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In bourgeois culture, where it is considered that running a machine is less noble than to be a lawyer or a metaphysician, parents often make great sacrifices to put their children through secondary school and college.
A) where it is considered that running a machine is less noble than to be a lawyer or a metaphysician
B) where it is considered more noble to be a lawyer or a metaphysician than to run machines
C) which consider that running machines is less noble than to be a lawyer or a metaphysician
D) which considers it more noble to be a lawyer or a metaphysician than running machines
E) considering it more noble being a lawyer or a metaphysician than to run a machine
27 Aug 2020, 22:06
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
The word where?
Contrary to near-universal aspirant belief, the word where is not restricted to an actual physical location.
Mind you, the alternative usage is rare—but that usage exists.
Read the explanation below.
We are dealing with a rare 4-1 split.
In the comparison More X than Y, elements X and Y must be parallel.
That is, X and Y must be the same grammatical form and must play similar logical roles in the sentence.
In options A and C, running [a machine/machines] and to be [a lawyer or a metaphysician] are not parallel.
→ running is a gerund, whereas to be is an infinitive
In option D, to be [a lawyer or a metaphysician] and running [machines] are not parallel.
In option E, being [a lawyer or a metaphysician] and to run [a machine] are not parallel.
→ being is a gerund, whereas to run is an infinitive
(If you were tempted to eliminate E because it used being, you were wrong. Being a lawyer is a noun phrase.
When being forms a noun phrase, it is correct.)
Eliminate A, C, D, and E
Answer: B
• What about the word where? Shouldn't where refer only to actual physical locations?
No, not only.
Where can also refer to a type of society or a type of community.
I have noted as much in at least three OEs, including a recent one that you can find here.
Again, on the GMAT, the word where can refer to community or society (or part of a society, including bourgeois culture).
Spoiler alert!
Official question #1: here.
Official question #2: here.
Be careful: although it is permissible to use where to refer to something that is not an actual physical location, such usage is not common on the GMAT.
The fact that where can (very rarely) refer to a part of society confirms what we already know from slam-dunk POE: option B is the correct answer.
→ options A, C, D, and E are not parallel.
There is no chance in Hades that to be a lawyer and running a machine will ever be parallel on the GMAT.
Takeaway: trust POE
You know that parallelism is among the most heavily tested of SC concepts.
Think as a test writer would.
→ Parallelism involves grammar, logic, and meaning.
→ what where may refer to is a single grammar guideline and in the scheme of things, a very small detail
Lack of parallelism is fatal.
A strange-looking where (which turns out to be permissible) is not fatal.
Does option B maintain parallel structure?
Yep.
→ to be and to run are parallel
And it's the answer.
COMMENTS
vijk , welcome to SC Butler.
Sentence Correction can be frustrating, but you all have handled yourselves gracefully, even though not all of you reasoned yourselves to the correct answer.
Kudos go to correct answers with good explanations.
Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
The word where?
Contrary to near-universal aspirant belief, the word where is not restricted to an actual physical location.
Mind you, the alternative usage is rare—but that usage exists.
Read the explanation below.
Quote:
• Split #1: Parallelism
We are dealing with a rare 4-1 split.
In the comparison More X than Y, elements X and Y must be parallel.
That is, X and Y must be the same grammatical form and must play similar logical roles in the sentence.
In options A and C, running [a machine/machines] and to be [a lawyer or a metaphysician] are not parallel.
→ running is a gerund, whereas to be is an infinitive
In option D, to be [a lawyer or a metaphysician] and running [machines] are not parallel.
In option E, being [a lawyer or a metaphysician] and to run [a machine] are not parallel.
→ being is a gerund, whereas to run is an infinitive
(If you were tempted to eliminate E because it used being, you were wrong. Being a lawyer is a noun phrase.
When being forms a noun phrase, it is correct.)
Eliminate A, C, D, and E
Answer: B
• What about the word where? Shouldn't where refer only to actual physical locations?
No, not only.
Where can also refer to a type of society or a type of community.
I have noted as much in at least three OEs, including a recent one that you can find here.
Again, on the GMAT, the word where can refer to community or society (or part of a society, including bourgeois culture).
Spoiler alert!
Official question #1: here.
Official question #2: here.
Be careful: although it is permissible to use where to refer to something that is not an actual physical location, such usage is not common on the GMAT.
The fact that where can (very rarely) refer to a part of society confirms what we already know from slam-dunk POE: option B is the correct answer.
→ options A, C, D, and E are not parallel.
There is no chance in Hades that to be a lawyer and running a machine will ever be parallel on the GMAT.
Takeaway: trust POE
You know that parallelism is among the most heavily tested of SC concepts.
Think as a test writer would.
→ Parallelism involves grammar, logic, and meaning.
→ what where may refer to is a single grammar guideline and in the scheme of things, a very small detail
Lack of parallelism is fatal.
A strange-looking where (which turns out to be permissible) is not fatal.
Does option B maintain parallel structure?
Yep.
→ to be and to run are parallel
And it's the answer.
COMMENTS
vijk , welcome to SC Butler.
Sentence Correction can be frustrating, but you all have handled yourselves gracefully, even though not all of you reasoned yourselves to the correct answer.
Kudos go to correct answers with good explanations.
27 Aug 2020, 22:16
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I chose (D) as the best answer among five options. (D) does not strictly adhere to parallelism rule between "to be" and "-ing".
(A) Where should modify a space, not a culture.
(B) See above. I do notice that parallelism between "to be" and "to run". It is possible that the OA is (B).
(C) which refers to a singular noun (culture), so "consider" should be "considers"
(A) Where should modify a space, not a culture.
(B) See above. I do notice that parallelism between "to be" and "to run". It is possible that the OA is (B).
(C) which refers to a singular noun (culture), so "consider" should be "considers"
) and it needs a plural verb form of 'consider.' 
