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23 May 2021, 17:44
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It was not long after the 1930s commenced that such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to the popularization of a type of romantic, soothing singing that came to be called “crooning.”
A. It was not long after the 1930s commenced that such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to
B. Not long after the commencement of the decade of the 1930s, baritone singers such as Bing Crosby and also Russ Columbo decided to participate in
C. Not long after the commencement of the 1930s began, baritone singers like Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to
D. Not long after the beginning of the 1930s commencement, baritone singers such as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo had contributed to
E. It was not long after the 1930s commenced that baritone singers such as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo had decided to participate in
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There's a slight difference between the two. (Participate / Contribute)
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A. It was not long after the 1930s commenced that such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to
B. Not long after the commencement of the decade of the 1930s, baritone singers such as Bing Crosby and also Russ Columbo decided to participate in
C. Not long after the commencement of the 1930s began, baritone singers like Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to
D. Not long after the beginning of the 1930s commencement, baritone singers such as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo had contributed to
E. It was not long after the 1930s commenced that baritone singers such as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo had decided to participate in
Comparing this question and similar question under active discussion (https://gmatclub.com/forum/it-was-not-l ... 58623.html)
There's a slight difference between the two. (Participate / Contribute)
I'm hoping someone can shed more light on this.
23 May 2021, 17:53
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:
The original sentence correctly uses the simple past tense contributed to refer to an event that occurred in the past.
Furthermore, the original sentence correctly uses such as to introduce examples of baritone singers who made a contribution to the popularization of the “crooning” style of singing.
Note that it is acceptable to place words between such and as (such baritone singers as). In order to do this correctly, the intervening words (baritone singers) must be the category to which the examples (Crosby and Columbo) belong.
(A) CORRECT. As explained above, this choice uses the proper verb tense and is idiomatically correct.
(B) The 1930s is a decade, so it is redundant to state of the decade. Furthermore, and also is redundant—and means the same thing as also in this context.
(C) The commencement of the 1930s began is redundant; commencement and began convey the same meaning. In addition, the word like means similar to; the phrase such as should be used to introduce examples.
(D) The beginning of the 1930s commencement is redundant; beginning and commencement convey the same meaning. In addition, the choice incorrectly uses the past perfect had contributed. The contributed action occurs after the beginning of the 1930s, not before; past perfect is used to convey something that happened before something else.
(E) The choice incorrectly uses the past perfect had decided. The decided action occurs after the beginning of the 1930s, not before; past perfect is used to convey something that happened before something else. The sentence clearly indicates that they decided to participate “not long after” the 1930s commenced, so past perfect is not appropriate to use.
The original sentence correctly uses the simple past tense contributed to refer to an event that occurred in the past.
Furthermore, the original sentence correctly uses such as to introduce examples of baritone singers who made a contribution to the popularization of the “crooning” style of singing.
Note that it is acceptable to place words between such and as (such baritone singers as). In order to do this correctly, the intervening words (baritone singers) must be the category to which the examples (Crosby and Columbo) belong.
(A) CORRECT. As explained above, this choice uses the proper verb tense and is idiomatically correct.
(B) The 1930s is a decade, so it is redundant to state of the decade. Furthermore, and also is redundant—and means the same thing as also in this context.
(C) The commencement of the 1930s began is redundant; commencement and began convey the same meaning. In addition, the word like means similar to; the phrase such as should be used to introduce examples.
(D) The beginning of the 1930s commencement is redundant; beginning and commencement convey the same meaning. In addition, the choice incorrectly uses the past perfect had contributed. The contributed action occurs after the beginning of the 1930s, not before; past perfect is used to convey something that happened before something else.
(E) The choice incorrectly uses the past perfect had decided. The decided action occurs after the beginning of the 1930s, not before; past perfect is used to convey something that happened before something else. The sentence clearly indicates that they decided to participate “not long after” the 1930s commenced, so past perfect is not appropriate to use.
30 May 2021, 21:30
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sm1510, I don't think there is anything wrong with changing a couple of words in the options. I think I have seen it in some official questions (Sorry, but I can't think of one right now. Perhaps, an expert can confirm this). In this particular question, I think usage of different words makes thing clearer between A and E. Contributed to the popularization makes more sense than decided to participate in the popularization. Popularization is not an activity per se that you can just decide to participate it (may not be an absolute error, but definitely adds more points to A). Of course, the verb tense issue is the major problem with E.
