{"id":3198,"date":"2012-12-26T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2020-01-15T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T18:50:11","slug":"gmat-idioms-can-you-believe-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/gmat-idioms-can-you-believe-that\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT idioms: Can You Believe That?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before a discussion of this cluster of idioms, take a look at these practice GMAT Sentence Correction questions.<\/p>\n<p>1) <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supply-side_economics\">Supply-side economics<\/a> believes <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">in the national economy growing most vigorously both through reducing taxes, especially taxes affecting large movements of capital, and by the elimination of<\/span> the regulations that prevent business from performing optimally.<\/p>\n<ul>\n\t(A) in the national economy growing most vigorously both through reducing taxes, especially taxes affecting large movements of capital, and by the elimination of<br \/>\n\t(B) in the national economy most vigorously growing both through the reduction of taxes, especially taxes affecting large movements of capital, and eliminating<br \/>\n\t(C) that the national economy grows most vigorously through both reducing taxes, especially taxes affecting large movements of capital, and eliminating<br \/>\n\t(D) that the national economy grows most vigorously both through the reduction of taxes, especially taxes affecting large movements of capital, and also the elimination of<br \/>\n\t(E) for the national economy to most vigorously grow both through reducing taxes, especially taxes affecting large movements of capital, and eliminating\n<\/ul>\n<p>2) The idea <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">of all men being <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_men_are_created_equal\">equal<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">, cited in the Declaration of Independence and from there, having been quoted extensively on numerous occasions, arguably first to appear<\/span> in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hobbes\">Hobbes<\/a>&#8216; <em>Leviathan<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n\t(A) of all men being equal, cited in the Declaration of Independence and from there, having been quoted extensively on numerous occasions, arguably first to appear<br \/>\n\t(B) of all men having equality, cited in the Declaration of Independence and from there, they quoted it extensively on numerous occasions, arguably first appearing<br \/>\n\t(C) for all men to be equal, cited in the Declaration of Independence and from there, quoted extensively on numerous occasions, arguably first appeared<br \/>\n\t(D) that all men are equal, cited in the Declaration of Independence and from there, quoted extensively on numerous occasions, arguably first appeared<br \/>\n\t(E) that all men would be equal, cited in the Declaration of Independence and from there, having been quoted extensively on numerous occasions, arguably first appear\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Idea words<\/h2>\n<p>This post concerns the idioms surrounding the use of &#8220;idea&#8221; words: <strong>idea<\/strong>, <strong>belief<\/strong>, <strong>view<\/strong>, <strong>doctrine<\/strong>, <strong>dogma<\/strong>, <strong>principle<\/strong>, <strong>hypothesis<\/strong>, <strong>theory<\/strong>, <strong>teaching<\/strong>, <strong>ideology<\/strong>, etc.\u00a0\u00a0 What are the correct idioms to use with these words: belief in? principle of?\u00a0 doctrine that?\u00a0 Let&#8217;s sort all this out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Source of the idea\/interaction with the idea<\/h2>\n<p>First of all, the idiom is very different depending on whether we talking about the source of the idea or the content of the idea.\u00a0 Here, let&#8217;s focus first on the <strong>source<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 This includes not only the person who cooked up the idea, but also all the folks who in one way or another &#8220;<strong>interact<\/strong>&#8221; with the idea, by agreeing, disagreeing, supporting, disproving, etc.<\/p>\n<p>For the\u00a0source or other interaction, we can use either a &#8220;that&#8221;\/&#8221;which&#8221; subordinate clause<br \/>\n3) <em>The doctrine that the pope proclaimed<\/em> \u2026.<br \/>\n4) <em>The idea about which <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Darwin\"><em>Darwin<\/em><\/a><em> first wrote<\/em> \u2026<br \/>\n5) <em>The view that <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spinoza\"><em>Spinoza<\/em><\/a><em> repudiated<\/em> \u2026.<br \/>\n6) <em>The <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newton%27s_law_of_universal_gravitation\"><em>theory<\/em><\/a><em> that <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Einstein\"><em>Einstein<\/em><\/a><em> supplanted<\/em> \u2026.<br \/>\nNotice that, in #4, we used the idiom &#8220;to write about.&#8221;\u00a0 We also can use the preposition &#8220;of&#8221; specifically for a source.<br \/>\n7) <em>The doctrines of <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theravada\"><em>classical Buddhism<\/em><\/a> \u2026.<br \/>\n8) <em>The teachings of <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confucious\"><em>Confucius<\/em><\/a> \u2026.<br \/>\n9) <em>The thought of the <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomism\"><em>Thomist school<\/em> <\/a>\u2026.<br \/>\n10) <em>The ideology of the <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khmer_Rouge\"><em>Khmer Rouge<\/em><\/a> \u2026.<br \/>\nCertain &#8220;interact-with-the-idea&#8221; words have their own idiom.\u00a0 For example, the verbs &#8220;argue&#8221;, &#8220;fight&#8221;, and &#8220;struggle&#8221; are used with the preposition &#8220;against&#8221;:<br \/>\n11) <em>The view against which <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Athanasius\"><em>Athanasius<\/em><\/a><em> fought \u2026.