Sentence Correction

p3. Degler does more than merely summarizing existing research; he constructs a coherent picture of two centuries of studies dealing with the changing roles of women.
(A) Degler does more than merely summarizing
(B) Degler’s study is more than a mere summarizing of
(C) Degler has done more than a mere summarizing of
(D) Degler’s study has done more than summarize merely
(E) Degler does more than merely summarize

What is wrong in C?

Inconsistent verb forms in the sentence, has done <perfect tense> should be does as in A and E. BTW, is the OA E

IMO - E

Between A and E , I chose E because "summarizing" in A looked like a wrong form of the verb.

"he" can not refer to " possesive" so B and D is out

"dose more than " must be followed by a noun so E is out

"mearly sumarising" is not pure noun because it has adverb and object at the same time, a situation is not recommended.

C is correct

IMO E
IMO choice is between A and E
if we remove "more than merely", does summarizing is wrong.
so E
OA plz

does more than should be followed by a noun. Is this in manhattan SC? I am kinda getting concerned about remembering so many tids and bits like these!!!

btw, OA is E. Not C.

My answer is same of what raghavsarathy said.

What's wrong with A:

Question says Degler does more than "summarizing". Here "summarizing" should NOT be taken as a verb. This should be taken as a noun. Had it been "Degler does summarize existing research...." I would have gone with A because here "summarize" works as a verb.

Since in the question it acts as a noun, the correct usage should be "summarizing".

Please clarify my doubt

Thanks,
Ashish

I will go with A.

B - cannot be referred by He.
C - Changes the meaning ( Tells that he doesn't do anymore)
D - cannot be referred by He.
E - (summarize existing research)... Doesn't sound right.

Imagine this sentence - I have done more this weekend than just watching TV. We don't say - than just watch TV, do we?

i will go with E as i consider it is a tense problem (...Not "considering it as a tense problem"....lol)

frank1 wrote:i will go with E as i consider it is a tense problem (...Not "considering it as a tense problem"....lol)

If you take into account the 'than just' then can you think of any sentence?

- I did more this evening than just playing basketball.
- I took into account a lot of things, than just taking something in account.

One you mentioned use of Consider/considering that doesn't follow the same sentence structure as the one given in problem.

(A) Degler does more than merely summarizing

Problem with A :

merely summarizing

An adverb cannot modify a gerund/noun.

(E) Degler does more than merely summarize

problem with E:
Degler .......summarize (subject verb disagreement).


C is out because of the change of tense in it.

Don't know what to pick now.

because "more than" indicates a comparison the form of summarize must be parallel to the word constructs therefore the only word that works is E - has done is the verb in C and that is not parallel.

tpr-becky wrote:because "more than" indicates a comparison the form of summarize must be parallel to the word constructs therefore the only word that works is E - has done is the verb in C and that is not parallel.

makes sense! thanks Becky!

lol....seems like i got it right this time as well

i dont know why it doesnt happen in sentence correction during real mock test
may be just good in parts...lol