E.P. Thompson was one of the first twentieth century

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E.P. Thompson was one of the first twentieth century historians to consider the working poor and lower classes of England  as if they were people with their own important histories and to recount their  struggle for justice and social change with both sympathy and admiration.

A as if they were people with their own important histories and to recount their 
B as being people with their own important histories and to recount their 
C like people with their own important histories and to recount its 
D to be people with their own important histories and to recount their 
E people with their own important histories and to recount their

sanjay_gmat · Answer

isn't idiom "consider x to be y" applicable here. D for me?

bhatiagp · Answer

For verbs consider, regard it is incorrect to have as, like, to be, after it...

Therefore considered like, or considered as, or considered to be is incorrect...

Try the SC now...

sanjay_gmat · Answer

if you know, i wonder why you posted this SC. by the way, your first line doesn't make any sense. read it again and please specify what you want to convey.

i checked MGMAT. consider X Y is the correct usage.

bhatiagp · Answer

I was trying to convey that :

For the following verbs such as consider , regard it is incorrect to follow them with as, like, or to be ....

bhatiagp · Answer

The OA is E.

OE is :-

Consider is usually synonymous with regard as, as it is in this particular case. The word consider does not need as, like, to be, or anything else between it and the object being described. Therefore, we can eliminate A, C, and D. As being in B is unidiomatic. Additionally, the word people is plural in English and thus we can eliminate C for the use of the singular pronoun its.

E.P. Thompson was one of the first twentieth century

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