The president of the block association tried to convince her neighbors they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized.
(A) they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized
(B) that they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continue to be victimized
(C) about joining forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood instead of continuing to be victimized
(D) for the joining of forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continue to be victimized
(E) to join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized
[spoiler]OA :B[/spoiler]
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heymayank08 wrote:The president of the block association tried to convince her neighbors they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized.
(A) they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized
(B) that they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continue to be victimized
(C) about joining forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood instead of continuing to be victimized
(D) for the joining of forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continue to be victimized
(E) to join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized
[spoiler]OA :B[/spoiler]
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we need TWO KEY ELEMENTS of PRESIDENT in PARALLEL - ie JOINING and CONTINUINGheymayank08 wrote:The president of the block association tried to convince her neighbors they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized.
(A) they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized
(B) that they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continue to be victimized
(C) about joining forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood instead of continuing to be victimized
(D) for the joining of forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continue to be victimized
(E) to join forces to prevent crime in the neighborhood rather than continuing to be victimized[spoiler]OA :B[/spoiler]
(A) - SHOULD JOIN....CONTINUING; (D) JOINING...CONTINUE; (E) - TO JOIN...CONTINUING; drop A/D/E
C - Ambiguity in meaning; we cannot say from this sentence whether PRESIDENT contincing her neighbors to join the force or SHE was convincing her neighbors about SHE (HER COUNTRY) joining the force. Furthermore, President want to suggest a preference to her neighbors (this is shown by the using RATHER THAN), NOT COOMPLETE SUBSTITUTION as INSTEAD OF suggests
IMO B
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(A)"that" is missing and "continuing to be victimized" is missing a subject in proper diction- INCORRECT
(B)"that" is there and the last part: "continue to be victimized" is parallel to "join forces to prevent"--[color=green]CORRECT[/color]
(C), (D) and (E) are all INCORRECT because of the explanation described in (A) and (B)
OA is (B)
(B)"that" is there and the last part: "continue to be victimized" is parallel to "join forces to prevent"--[color=green]CORRECT[/color]
(C), (D) and (E) are all INCORRECT because of the explanation described in (A) and (B)
OA is (B)
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