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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

 

© 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

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First, B n' D out, because "he" doesn't have a clear referent.

C lacks parallelism and awkward.

Between A n' E:

In A "does..summarising" not parallel. Moreover "summerising" is used as a "noun" here. But the adverb "merely" can't modify "noun"

So E. It's parallel: "does..summarise". It uses adverb "merely" to modify verb "summarise"

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