<p>For both his shorter and longer works of fiction, Gabriel Garc</p>
<p>IDK, but if you insert them all in the passage, only C sounds right. Thats how you solve these problems 95% of the time. :)</p>
<p>Can't give you a formal answer, but D just sounds awkward to me.</p>
<p>I hope this make sense, but I think the reason it's C is as follows: The idea of "both" implies that there are two of something. In choice C, the word "both" comes directly before the idea of shorter and longer, hence the two. But in choice D, the word "both" comes directly before the word "in" -- there needs to be something else there. I think choice D could have been right if the word "in" had been repeated -- i.e. "Both IN his shorter and IN his longer..."</p>
<p>I second needaname's awkward explanation :)</p>
<p>there needs to be something else there?</p>
<p>needaname is right. See also BB p. 781 # 8 for a similar problem.</p>
<p>I don’t get why (A) isn’t the answer. I suppose its wrong to say For both x and y, personx achives z?.. really confused here.</p>
<p>For both-> He achieved that
In both-> he achieved that…</p>
<p>does it depend on what he is achieving? I guess it comes down to which of the following is correct, </p>
<p>for X he achieved rare feat
in X he achieved rare feat</p>
<p>Just want to know if this is a “just need to know the idiom” thing, or am I missing something?</p>
<p>(btw, they repeated this question on 12th sept, lazy bums)</p>