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22 Jun 2021, 22:19
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Urban waterfronts are increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects, not long ago regarded to be undesirable.
A) Urban waterfronts are increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects, not long ago regarded to be undesirable.
B) Urban waterfronts, which were not long ago considered undesirable, are increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects.
C) Increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects, urban waterfronts not long ago regarded as undesirable
D) Not long ago regarded to be undesirable, urban waterfronts are increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects.
E) Urban waterfronts, not long ago considered as undesirable, are increasingly prized for prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects.
22 Jun 2021, 22:22
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
The meaning may not be obvious from the prompt.
In such a case, use the options—as many as you need. The intended meaning should become apparent.
This sentence suggests that urban waterfronts, which not long ago were considered undesirable, are increasingly valued as prime real estate and are set apart for upscale housing and shopping projects.
THE OPTIONS
→ Noun modifiers should be placed as close as possible to the nouns that they modify.
→ The placement of "not long ago" conveys the wrong meaning.
The upscale housing and shopping projects were not the things that were considered undesirable. Urban waterfronts
→ The phrase not long ago regarded to be undesirable is modifying urban waterfronts and so should be next to that.
• idiom error: Regard to be is the incorrect idiom.
→ The correct idiom is regard as. See notes. This idiom is tested a fair bit.
ELIMINATE A
• idiom
Considered X, Y is the correct idiom. (As is considered to be, albeit much more rarely than the former on the GMAT. See Notes.)
• The which-clause is a noun modifier and is correctly placed right after the noun it modifies: waterfronts.
KEEP
ELIMINATE C
The correct idiom is regarded as and not regarded to be.
ELIMINATE D
Consider as is the incorrect idiom, as is prized for
ELIMINATE E
The correct answer is B.
NOTES
• IDIOMS: CONSIDER vs REGARD
GMAC tests this idiom a decent bit.
Correct and common: consider X, Y
Correct but rare: consider to be
Correct: regard as
Wrong: Consider as
Wrong: Regard to be
Wrong: Regard X, Y
On the GMAT, Consider X, Y is tested fairly often.
You will have been told that consider to be is not idiomatic.
That information conflicts with two recent official questions.
Consider to be is not common, but the construction is acceptable.
One official question uses only "consider to be" in all of its answer choices.
That official question is here.
A couple of other official questions use consider to be in the non-underlined portion of the prompt.
You can find one of those official questions by clicking here.]
I know that many sources, including one top-notch SC book, contend that consider to be is suspect or unidiomatic.
When a non-official source conflicts with an official source, the official source wins. Every time.
The phrase consider to be is used in both the underlined and non-underlined portions of official sentence correction questions.
When someone writes that"consider to be" and "consider as" are unidiomatic on the GMAT, ignore the "consider to be" part.
That fact may have been true at the time the person posted the comment or wrote the book.
If the comment is from late 2017 to the present, then its author is just repeating a belief that no longer holds.
I've linked you to two recent official questions that use consider to be.
COMMENTS
A lot of this analysis is very good.
There are a couple of wrong turns and some assertion without explanation, but the answers are correct—
and the kudos are yours.
Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC2)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
• Meaning?
The meaning may not be obvious from the prompt.
In such a case, use the options—as many as you need. The intended meaning should become apparent.
This sentence suggests that urban waterfronts, which not long ago were considered undesirable, are increasingly valued as prime real estate and are set apart for upscale housing and shopping projects.
THE OPTIONS
Quote:
• modifier misplacement
→ Noun modifiers should be placed as close as possible to the nouns that they modify.
→ The placement of "not long ago" conveys the wrong meaning.
The upscale housing and shopping projects were not the things that were considered undesirable. Urban waterfronts
→ The phrase not long ago regarded to be undesirable is modifying urban waterfronts and so should be next to that.
• idiom error: Regard to be is the incorrect idiom.
→ The correct idiom is regard as. See notes. This idiom is tested a fair bit.
ELIMINATE A
Quote:
• I do not see any erros
• idiom
Considered X, Y is the correct idiom. (As is considered to be, albeit much more rarely than the former on the GMAT. See Notes.)
• The which-clause is a noun modifier and is correctly placed right after the noun it modifies: waterfronts.
KEEP
Quote:
• Missing verb: the subject of the main clause, urban waterfronts, does not have a verb. The sentence is a fragment.
ELIMINATE C
Quote:
• idiom error
The correct idiom is regarded as and not regarded to be.
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
• idiom errors
Consider as is the incorrect idiom, as is prized for
ELIMINATE E
The correct answer is B.
NOTES
• IDIOMS: CONSIDER vs REGARD
GMAC tests this idiom a decent bit.
Correct and common: consider X, Y
Correct but rare: consider to be
Correct: regard as
Wrong: Consider as
Wrong: Regard to be
Wrong: Regard X, Y
On the GMAT, Consider X, Y is tested fairly often.
You will have been told that consider to be is not idiomatic.
That information conflicts with two recent official questions.
Consider to be is not common, but the construction is acceptable.
One official question uses only "consider to be" in all of its answer choices.
That official question is here.
A couple of other official questions use consider to be in the non-underlined portion of the prompt.
You can find one of those official questions by clicking here.]
I know that many sources, including one top-notch SC book, contend that consider to be is suspect or unidiomatic.
When a non-official source conflicts with an official source, the official source wins. Every time.
The phrase consider to be is used in both the underlined and non-underlined portions of official sentence correction questions.
When someone writes that
That fact may have been true at the time the person posted the comment or wrote the book.
If the comment is from late 2017 to the present, then its author is just repeating a belief that no longer holds.
I've linked you to two recent official questions that use consider to be.
COMMENTS
A lot of this analysis is very good.
There are a couple of wrong turns and some assertion without explanation, but the answers are correct—
and the kudos are yours.
General Discussion
22 Jun 2021, 22:55
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Urban waterfronts are increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects, not long ago regarded to be undesirable.
A) Urban waterfronts are increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects, not long ago regarded to be undesirable. Incorrect
regarded as correct idioms
B) Urban waterfronts, which were not long ago considered undesirable, are increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects. Correct
C) Increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects, urban waterfronts not long ago regarded as undesirable Incorrect
missing verb
D) Not long ago regarded to be undesirable, urban waterfronts are increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects. Incorrect
regarded as correct idioms
E) Urban waterfronts, not long ago considered as undesirable, are increasingly prized for prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects. Incorrect
considered as wrong idioms
A) Urban waterfronts are increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects, not long ago regarded to be undesirable. Incorrect
regarded as correct idioms
B) Urban waterfronts, which were not long ago considered undesirable, are increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects. Correct
C) Increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects, urban waterfronts not long ago regarded as undesirable Incorrect
missing verb
D) Not long ago regarded to be undesirable, urban waterfronts are increasingly prized as prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects. Incorrect
regarded as correct idioms
E) Urban waterfronts, not long ago considered as undesirable, are increasingly prized for prime real estate and dedicated to upscale housing and shopping projects. Incorrect
considered as wrong idioms
