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Parallelism C2 (D)

Description: Parallelism C2 (D)
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Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Tilling means preparation of the soil to plant the seeds and keeping the soil in the best condition to help the crop grow until it is ready for harvesting.

  1. Tilling means preparation of the soil to plant the seeds and keeping the soil in the best condition to help the crop grow until it is ready for harvesting

  2. Tilling means preparing the soil to plant the seeds and keeping the soil in the best condition to help the crop grow until it is ready to harvest

  3. Tilling means preparation of the soil to plant the seeds and keeping the soil in the best condition for helping the crop grow until it is ready for harvesting

  4. Tilling means preparing the soil to plant the seeds and to keep the soil in the best condition to help the crop to grow until it is ready to harvest

  5. Tilling means preparing the soil to plant the seeds and keeping the soil in the best condition to help the crop grow until it is ready to be harvested


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Preparing' synchronizes with 'keeping' and 'to plant' with 'to harvest'.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

We believe that the mission of art is a mission of sentiment and love, and that the artist has a larger and more poetic task than suggesting certain prudential and conciliatory measures.

  1. than suggesting certain prudential and conciliatory measures

  2. than that of suggesting certain prudential and conciliatory measures

  3. than of suggesting certain prudential and conciliatory measures

  4. than merely suggesting certain prudential and conciliatory measures

  5. than that to suggest certain prudential and conciliatory measures


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This option corrects the error of faulty comparison by inserting 'that of' before 'suggesting'.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The infusion made with the soft water will have the strongest taste, although it possesses less color than the infusion made with the hard water.

  1. The infusion made with the soft water will have the strongest taste

  2. The infusion made with the soft water will have by far the strongest taste

  3. The infusion made by the soft water will have the strongest taste

  4. The infusion made by the soft water will have stronger taste

  5. The infusion made with the soft water will have stronger taste


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The sentence bears the error of comparative. The sentence draws comparison   between the infusion made with soft water and that made with hard water. This option corrects the error by using comparative degree of adjective to draw the comparison (stronger).

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

While some propose to control high rate of road accident fatalities in India by attempting to educate drivers about safe driving, others by suggesting toughening traffic laws to discourage juvenile drivers, and still others are calling for the imprisonment of drunken drivers.

  1. by suggesting toughening traffic laws to discourage juvenile drivers, and still others by calling for

  2. are suggesting toughening of traffic laws to discourage juvenile drivers, and still other are calling

  3. suggest toughened traffic laws for discouraging juvenile drivers, and still others call

  4. are suggesting toughened traffic laws to discourage juvenile drivers, and still others are calling

  5. suggest toughening of traffic laws to discourage juvenile drivers, and still others call


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

 Option 5 is correct because The option contains correct parallelism. 'propose', 'suggest', and 'call. Parallelism must be maintained throughout a sentence.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The great conflict generated by the debate in urban middle-class homes over love versus marriages is precisely because ninety percent men forget to buy vegetables, cook dinner on weekends, vet the dog, wrap the presents, and church fare, contrary to the expectations of their wives

  1. ninety percent men forget to buy vegetables, cook dinner on weekends, vet the dog, wrap the presents, and church fare

  2. ninety percent men forget to buy vegetables, cook dinner on weekends, take the dog to the vet, wrap the presents, and fare the church

  3. ninety percent men forget to buy vegetables, to cook dinner on weekends, to take dog to the vet, to wrap the presents, and to go to the church

  4. ninety percent men forget buying vegetables, cooking dinner on weekends, vetting the dog, wrapping the presents, and planning church fare

  5. ninety percent men forget to buy vegetables, cook dinner on weekends, take dog to the vet, wrap presents, and plan church fare


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The given option corrects the error of parallel structure. Each of the phrases starts with an action word. All the comparable sentence parts are structurally similar, thereby making the sentence correct.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

With a remaining total area of less than one billion acres and suffering more deforestation every year, the Amazonian Rain forest is in danger of becoming a thing of the past.

