797. The original building and loan associations were organized as limited life funds, whose members made monthly payments on their share subscriptions, then taking turns drawing on the funds for home mortgages.
(A) subscriptions, then taking turns drawing
(B) subscriptions, and then taking turns drawing
(C) subscriptions and then took turns drawing
(D) subscriptions and then took turns, they drew
(E) subscriptions and then drew, taking turns
OA is C.
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Meaning & Error Analysis:
The members did two things - they "made" monthly payment and "took turns drawing...". Hence, these two activities are parallel and hence should be separated by 'and' with "members" as the subject for both the verbs.
Verb "taking" must be parallel to verb "made" to make the list parallel.
Answer Choice Analysis:
Choice A: This choice has parallelism errors as discussed above.
Choice B: Verb "taking" is not parallel to "made".
Choice C: Correct. Verb "made" is parallel to verb "took".
Choice D: "Then took turns" doing what? The independent clause after comma makes it a run-on sentence.
Choice E: Same as choice B.
Hope this helps.
The members did two things - they "made" monthly payment and "took turns drawing...". Hence, these two activities are parallel and hence should be separated by 'and' with "members" as the subject for both the verbs.
Verb "taking" must be parallel to verb "made" to make the list parallel.
Answer Choice Analysis:
Choice A: This choice has parallelism errors as discussed above.
Choice B: Verb "taking" is not parallel to "made".
Choice C: Correct. Verb "made" is parallel to verb "took".
Choice D: "Then took turns" doing what? The independent clause after comma makes it a run-on sentence.
Choice E: Same as choice B.
Hope this helps.
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Hi e-gmat, am just curious; If some of the options were:
(i) subscriptions, taking turns drawing
(ii) subscriptions, taking turns to draw
How do we eliminate both in the context of the original question?
(i) subscriptions, taking turns drawing
(ii) subscriptions, taking turns to draw
How do we eliminate both in the context of the original question?
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Hi e-gmat
One more question regarding this
subscriptions and then took turns drawing
if this would have been
subscriptions and then took turns to draw
out of these which one would be correct ?
Thanks
One more question regarding this
subscriptions and then took turns drawing
if this would have been
subscriptions and then took turns to draw
out of these which one would be correct ?
Thanks
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(A) subscriptions, then taking turns drawing
Tense error. Doesn't agree with "were organized" and "made monthly payments"
(B) subscriptions, and then taking turns drawing
See 'A'
(C) subscriptions and then took turns drawing
Hold
(D) subscriptions and then took turns, they drew
Hold
(E) subscriptions and then drew, taking turns
See 'A'
Between the two options that I am holding, I like 'C' the most. I'm sure someone could offer a more intelligent reason, but I have never heard or read someone or something say "then took turns, they drew."
Answer: C
Tense error. Doesn't agree with "were organized" and "made monthly payments"
(B) subscriptions, and then taking turns drawing
See 'A'
(C) subscriptions and then took turns drawing
Hold
(D) subscriptions and then took turns, they drew
Hold
(E) subscriptions and then drew, taking turns
See 'A'
Between the two options that I am holding, I like 'C' the most. I'm sure someone could offer a more intelligent reason, but I have never heard or read someone or something say "then took turns, they drew."
Answer: C
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