Sentence Correction

After moving to Switzerland in the 1890's, Albert Einstein attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics.

attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and he developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, developing
attending the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and developing

OA is A

Can some one please explain me the error in B ?

satish_iitg wrote:After moving to Switzerland in the 1890's, Albert Einstein attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics.

attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and he developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, developing
attending the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and developing

OA is A

Can some one please explain me the error in B ?

While he was at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School, Albert Einstein engaged in 2 things:
1. Receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis
2. Developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics

Since both of these happened while he was at the Polytechnic, the 2 verbs must be parallel. This is why B is incorrect and A is correct.

Gowri@CrackVerbal wrote:

satish_iitg wrote:After moving to Switzerland in the 1890's, Albert Einstein attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics.

attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and he developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, developing
attending the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and developing

OA is A

Can some one please explain me the error in B ?

While he was at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School, Albert Einstein engaged in 2 things:
1. Receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis
2. Developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics

Since both of these happened while he was at the Polytechnic, the 2 verbs must be parallel. This is why B is incorrect and A is correct.

Apart from Meaning, does B have any parallelism errors ?

Thank you !

yep..a big parallelism error: receiving...is not parallel to and developed

ice_rush wrote:yep..a big parallelism error: receiving...is not parallel to and developed

Missing the obvious ! My bad !

Thank you !

Will this be right "attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis ,and developed" ??? Just curious !

you can always hit the thank you button

answer to your 2nd question - nope it would still be incorrect. logically you can't place attended in parallel with developed, however grammatically it may be ok.