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The federal prosecutor, William Starr, went on record to say that he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had with Lewinsky and then used it to build a case to discredit the witness.
A) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had with Lewinsky and then used it to build a case to discredit the witness.
B) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had had with Lewinsky and then they used it to build a case to discredit the witness.
C) although he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had with Lewinsky and then used it to build a case to discredit the witness.
D) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had had with Lewinsky while using it to build a case to discredit the witness.
E) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had with Lewinsky and using it to build a case to discredit the witness.
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
• Meaning?
The prosecutor suspected the aides of secretly taping a conversation and [suspected the aides of] using it to discredit the witness.
• Split #1 - Meaning-based parallelism
The options show choices between various forms of use—i.e., used or using.
Used is parallel to suspected. The problem in options A, B, and C is that the prosecutor suspected whereas the aides are the ones who "used" (the conversation).
Opting for used would suggest that the prosecutor suspected the surveillance and used it [himself] to discredit the witness.
However, why would the prosecutor "suspect" surveillance if he is eventually using it to do something?
Either he used it, in which case he already knew that there was surveillance, or he did not use it, but the ones who taped the conversation used it,
and the prosecutor merely suspected it.
Thus, the sensible sentence is that those who taped the conversation used it to discredit someone.
Use should be parallel to taping to convey the correct meaning.
In options A, B, and C, the verb parallelism skews the meaning.
Suspected and used are parallel, but it was the prosecutor who suspected (the aides of having done two things) and the aides who used the secretly taped conversation. The subjects and verbs make no sense.
(And what is that "although" doing in option C? We have a fragment.)
Eliminate A, B, and C
• Option D vs. option E
→ Option D: had had
No reason exists to use the past perfect (which signals the earlier of two past events), especially when past perfect creates this grammatical but ear-splitting "had had."
When the conversation happened is not at issue and not confusing.
→ Option D: while creates ambiguity or nonsense or both.
The use of the [subordinating] conjunction while leaves things ambiguous.
As a conjunction, while has two meanings.
One meaning indicates contrast: While some siblings quarrel incessantly, others never do.
One meaning is related to time: while describes something that is happening at the same time as something else.
This while does not mean contrast.
If while means simultaneous action, though, we have nonsense: taping and using cannot happen at the same time.
→ AND, in option E, makes more sense than while
In terms of construction, the prosecutor suspects the aides of doing two things, both of which are parallel objects of the verb suspected.
The prosecutor
............ suspected
.................., the aides
......................... of taping a conversation
.......................... AND
......................... of using the conversation to discredit the witness
Eliminate option D.
The correct answer is E.
COMMENTS
Sam1993 , welcome to SC Butler. We are glad to have you.
This question is a little bit sneaky, I think.
In hindsight, only one option really makes sense, but initially, the absence of obvious grammar error might make analysis difficult.
Not to worry.
Start with the basics: what is the subject? what is the verb?
Those questions should lead you to see that in options A, B, and C, something is very wrong with subjects and verbs.
Keep up the hard work.
Quote:
• Meaning?
The prosecutor suspected the aides of secretly taping a conversation and [suspected the aides of] using it to discredit the witness.
• Split #1 - Meaning-based parallelism
The options show choices between various forms of use—i.e., used or using.
Used is parallel to suspected. The problem in options A, B, and C is that the prosecutor suspected whereas the aides are the ones who "used" (the conversation).
Opting for used would suggest that the prosecutor suspected the surveillance and used it [himself] to discredit the witness.
However, why would the prosecutor "suspect" surveillance if he is eventually using it to do something?
Either he used it, in which case he already knew that there was surveillance, or he did not use it, but the ones who taped the conversation used it,
and the prosecutor merely suspected it.
Thus, the sensible sentence is that those who taped the conversation used it to discredit someone.
Use should be parallel to taping to convey the correct meaning.
In options A, B, and C, the verb parallelism skews the meaning.
Suspected and used are parallel, but it was the prosecutor who suspected (the aides of having done two things) and the aides who used the secretly taped conversation. The subjects and verbs make no sense.
(And what is that "although" doing in option C? We have a fragment.)
Eliminate A, B, and C
• Option D vs. option E
→ Option D: had had
No reason exists to use the past perfect (which signals the earlier of two past events), especially when past perfect creates this grammatical but ear-splitting "had had."
When the conversation happened is not at issue and not confusing.
→ Option D: while creates ambiguity or nonsense or both.
The use of the [subordinating] conjunction while leaves things ambiguous.
As a conjunction, while has two meanings.
One meaning indicates contrast: While some siblings quarrel incessantly, others never do.
One meaning is related to time: while describes something that is happening at the same time as something else.
This while does not mean contrast.
If while means simultaneous action, though, we have nonsense: taping and using cannot happen at the same time.
→ AND, in option E, makes more sense than while
In terms of construction, the prosecutor suspects the aides of doing two things, both of which are parallel objects of the verb suspected.
The prosecutor
............ suspected
.................., the aides
......................... of taping a conversation
.......................... AND
......................... of using the conversation to discredit the witness
Eliminate option D.
The correct answer is E.
COMMENTS
Sam1993 , welcome to SC Butler. We are glad to have you.
This question is a little bit sneaky, I think.
In hindsight, only one option really makes sense, but initially, the absence of obvious grammar error might make analysis difficult.
Not to worry.
Start with the basics: what is the subject? what is the verb?
Those questions should lead you to see that in options A, B, and C, something is very wrong with subjects and verbs.
Keep up the hard work.
23 Jan 2022, 00:11
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The federal prosecutor, William Starr, went on record to say that he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had with Lewinsky and then used it to build a case to discredit the witness.
A) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had with Lewinsky and then used it to build a case to discredit the witness.
B) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had had with Lewinsky and then they used it to build a case to discredit the witness.
C) although he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had with Lewinsky and then used it to build a case to discredit the witness.
D) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had had with Lewinsky while using it to build a case to discredit the witness.
corrct answer should be option E
E) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had with Lewinsky and using it to build a case to discredit the witness.
A) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had with Lewinsky and then used it to build a case to discredit the witness.
B) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had had with Lewinsky and then they used it to build a case to discredit the witness.
C) although he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had with Lewinsky and then used it to build a case to discredit the witness.
D) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had had with Lewinsky while using it to build a case to discredit the witness.
corrct answer should be option E
E) he suspected White House aides of secretly taping a conversation he had with Lewinsky and using it to build a case to discredit the witness.
