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01 Sep 2021, 01:30
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One should have respect and cherish one's natural surroundings.
A. and cherish one's
B. for and cherish one's
C. for and cherish his
D. for and should also cherish one's
E. for and cherish their
A. and cherish one's
B. for and cherish one's
C. for and cherish his
D. for and should also cherish one's
E. for and cherish their
02 Sep 2021, 01:15
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
One should have respect and cherish one's natural surroundings.
A. and cherish one's
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The verb have respect requires a preposition in order to logically connect to one's natural surroundings. One has respect for something.
Whenever the first verb requires a preposition after it and the second verb does not, the preposition must not be omitted:
- Incorrect: John cares and loves Jane.
Correct: John cares for and loves Jane.
What helps us identify this question as a Split Construction question and identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:
- A split construction: Verb A + and/or + Verb B + object
B. for and cherish one's
This answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by adding the required preposition for in order to logically connect the verb have respect to the phrase one's natural surroundings.
C. for and cherish his
Although this answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by inserting the preposition for, it creates another grammatical error. The pronoun his can refer to human male nouns, but there's no such noun in the sentence.
The pronoun one agrees with itself only.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:
- Every pronoun in the underlined part of the sentence or after it
D. for and should also cherish one's
Although this answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by inserting the preposition for, it is wordy and, therefore, redundant. Look for a more concise answer choice.
E. for and cherish their
Although this answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by inserting the preposition for, it creates another grammatical error. The pronoun their refers to one but does not agree with it as one is singular and their is plural..
The pronoun one agrees with itself only.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:
- Every pronoun in the underlined part of the sentence or after it
General Discussion
01 Sep 2021, 03:04
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My answer is (B). It took me 24 seconds.
(A) Either "One should respect it" OR "One should have respect for it", but NOT "One should have respect it".
(B) One and one's are parallel.
(C) It used to be common practice, but such practice is now frowned upon. GMAT might not like it.
(D) Wordy, and "also" is also redundant.
(E) This is getting interesting. They / Their / Them is now widely embraced as a generic third-person singular pronoun in English. Does GMAT accept it? Because GMAT questions were written many years ago, test writers could not have been aware of the recent development. But things might change over time.
(A) Either "One should respect it" OR "One should have respect for it", but NOT "One should have respect it".
(B) One and one's are parallel.
(C) It used to be common practice, but such practice is now frowned upon. GMAT might not like it.
(D) Wordy, and "also" is also redundant.
(E) This is getting interesting. They / Their / Them is now widely embraced as a generic third-person singular pronoun in English. Does GMAT accept it? Because GMAT questions were written many years ago, test writers could not have been aware of the recent development. But things might change over time.