<br \/>\n<\/em>12) <em>The position against which\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Jennings_Bryan\"><em>Bryan<\/em><\/a><em> argued \u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The content of the idea<\/h2>\n<p>In contrast to talking about the source of the idea or other people&#8217;s relationship to the idea, the GMAT will also talk about what ideas <strong>actually say<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 For what idea\u00a0is actually saying, the thought embodied in it &#8212;&#8211; this is tricky. If we are going to name only a single noun, then we can use the prepositions &#8220;about&#8221; or &#8220;of&#8221;, or the participle &#8220;concerning,&#8221; but if we are going to describe a complete action, then the GMAT doesn&#8217;t like cramming an entire action into a prepositional phrase &#8212; for this case, the GMAT would demand either a &#8220;that&#8221;\/&#8221;which&#8221; clause with a full [noun] + [verb] structure.<br \/>\nNoun-only constructions:<br \/>\n13) <em>The doctrine of the Prophet Muhammad&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khatim_an-Nabuwwah\"><em>unique status<\/em><\/a><em> among prophets<\/em> \u2026.<br \/>\n14) <em>The doctrine about Christ&#8217;s <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypostatic_union\"><em>human and divine natures<\/em><\/a> \u2026.<br \/>\n15) <em>The teaching concerning the <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afterlife\"><em>afterlife<\/em> <\/a>\u2026.<br \/>\n16) <em>The teachings of <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Depth_psychology\"><em>depth psychology <\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2026.<br \/>\n17) <em>The idea of <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydrostatic_equilibrium\"><em>hydrostatic equilibrium<\/em><\/a> \u2026.<br \/>\n18) <em>The principle of <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Least_action\"><em>least action<\/em><\/a> \u2026.<br \/>\nFull clause constructions:<br \/>\n19) <em>The doctrine that Christ <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pre-existence_of_Christ\"><em>pre-existed<\/em><\/a><em> from all eternity<\/em><br \/>\n20) <em>The teaching that the Buddha, in his first sermon, &#8220;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahayana#Turnings_of_the_Dharma_Wheel\"><em>turned<\/em><\/a><em>&#8221; the wheel of Dharma<\/em><br \/>\n21) <em>The <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parallel_postulate\"><em>axiom<\/em><\/a><em> by which the geometric space becomes Euclidean<\/em><br \/>\n22) <em>The idea that heavier-than-air machines can <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aeronautics\"><em>fly<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n23) <em>The hypothesis that Francis Bacon <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shakespeare_authorship_question\"><em>wrote<\/em><\/a><em> Shakespeare&#8217;s plays<\/em><br \/>\n24) <em>The <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satyagraha\"><em>principle<\/em><\/a><em> that one should counter violence with truth<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Having read this post, you may want to give the practice questions another look before reading through the solutions below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Practice question solutions<\/h2>\n<p>In both practice questions, we are discussing the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">content<\/span> of the belief\/idea, not the source or how somebody interacts with it.\u00a0\u00a0 Furthermore, in both cases, we are talking about full actions, not just static nouns, so for each, we need a &#8220;that&#8221;\/&#8221;which&#8221; clause.<\/p>\n<p>1) We need a &#8220;that&#8221; clause, so begin by eliminating <strong>(A)<\/strong> &amp; <strong>(B)<\/strong> &amp; <strong>(E)<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 We have the parallelism structure &#8220;both P and Q.&#8221;\u00a0 The GMAT does not like variants like &#8220;both P and <em>also<\/em> Q&#8221; &#8212; that is a problem with <strong>(D)<\/strong>.\u00a0 Furthermore, we have to be careful with the placement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/parallelism-on-the-gmat-sentence-correction\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common word<\/a> &#8220;through&#8221;: we can put it <em>once outside<\/em> (&#8220;through both P and Q&#8221;) or <em>twice inside<\/em> (&#8220;both through P and through Q&#8221;).\u00a0 Choice <strong>(D)<\/strong> makes a classic GMAT mistake pattern: <em>once inside<\/em> (&#8220;both through P and Q&#8221;).\u00a0 By contrast, <strong>(C) <\/strong>is correct on all these fronts, so it is the best answer.<\/p>\n<p>2) We need a &#8220;that&#8221; clause, so begin by eliminating <strong>(A)<\/strong> &amp; <strong>(B)<\/strong> &amp; <strong>(C)<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 Choice <strong>(D)<\/strong> has the ordinary verb in &#8220;all men are equal&#8221;, whereas choice <strong>(E)<\/strong> has the strangely hypothetical &#8220;all men would be equal&#8221; &#8212;- when? under what conditions? We are already suspicious.\u00a0 For the main verb, at the end of the underlines section, choice <strong>(D)<\/strong> has the ordinary past tense &#8220;appeared,&#8221; perfectly correct; choice <strong>(E)<\/strong> has the present tense &#8220;appear&#8221;, which is unusual, and here the verb is plural, which does agree with the singular verb &#8220;idea.&#8221;\u00a0 Therefore, we can conclusively reject <strong>(E)<\/strong> in favor of <strong>(D)<\/strong>, the best possible answer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before a discussion of this cluster of idioms, take a look at these practice GMAT Sentence Correction questions. 1) Supply-side economics believes in the national economy growing most vigorously both through reducing taxes, especially taxes affecting large movements of capital, and by the elimination of the regulations that prevent business from performing optimally. 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