  1. of less than one billion acres and suffering more deforestation every year,

  2. lower than one billion acres and more being deforested every year

  3. lesser than one billion acres and suffering more deforestation every year

  4. fewer than one billion acres and suffering more deforestation every year

  5. of lesser than one billion acres and more being deforested every year


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct. The sentence contains no error.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

At the Bull Run, to escape the charging bull, the boys all jumped into a drain and all later emerged all covered in grime.

  1. At the Bull Run, to escape the charging bull, the boys all jumped into a drain and all later emerged all covered in grime.

  2. To escape a charging bull at the Bull Run, a drain was jumped into by all the boys and they emerged later all covered in grime.

  3. To escape the charge of the charging bull at the Bull Run, all the boys jumped into a drain and later emerged covered in all grime.

  4. All the boys jumped into a drain to escape the wrath of a charging bull and all emerged later covered in grime at the Bull Run.

  5. At the Bull Run, all the boys jumped into a drain to escape a charging bull and later emerged all covered in grime.


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Correct; the sentence is in active voice where the subject of the sentence (boys) is doing the action (jumping) into the drain. Also, the use of 'all' before 'covered in grime' suggest that the boys were totally covered in grime when they came out of the drain.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Inspired by the famous movie, Friday the Thirteenth, film director, Howard R. Cohen presented 'Saturday the fourteenth', a spoof on all the horror movies since Bram Stoker's Dracula as well as a vision of a new genre of films that Cohen wanted to establish.

  1. a spoof on all the horror movies since Bram Stoker's Dracula as well as a vision of a new genre of films

  2. a spoof on all horror movies following Bram Stoker's Dracula and also his envisioning of a new genre of films

  3. a spoof on all horror movies after Bram Stoker's Dracula and his vision of a new film genre

  4. spoofing all horror movies from Bram Stoker's Dracula onwards and also a vision of a new genre of films

  5. spoofing all the horror movies made since Bram Stoker's Dracula as well as his own envisioning of a new film genre


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The sentence is correct. There is correct parallelism between 'a spoof' and 'a vision'.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others. The difficulties of the Moor family represent a unique kind of affliction that should not have been and that have somehow been especially visited upon them, and they are into this mess precisely because, unlike Stacey Price, the oral expression of George Moore is completely dull and woody.

  1. unlike Stacy Price, the oral expression of George Moore

  2. unlike the diction of Stacy Price, the oral expression of George Moore

  3. unalike the diction of Stacey Price, George Moore's oral expression

  4. the oral expression of George Moore that is dissimilar to Stacy Price's


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): Type of error: Parallel comparison

The given sentence makes an incorrect comparison between 'Stacy Price' and 'the oral expression of George Moore'.

Justification for (2): The given option rectifies the 'Lemons and Bananas' error of comparing two dissimilar things. It clearly compares 'the diction of Stacey Price' to 'the oral expression of George Moore'.
Explanation for (3): The option makes a correct comparison of the oral expression of 'George Moore' and that of 'Stacy Price' but the comparable sentence parts are not structurally similar.
Explanation for (4): The option makes no grammatical sense. Explanation for (5): The option repeats the incorrect comparison between 'Stacy Price' and 'the oral expression of George Moore'.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others. At the beginning of economic growth, there are changes in people's consumption pattern, in the work that they perform and in the manner in which they live.

  1. people's consumption pattern, in the work that they perform and in the manner in which they live

  2. in the pattern of what people consume, in the work that they perform and in the manner in which they live

  3. in what people consume, in the work that they perform and in the manner in which they live

  4. in the consumption pattern of people, in the work that they perform and in the manner in which they live


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): The parallel structure ought to be “they consume … they perform … they live”.

Justification for (2): The parallel structure ought to be “the pattern of what they consume … the work that they perform … the manner in which they live”. (2) does it the best.

Explanation for (3): This option seems to correct the error of parallelism but really does not. The parallel structure ought to be “the pattern of what they consume … the work that they perform … the manner in which they live”. This option omits 'the pattern'.
Explanation for (4): This option does not correct the error of parallelism. The first phrase (consumption pattern) is in noun form, the other two in verb form. Explanation for (5): This option does not correct the error of parallelism. The first phrase (consumption pattern) is in noun form, the other two in verb form.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The people she served were affluent, suave and of good culture, mostly women whose dress, manners, and position in the social world were quoted as criterions.

