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foreign languages Post Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:24 pm
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    While many students of foreign languages start out with the best of intentions,
    many learners quickly discover that the effort involved in memorizing endless
    vocabulary words and doing countless drills are daunting    .

    A. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills are daunting
    B. the efforts involved in the memorizing of endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills are daunting
    C. the effort involved with memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
    countless drills is daunting
    D. the effort involved in the memorization of endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills is daunting
    E. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
    countless drills is daunting

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    Post Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:40 pm
    While many students of foreign languages start out with the best of intentions,
    many learners quickly discover that the effort involved in memorizing endless
    vocabulary words and doing countless drills are daunting    .

    A. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills are daunting
    B. the efforts involved in the memorizing of endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills are daunting
    C. the effort involved with memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
    countless drills is daunting
    D. the effort involved in the memorization of endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills is daunting
    E. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
    countless drills is daunting

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    Post Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:40 pm
    GmatKiss wrote:
    While many students of foreign languages start out with the best of intentions,
    many learners quickly discover that the effort involved in memorizing endless
    vocabulary words and doing countless drills are daunting    .

    A. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills are daunting
    B. the efforts involved in the memorizing of endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills are daunting
    C. the effort involved with memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
    countless drills is daunting
    D. the effort involved in the memorization of endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills is daunting
    E. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
    countless drills is daunting
    THE EFFORT ...IS DAUNTING (drop A/B)

    D - THE MOMORIZATION ...and DOING (noun and CONJUGATED verb is made parallel); drop

    C/E - WITH ...IN or IN...IN (IMO, both involved IN /WITH are correct, but in this sentence IN...IN is more parallel as sentence intends to show participation in both activities).

    IMO E

    See further: http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/1356002132

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    Post Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:42 pm
    Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:
    While many students of foreign languages start out with the best of intentions,
    many learners quickly discover that the effort involved in memorizing endless
    vocabulary words and doing countless drills are daunting    .

    A. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills are daunting
    B. the efforts involved in the memorizing of endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills are daunting
    C. the effort involved with memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
    countless drills is daunting
    D. the effort involved in the memorization of endless vocabulary words and doing
    countless drills is daunting
    E. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
    countless drills is daunting
    Bill, do you mean D is correct.

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    Post Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:43 pm
    No, I got a little quick on the "submit button" Very Happy Patanjali is correct about why D doesn't work (lack of parallelism)

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