umeshpatil wrote:
Patrick Woodroffe is a poet and painter that is able to make a living at it
(A) Patrick Woodroffe is a poet and painter that is able to make a living at it
(B) Patrick Woodroffe is able to make a living as a poet and painter
(C) A poet and painter, Patrick Woodroffe is able to make a living at it
(D) Patrick Woodroffe makes a living as a poet and a painter
(E) By writing poetry and painting is how Patrick Woodroffe makes a living
The whole sentence is underlined. Though options B and D have different meanings, I don't find any of them is wrong. Can you please elaborate between B and D?
(A) Patrick Woodroffe is a poet and painter that is able to make a living at it
(B) Patrick Woodroffe is able to make a living as a poet and painter
(C) A poet and painter, Patrick Woodroffe is able to make a living at it
(D) Patrick Woodroffe makes a living as a poet and a painter
(E) By writing poetry and painting is how Patrick Woodroffe makes a living
The whole sentence is underlined. Though options B and D have different meanings, I don't find any of them is wrong. Can you please elaborate between B and D?
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D would never be correct on the GMAT as it changes the meaning of the original sentence.
be able to do sh is far away from do sh. B is the best AC, second "a" can be correctly omitted.