It s an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that

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It s an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that  all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them and to  drive them to market when the time is ripe.

A. all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to

B. all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and

C. all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and

D. the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and

E. the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and

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i selected B (wrong!)

scgmat · Answer

i know the verbs are used chronologically in this sentence. but what is the logic in these two "and"s? shouldn't it be:

leave..., corral... and drive...

and how come cattle becomes plural prenouns "them" and "themselves"?

:shock:

bhalla.sumant · Answer

I think the best answer is C. In B the problem is "all one has to do with cattle is  to  leave them alone to feed themselves,  to  corral them, and" here "to" is missing for "to drive them..........." while in C it goes like
 
It s an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say  that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and  drive them to market when the time is ripe.

D and E change the meaning by taking off "ONE" and making it vague.

Correctme if i am wrong!

u2lover · Answer

I am going with C here too... and cattle is plural :shock:

learned something here... ha-ha A. definitely not parallel inserting "to" in the end B. all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and MISSING 'to' for ||sm C. all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and DRIVE THEM... D. the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them , and this may seem minor but AND acts as a comma here, so we don't need both! we only put a comma with AND when connecting 2 independant clauses E. the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and same as D

scgmat · Answer

i looked up the word "cattle" in wikipedia and found the following: https://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Vzc ... =clnk&cd=5 also i wanted to know why there are two "and" in C. what's the function of the first "and then"? thank you!

ps_dahiya · Answer

C for ||ism.

D and E are out because "the only thing" and there are more than one things.

A is not ||. ...feed....corral......and to drive"
B is also not ||. "...to feed...to corral......and drive"

GMATT73 · Answer

Another less common use of the term: "cattle class" ---> the back of the plane where I have to sit every time I fly back and forth over the Pacific because I don`t have an MBA yet :wink: 

Clearly (C) here

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It s an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that

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