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The
more cautious commanders of the Army of the Potomac, such as George McClellan
and George Meade, chose to withdraw after costly battles, but commander Ulysses
Grant's strategy was the keeping up of
pressure on Lee's Confederates even after losing a battle to them, and then he
occupied positions between
Lee's army and Richmond to invite another open battle.
Title
Grant pressured Lee
Your Result
Correct
Difficulty
Easy
Your Pace
0:10
Others' Pace
1:10
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Text Explanation
Split #1: parallelism! Grant's successful strategy had two parts, and these two parts need to be in parallel. Grant kept up pressure, and Grant occupied a position. Those two need to be in parallel.
(A) "…the keeping up of pressure … he occupied" = complex gerund (very awkward!) + full verb = a failure of parallelism. This is incorrect.
(B) "keeping up pressure …. to occupy" = gerund + infinitive = a failure of parallelism. This is incorrect.
(C) "having kept up pressure … he … occupied" = participle + full verb = a failure of parallelism. This is incorrect.
(D) "to keep up pressure …. to occupy" = two infinitives in parallel = perfect!
(E) "that he keep up pressure …. then occupying" = full verb + participle = a failure of parallelism. This is incorrect.
On the basis of this single split, we can isolate (D) as the only possible answer.
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