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avohden
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WE:Accounting (Accounting)
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While being a teenager, Elmer Bernstein met the famous composer Aaron Copland, who encouraged Bernstein to continue his study of music.
A. While being a teenager
B. While in his teenage years
C. At the time of his being a teenager
D. As being a teenager
E. As a teenager
oe to follow
A. While being a teenager
B. While in his teenage years
C. At the time of his being a teenager
D. As being a teenager
E. As a teenager
oe to follow
14 Nov 2013, 11:21
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avohden
Dear avohden,
I'm happy to help.
As usual, the word "being" is a good indication that an answer is not phrased in the best possible way. The "being" is not automatically wrong 100% of the time, but it's far more common in incorrect answer choices than in correct choices. Here, choices (A) & (C) & (D) all use it in hideous constructions: all three of those are wrong.
Choice (B) is grammatically correct, but it's a bit wordy. If there were nothing better, this could be a correct answer.
Choice (E), though, is very elegant: in a very short phrase, it is grammatically correct, and communicates everything efficiently. Choice (E) is the best answer.
Does all this make sense?
Mike
avohden
Joined: 09 Jul 2013
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Given Kudos: 630
Status:1,750 Q's attempted and counting
Affiliations: University of Florida
Location: United States (FL)
Schools: Warrington (A)
GMAT 1: 570 Q42 V28
GMAT 2: 610 Q44 V30
GMAT 3: 600 Q45 V29
GMAT 4: 590 Q35 V35
GPA: 3.45
WE:Accounting (Accounting)
17 Nov 2013, 22:08
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official explanation
Answer E - Since the underlined portion and the answer choices are so short, a vertical scan quickly reveals the five choices and their differences. (E) is the most succinct and efficient way to get across the idea. In this case, all of the other choices are wordy; plus (A), (C) and (D) all use -ing constructions which are frequently (though not always) wrong on Sentence Correction.
While (B) has no definite errors, when we compare (B) to (E), we see that (E) conveys the idea more efficiently, therefore (E) is correct.
Answer E - Since the underlined portion and the answer choices are so short, a vertical scan quickly reveals the five choices and their differences. (E) is the most succinct and efficient way to get across the idea. In this case, all of the other choices are wordy; plus (A), (C) and (D) all use -ing constructions which are frequently (though not always) wrong on Sentence Correction.
While (B) has no definite errors, when we compare (B) to (E), we see that (E) conveys the idea more efficiently, therefore (E) is correct.
