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Unlike Walt Whitman's gregariousness, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than to soak up the energy of a bustling crowd.
(A) Unlike Walt Whitman's gregariousness, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than to soak up
(B) Unlike Walt Whitman's gregariousness, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant to linger in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
(C) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than to soak up
(D) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
(E) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant to linger in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
(A) Unlike Walt Whitman's gregariousness, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than to soak up
(B) Unlike Walt Whitman's gregariousness, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant to linger in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
(C) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than to soak up
(D) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
(E) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant to linger in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
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Unlike Walt Whitman's gregariousness, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than to soak up the energy of a bustling crowd.
(A) Unlike Walt Whitman's gregariousness, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than to soak up
(B) Unlike Walt Whitman's gregariousness, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant to linger in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
(C) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than to soak up
(D) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
(E) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant to linger in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
(A) Unlike Walt Whitman's gregariousness, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than to soak up
(B) Unlike Walt Whitman's gregariousness, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant to linger in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
(C) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than to soak up
(D) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
(E) Unlike the gregarious Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau had far more of a penchant to linger in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up
Magoosh Official Explanation
Split #1: the comparison. We need to compare a person to a person, or a quality to a quality. All five answer choices have the person "Henry David Thoreau" after the comma, so before the comma we also need a person. Choices (A) & (B) have "Walt Whitman's gregariousness", a quality of a person, so these have an illogical comparison. Choices (C) & (D) & (E) correctly compare a person, "the gregarious Walt Whitman," to a person, so only these could be correct.
Split #2: idiom + parallelism. First of all, a tricky idiom involves the word "penchant" --- the correct idiom is "penchant for" + [participle], not "penchant" + [infinitive] --- "penchant for lingering" is correct, and "penchant to linger" is idiomatically incorrect. BUT, even if you didn't know this idiom, look at the parallelism: the verbs "linger" and "soak" must be in parallel form. Look at the last three choices. We have
(C) "lingering" (participle) and "to soak" (infinitive) ---- not parallel
(D) "lingering" (participle) and "soaking" (participle) ---- parallel
(E) "to linger" (infinitive) and "soaking" (participle) ---- not parallel
Even if you didn't know the correct idiom, only choice (D) has the two verbs in parallel --- and following the correct idiom.
Choice (D) is the only possible answer.
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A) Incorrect as it compares Walt Whitman's gregariousness with Henry David Thoreau. We need to either compare both of their gregariousness, or compare them. This answer choice is not parallel: "had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than to soak up...". Wrong
B) While this answer corrects the initial mistake of parallelism, it still compares Walt Whitman's gregariousness with Henry David Thoreau. Wrong
C) This choice corrects the initial comparison error, however, it still has the initial parallelism error. Wrong
D) This choice corrects the initial error of comparison by comparing Walt Whitman to Henry Thoreau. It also corrects the parallelism error by having had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up..." Both parts use for and end in -ing. Correct
E) Although changed, this choice still has a parallelism issue. Wrong
Answer D
B) While this answer corrects the initial mistake of parallelism, it still compares Walt Whitman's gregariousness with Henry David Thoreau. Wrong
C) This choice corrects the initial comparison error, however, it still has the initial parallelism error. Wrong
D) This choice corrects the initial error of comparison by comparing Walt Whitman to Henry Thoreau. It also corrects the parallelism error by having had far more of a penchant for lingering in the stillness of the forest than for soaking up..." Both parts use for and end in -ing. Correct
E) Although changed, this choice still has a parallelism issue. Wrong
Answer D
