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The status of photography as an art form was initially unclear: at the International Exhibition of 1862, for example, organizers debated over if photographs should be exhibited with the machines or with the paintings and sculptures.
A) over if photographs should be exhibited
B) whether photographs should be exhibited
C) that the photographs should be exhibited
D) as to the exhibition of photographs
E) about the photographs’ exhibition
29 Apr 2020, 00:15
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Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
• Meaning?
When photography was new, people did not know whether to classify it as an art form or as technology. In fact, organizers of an exhibition discussed whether to showcase photography with paintings and sculptures or with machines.
• Strip the sentence of non-essential material
The sentence, stripped:
Organizers debated over if photographs should be exhibited with the machines or with the paintings and sculptures.
THE OPTIONS (in a shortened sentence)
Quote:
• the word IF is used to specify conditions or hypothetical situations
Correct (zero conditional): If you freeze water, it expands.
Correct (second conditional or hypothetical): If he were genuinely democratic, he would not wage war on the press. (But he isn't democratic, and he does wage war on the press.)
• the word IF does not express uncertainty about alternatives or choices.
In this case, those alternatives are about where to hang exhibition photographs
Wrong: I don't know if he wants cake or pie for his birthday party.
-- ambiguity is one reason that we do not use IF to express uncertainty about alternatives
-- The sentence above could mean:
(1) he may not want cake at his birthday party and he may not want pie, either, and I do not know whether he wants one, the other, or neither.
(2) he may want cake at his birthday party or he may want pie, but I do not know which one he wants.
• the organizers discussed where to showcase the photographs: with art or with machines
-- this situation is not about a condition or a hypothetical. IF is inappropriate.
ELIMINATE A
Quote:
Whether is used correctly to show that the organizers were not sure about which of two alternatives was the correct exhibit in which to showcase photography
KEEP
Quote:
• There is no such thing as debate that, except when that is a relative pronoun followed by a clause that tells something essential about the debate
Wrong: We debated that he wanted cake or pie for his birthday party.
Correct: The scholars at the conference engaged in a debate that seemed trivial.
• The sentence is babble.
-- You and I cannot debate that something should be done.
We can agree that something should be done. We can argue that something should be done.
Option C's phrasing is nonsensical.
• compare to option B, which we have kept. Option B is better.
ELIMINATE C
Quote:
• "as to" is not really idiomatic does not convey meaning as clearly as "whether"
• as to is colloquial and almost never used in formal writing
-- In formal written U.S. English, if as to is supposed to mean about, then we use about rather than as to
-- this phrase is somewhat prevalent in British English, so just be a little careful.
-- although you may see so as to on the GMAT, I doubt that you will see as to in a correct answer.
• ambiguous meaning? Maybe no meaning.
Ambiguous: are they debating whether they should exhibit the photographs at all, (photographs that, IF shown, will be exhibited either with art or with machines)?
Or are they debating which group better suits the exhibition of photographs?
• Compare to option B. No contest. Option B wins.
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
• The word "about" is not really idiomatic does not convey meaning as clearly as "whether"
• We can debate about a topic — the wisdom of a newly passed law, for example.
-- But "debate about" does not automatically signal choosing between alternatives, whereas "whether" does so.
• Option B is better.
ELIMINATE E
THE ANSWER IS B.
• NOTES
A debate that involves alternatives? In general, use whether.
Sentences that involve a question-challenge or a debate almost always use whether (and not if).
Whether signals a choice between two or more alternatives.
Correct: She did not know whether to laugh or to cry.
Correct: Whether democratic institutions are in danger is a prominent question at scholarly conferences.
If signals a conditional or a hypothetical sentence.
Correct: If it rains, the pollution clears.
Correct: If I were you, I would add salt to that soup.
GMAC has tested dispute and debate a fair bit.
Again, as a general rule, in SC sentences people will be quarreling about
--whether to do something or not ["or not" is not redundant in this instance); and
-- whether to do XYZ or Abc
Native speakers mistakenly use if rather than whether most of the time.
No kidding. This colloquialism drives me crazy-ish.
I often holler at the television or radio because even really talented newscasters make this mistake.
Wrong: We don't know if the governors will get the hospital supplies they so desperately need.
Correct: We don't know whether the governors will get the hospital supplies they so desperately need.
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29 Apr 2020, 02:58
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A) over if photographs should be exhibited - over if -wrong idiomatically, also whether is preferred when only two choices are present
B) whether photographs should be exhibited
C) that the photographs should be exhibited - 'that' doesn't express dilemma
D) as to the exhibition of photographs - use of 'as' here is wrong, we are not comparing anything
E) about the photographs’ exhibition - 'about' doesn't express dilemma
B) whether photographs should be exhibited
C) that the photographs should be exhibited - 'that' doesn't express dilemma
D) as to the exhibition of photographs - use of 'as' here is wrong, we are not comparing anything
E) about the photographs’ exhibition - 'about' doesn't express dilemma
