In an August 1, 2002 legal memo that would later become a lightning ro

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In an August 1, 2002 legal memo that would later become a lightning rod for controversy, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Jay Bybee went on record as one of the first and most senior government officials to consider  controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing  with so-called unlawful enemy combatants.

(A) controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
(B) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
(C) controversial interrogation tactics as permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
(D) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions to be irrelevant in dealing
(E) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions as irrelevant in dealing

Archit3110 · Answer

IMO B ; controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing

In an August 1, 2002 legal memo that would later become a lightning rod for controversy, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Jay Bybee went on record as one of the first and most senior government officials to consider  controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing  with so-called unlawful enemy combatants.

(A) controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
(B) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
(C) controversial interrogation tactics as permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing
(D) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions to be irrelevant in dealing
(E) controversial interrogation tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions as irrelevant in dealing

Tracy95 · Answer

(B) is correct: we have the structure  
--> consider   and   in dealing ...

consider ... as ..., consider ... to be ... are both incorrect

daagh · Answer

Answer is B for maintaining the idiom structure considered "permissible" and "irrelevant", without polluting the structure with either 'to be' or 'as' in the two factors under issue.

ankaua · Answer

In an August 1, 2002 legal memo that would later become a lightning rod for controversy, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Jay Bybee went on record as one of the first and most senior government officials to consider controversial interrogation tactics to be permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant in dealing with so-called unlawful enemy combatants.

Idiomatic use:  consider X, Y ; "consider as" and "consider to be" are wrong.

B is correct:  consider  controversial interrogation tactics   permissible  and  international laws such as the Geneva Conventions   irrelevant  in dealing

eakabuah · Answer

The right answer is option B.

Funny enough I got a similar question wrong today on an SC butler question, which tests the same idiom. Well, the good part is that I've learned from my mistake.

This question tests the idiom  consider X Y  with a tiny twist whereby there is a parallelism with other elements  A B . So the idiom per the question is  consider X Y  and  A B .  X  and  A  are nouns while  Y  and  B  are adjectives.

The wrong forms of this idiom are  consider    X     to be     Y   and  consider    X     as     Y  
Options A and D use Consider X  to be  Y and this is the wrong form of the idiom. Options C and E use the consider X  as  Y and this is also wrong. Eliminate A, C, D, and E.

We are left with option B, which uses the right form of the idiom Consider X Y and maintains this construction in a parallel manner.

In an August 1, 2002 legal memo that would later become a lightning rod for controversy, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Jay Bybee went on record as one of the first and most senior government officials to  consider   controversial   interrogation tactics   to be  permissible and  international laws  such as the Geneva Conventions  irrelevant  in dealing with so-called unlawful enemy combatants.

(A)   controversial interrogation tactics     to be    permissible  and  international laws  such as the Geneva Conventions  irrelevant  in dealing  to be  is incorrect in the idiom.
(B)   controversial interrogation tactics /color]   permissible   and   international laws   such as the Geneva Conventions   irrelevant   in dealing. correct.
(C)  controversial interrogation tactics    as    permissible  and  international laws  such as the Geneva Conventions  irrelevant  in dealing.  as  is incorrect in the idiom
(D)  controversial interrogation tactics permissible  and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions   to be    irrelevant  in dealing  to be  is incorrect in the idiom.
(E)  controversial interrogation tactics permissible  and  international laws  such as the Geneva Conventions  as  irrelevant in dealing  as  is incorrect in the idiom.

exc4libur · Answer

MEANING
The AG was the first to consider 'interrogation tactics' permissible and 'international laws' irrelevant.

IDIOM: "consider X" without "as" or "to be".

Ans (B)

lacktutor · Answer

The correct idiom is “consider X Y”.

(A)...consider ... tactics to be... —> wrong

(B)...consider...tactics permissible and international laws ... irrelevant —> correct

(C)...consider ...tactics as permissible— wrong

(D)... consider ...tactics permissible and international laws ... to be irrelevant — wrong

(E)... consider ...tactics permissible and international laws ... as irrelevant — wrong

The correct answer is B

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CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

IMO, B is the right answer here. 
'to be' is redundant and the other options are not parallel.

shubangini · Answer

Answer is B

...Jay Bybee went on record ... x permissable any y irrelevant ...

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Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

When using the word  consider  to mean believe or contend, the word  as  or  to be  should not be used. Consequently, the sentence structure with  consider controversial interrogation...to be permissible  should be changed such that  to be  is removed. The correct idiom is:  to consider W X

The two things being considered (as well as how they are considered) should be parallel:
 to consider W X and   Y Z  where the second  to consider  is understood or implied and X and Z are parallel
 to consider controversial integration tactics permissible and international laws such as the Geneva Conventions irrelevant

A. the words  to be  should be eliminated as they are unnecessary and break the proper idiom  to consider W X 
B. the idiom t o consider W X and Y Z  is properly used as  to be  has been removed
C. the sentence structure ( to consider W as X and Y Z ) is neither parallel nor idiomatic
D. the sentence structure ( to consider W X and Y to be Z ) is neither parallel nor idiomatic
E. the sentence structure ( to consider W X and Y as Z ) is neither parallel nor idiomatic

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