  1. affluent, suave and of good culture, mostly women whose dress, manners, and position in the social world were quoted as criterions.

  2. affluent, suave and cultured, mostly women whose dress, they had good manners, and position in the social world were quoted as criterions.

  3. affluent, suave and cultured, mostly women whose dress, manners, and position in the social world was quoted as criteria.

  4. affluent, suave and cultured, mostly women whose dress, manners, and position in the social world were quoted as criteria.

  5. affluent, suave and of good culture, mostly women whose dress, manners, and position in the social world were quoted as criterion.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): The original sentence has a parallelism error. 'Affluent' and 'suave' are adjectives. Therefore, to maintain parallel structure, 'cultured' is the correct adjective to use.

Explanation for (2): This option also has a parallelism error. 'Dress' and 'social position' are nouns. Therefore, 'manners' too should be in the noun form.

Explanation for (3): This option has a noun verb agreement error.  The nouns 'dress, manners and position' make a plural subject and require the plural verb 'were'. 
Justification for (4): The original sentence has a parallelism error. 'Affluent' and 'suave' are adjectives. Therefore, to maintain parallel structure, 'cultured' is the correct adjective to use. This option rectifies the error. Explanation for (5): The option fails to rectify the error of parallelism. Also, the plural form of the noun 'criterion' is needed.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Anyway, we took good care with the next lot of measurements, made them more exact; that's why we stayed out there so long.

  1. good care with the next lot of measurements, made them more exact; that's why we stayed out there so long.

  2. good care with the next lot of measurements, making them more exact; that's why stayed out there so long.

  3. great care with the next lot of measurements, making them more exact; that's why we were out there so long.

  4. greater care with the next lot of measurements, made them more exact and that's why we stayed out there so long.

  5. good care with the next lot of measurements, made them more exact; that's why we had to be out there so long.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): 'Good' is in the positive form and not consistent with the comparison implied by 'next' lot. 

Explanation for (2): The option uses the gerund 'making', rather than the simple past 'made', which is consistent with 'took'. 

Explanation for (3): The option unnecessarily changes 'stayed' to 'were out'. It changes 'good' to 'great' but fails to use the required comparative degree of the adjective. 
Justification for (4): This option maintains parallelism in the verb tense. 'Took', 'made' and 'stayed' are all in the simple past. It also uses the adjective 'greater' to describe 'care'. A comparative degree is consistent with 'more' exact.  Explanation for (5): The option changes the meaning by using 'had to be' instead of 'stayed'.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others. When I interviewed my mathematician friend on his likes and dislikes, he told me that he revels in chocolate, strolling under the moonlight, and songs from the old jazz period.

  1. he revels in chocolate, strolling under the moonlight, and songs from the old jazz period

  2. he loves eating chocolate, taking moonlit strolls and classic jazz singing

  3. he revels in sweet chocolate, long moonlit strolls, and classical jazz music

  4. he loves sweet chocolate, long moonlight strolls, and classical jazz music


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): Type of error: parallelism

The given sentence has a grammatical pattern that looks like a jumbled mess of different parts of speech being used in different ways. The sentence has a grammatical pattern as follows: 'Chocolate' [the object of preposition]; 'walking under the moonlight' [gerund-preposition-definite article- object of preposition]; and 'songs from the old jazz period' [direct object, preposition, definite article, adjective, adjective, object of preposition]

Explanation for (2): The option does not maintain the same grammatical pattern throughout and is hence unparallel.
Justification for (3): The given sentence has a grammatical pattern that looks like a jumbled mess of different parts of speech being used in different ways. This option makes the sentence parallel in structure, and thus rhythmical to read and hear.
Explanation for (4): The sentence is incorrect due to the use of “moonlight” in place of “moonlit”. “Moonlight” is a noun and its use affects the grammatical pattern of the sentence. Explanation for (5): The sentence uses of “moonlight” in place of “moonlit”. Also, “songs” are replaced by 'singing'. This changes the meaning of the sentence.

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