imply that EVERYONE's thoughts changed, not just men?

For me, the answer [E] is extremely simple yet effective and nothing's wrong with it.