Martyrdom, a word with its root in the Greek martur, which means

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Martyrdom, a word with its root in the Greek martur, which means witness, is a sacrifice that  leads to both dignity of the life and consecration of the death, comes  at the cost of one’s life.

(A) leads to both dignity of the life and consecration of the death, comes

(B) dignifies both the life and consecration of death, comes

(C) dignifies the life, consecrates the death, and comes

(D) both dignifies the life and consecrates the death; it comes

(E) both dignifies the life and consecrates the death, comes

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jakethebeast · Answer

parallel is ok despite being a bit wordy. the final cause cannot start with ",comes" because "is a sacrifice" already connects to "martyrdom" as the subject.
 
same problem as A
 
parallel works: dignifies... consecrates... and comes...
 
doesn't makes sense to use ; when you can just use and.
 
same problem as A

wadhwakaran · Answer

(A) leads to both dignity of the life and consecration of the death, comes  Incorrect usage of 'comes' is incorrect here because two verbs (leads and comes) are connected with a comma in the that clause.

(B) dignifies both the life and consecration of death, comes  Incorrect usage of 'comes' is incorrect here because two verbs (dignifies and comes) are connected with a comma in the that clause.

(C) dignifies the life, consecrates the death, and comes  Correct

(D) both dignifies the life and consecrates the death; it comes  No verb in the that clause; Martyr is a sacrifice that both it seems that is modifying both

(E) both dignifies the life and consecrates the death, comes  Incorrect as mentioned in D

gmatophobia · Answer

(A)  leads  to both dignity of the life and consecration of the death,  comes

leads and comes are both verbs. The sentence is incorrectly constructed as two verbs are just separated by comma. Hence this option can be eliminated.

(B)  dignifies  both the life and  consecration of death , comes

The sentence gives a illogical meaning that Martyrdom dignifies consecration of death. Also the error in A still retains. Eliminate.

(C) dignifies the life, consecrates the death, and comes

I will keep this initially. Though I am not very convinced on the parallelism here. The original sentence intends to convey that Martyrdom leads to A and B , and C. It doesn't intend to convey that A, B and C are parallel.

(D) both dignifies the life and consecrates the death; it comes

The construction is better than that of C. Parallelism is maintained correctly and the sentence follows the correct structure. Will eliminate C at this point.

(E) both  dignifies  the life and  consecrates  the death,  comes

Suffers from the same problem as that of A. Hence eliminate. 
 
  Option D

winterschool · Answer

gmatophobia

Though Intended meaning of D is much more better than that o f C, hasn't D pronoun "it" ambiguity issues

Bunuel · Answer

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Archit3110 · Answer

hi winterschool below is link of similar question where ;it has been used... https://gmatclub.com/forum/according-to ... 82594.html

solvewithsourabh · Answer

(A)  leads  to both dignity of the life and consecration of the death,  comes

leads and comes are both verbs. The sentence is incorrectly constructed as two verbs are just separated by comma. Hence this option can be eliminated.

(B)  dignifies  both the life and  consecration of death , comes

The sentence gives a illogical meaning that Martyrdom dignifies consecration of death. Also the error in A still retains. Eliminate.

(C) dignifies the life, consecrates the death, and comes

I will keep this initially. Though I am not very convinced on the parallelism here. The original sentence intends to convey that Martyrdom leads to A and B , and C. It doesn't intend to convey that A, B and C are parallel.

(D) both dignifies the life and consecrates the death; it comes

The construction is better than that of C. Parallelism is maintained correctly and the sentence follows the correct structure. Will eliminate C at this point.

(E) both  dignifies  the life and  consecrates  the death,  comes

Suffers from the same problem as that of A. Hence eliminate.

i dont know how you are analysing options C & D based on the original sentence. the original might be completely wrong. please let me know if there are any other significant reasons to choose D over C.

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