Degler does more than merely summarizing

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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
(C) 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

OA E
What is wrong with the original statement

sanjaylakhani · Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:47 am Post subject:

Well, I also got it worng- I also choose A ...

But if you look closely at the following part of sentence-

Degler does more than merely summarize existing research; he constructs a coherent picture of two centuries of studies dealing with the changing roles of women.

Parallel structure shld be maintained

zacharyz · Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject:

You can see through parallelism in this case, but that is not really the rule. The original statement is grammatically incorrect in its own right.

To use 'summarizing' you need to be doing it still (Present Participle or Continuous)-
"I am summarizing"... "He is summarizing"... "to be summarizing"

"He does more than merely summarize" is the proper form here.

ex. I do teach. I do exercise. I do watch.
What did you do? teach, exercise, yoga
Present Participle - What are you doing? teaching, exercising, watching