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Updated on: 04 Oct 2019, 19:39
Originally posted by vineetgupta on 26 Nov 2006, 00:30.
Last edited by generis on 04 Oct 2019, 19:39, edited 4 times in total.
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To read of Abigail Adams' lengthy separation from her family, her difficult travels, and her constant battles with illness is to feel intensely how harsh life was even for the so-called aristocracy of Revolutionary times.
(A) To read of
(B) Reading about
(C) Having read about
(D) Once one reads of
(E) To have read of
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(A) To read of
(B) Reading about
(C) Having read about
(D) Once one reads of
(E) To have read of
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27 Sep 2013, 11:03
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Choice A
The sentence uses simple present tense structure :- To read X(subject) is(verb) to feel Y(object)
Is is the main verb.
The subject To read and the object to feel are in the infinitive form (Infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word to plus a verb [in simplest form] and acts as a Noun, adjective, or adverb).
The Infinitive form of both subject and object makes the subject phrase and the object phrase parallel to each other.
A) Sentence is correct as written.
B) INCORRECT :- Here the subject used in gerund form Reading, which is not parallel with object (which is an infinitive).
C) INCORRECT :- Awkward subject phrase Having read
D) INCORRECT :- Here reads acts as verb and thus the sentence contains two verbs reads and is with any conjunction. The usage of once is confusing.
E) INCORRECT :- Redundant have makes the subject wordy.
Hope that helps!
07 Nov 2017, 11:28
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Yup, "to read of" is definitely an idiomatic construction -- one of about 25,000 idioms in English.
For whatever it's worth, here's the difference between "to read" and "to read of":
- "to read X" --> X is generally something that you can actually read, like a book or a poem or a report. "To read a Greek cookbook is to feel an indescribable longing for feta cheese and baklava." Or a simpler example: "I like to read books about Afghani cuisine."
- "to read of X" --> X is generally a topic or an idea, and not an actual document. "To read of Greek cuisine is to feel an indescribable longing for feta cheese and baklava." Or a simpler example: "I like to read of Afghani cuisine." (Though that sounds pretentious as all hell, and I'm not sure why we wouldn't just say "I like to read ABOUT Afghani cuisine.")
I wouldn't lose too much sleep over this one, though. Again, there are about 25,000 idioms in English, and I'd be really, really surprised if you run into this particular construction ever again on the GMAT. This particular question is official, but it's as old as dirt, and sounds like an outdated form of English. So the odds that you have to deal with this particular type of sentence again are really, really slim.
