The Final days of marie, for most of her life regarded to be

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The Final days of marie, for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,were endured  with unexpected dignity and remorse.

a) The Final days of marie,for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,were endured
b) for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,marie's final days were endured
c) marie,for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, endured her final days
d) marie,being for most of her life regarded egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, endured her final days
e) being for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, marie endured her final days

KyleWiddison · Accepted Answer

Interesting question here.

A - the modifier could be confused to modify to "final days" instead of Marie; without Marie as the subject the meaning of the sentences is unclear - who endured the final days of Marie with dignity? Marie herself? Her family? Friends?
B - the modifier "for most of her life..." is illogically modifying "final days" instead of "Marie"
C - Marie is correctly modified; making Marie the subject conveys clear meaning that she endured her final days with remorse - CORRECT
D - Unnecessarily includes "being" what otherwise would be a correct sentence
E - Again uses "being" unnecessarily

KW

Puneethrao · Answer

Even I think it's c , can anyone provide the solution!!

kulkarnios · Answer

a) The Final days of marie,for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,were endured
c) marie,for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, endured her final days

I think it is between A and C.

In A : "for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative" does this part wrongly refers to  The Final Days  of Marie, and not Marie?

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shapla · Answer

I think C is the correct answer as it sounds grammatically ok...

wastedyouth · Answer

OA is C

In additon to reasoning given by KyleWiddison , Correct idiom is REGARDED AS

KyleWiddison · Answer

Cool. You know, that particular idiom is a prime example of why the GMAT is getting away from 'meaningless' idiom questions. When I say meaningless, what I'm referring to are idioms that don't impact the meaning when you get them wrong. 'Regarded as' is the correct idiom, but 'regarded to be' essentially means the same thing.

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daagh · Answer

Adding to what Kyle has said on this, although the larger picture looks good enough structure-wise, yet there is an uneasy calm in the particular expression 'selfish exploitative'. Selfishly exploitative would have been more parallel with egregiously sly; 
But no harm; still not a high grade one GMAT- wise , I suppose

roban22j · Answer

The answer is C

a) The Final days of marie,for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,were endured ... C is a better option , Marie had to endure difficulties in her final days , but the usage here indicates that final days had to endure stuff
b) for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,marie's final days were endured ... Issue with meaning ,The modifier should modify Marie not Marie's final days
c) marie,for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, endured her final days.... the modifier correctly modifies Marie in this sentence
d) marie,being for most of her life regarded egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, endured her final days ............ Usage of Being
e) being for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, marie endured her final days ............ Usage of Being

vikrantgulia · Answer

I have a doubt that for option C . what is the verb for the sentence ?

KyleWiddison · Answer

Not sure that I fully understand your doubt, but the verb for the sentence in C is "endured". Marie   endured...

KW

cssk · Answer

C is the answer. The question tests modifier and idiom errors.

Aldorado · Answer

Hello Kyle, Could you please confirm whether it is allowed to have a modifier that modifies the object of a prepositon. For instance in Option A, the modifier "for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative" clearly is modifying "marie" (object of the preposition "of"). I have seen quite a number of incorrect options where the above pattern was used, but all of them had other problems as well. So I am having a hard time figuring out if this is allowed. beatrix-potter-in-her-book-illustrations-carefully-64899.html I noticed this pattern in the above OG question as well. Option B does exactly this. Many Thanks :-)

KyleWiddison · Answer

Yes, a modifier can modify the object of a preposition. Look at the example of Beatrix Potter that you sent. The correct answer is written as "In her book illustrations, which she carefully coordinated with her narratives" and the 'which' modifier is modifying illustrations - the object of the prepositional phrase 'in her book illustrations'.

With modifiers you have to be able to determine if the right thing is modified in the right way. That is why modifier questions can get pretty tricky.

KW

kanusha · Answer

The Final days of marie, for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,were endured with unexpected dignity and remorse.
a) The Final days of marie,for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, were  endured
b)  for most of her life regarded to be  egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,marie's final days were endured -  Who's life marie or marie's last days? 
c)  marie ,for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,  endured  her final days
d) marie, being  for most of her life regarded egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, endured her final days
e)  being  for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, marie endured her final days

Modifying phrase : The final days of marie
Type of Errors : were endured - wrong verb were
Being - wrong, awkward 
Kyle is my analysis is right?
C

Nunuboy1994 · Answer

The correct idiom is regard as not regard to be

C

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

This question is based on Modifiers and Idiomatic Usage.

The options give us the choice between the phrases ‘regarded as’ and ‘regarded to be’. The phrase ‘regarded as’ is idiomatically more appropriate.

The sentence contains a  subject – Marie  – and  a verb -endured. 
We also get  three pieces of information  –  the final days ,  for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish , and  with unexpected dignity and remorse . The appropriate option is the one that puts the information in place with the subject and verb.

Option A contains the idiomatically inappropriate expression ‘regarded to be’. Furthermore, the placement of the modifier causes ambiguity as it is not clear whether the modifier is modifying Marie or the final days. So, Option A can be eliminated.

In Option B, the modifier -  for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative  – is placed immediately before  the subject “Marie’s final days”. The apostrophe and ‘s’ after Marie makes final days the subject of the modifier. Since the sentence becomes illogical,  Option B can be eliminated.

In Option D, there is no conjunction after the verb ‘regarded’, making the expression incomplete. This option also contains the redundant participle ‘being’. So, Option D can be eliminated.
 
 The participle ‘being’ is redundant in this option also. So, Option E can also be eliminated.
 
 In this option, the modifier is appropriately placed after the subject “Marie”. This option also contains the idiomatically appropriate phrase ‘regarded as’.  Therefore, C is the best of all the options.

Jayanthi Kumar.

scranjith · Answer

C) Marie,for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, endured her final days with unexpected dignity and remorse.
e) being for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, marie endured her final days

In option C, the modifying phrase (for most...) is between comma and can be treated as non-essential. I thought it could be an essential information.

Also what's wrong with 'being' in option E. The above answer says redundant. Is 'being' redundant with 'for most of her life's?

Thanks

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