As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round, taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize its sizes and colors, and to predict sales volume in advance.
(A) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize
(B) taking advantage of off-season demand, to standardize
(C) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardizing
(D) take advantage of off-season demand, standardizing
(E) take advantage of off-season demand, to standardize
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Hi RiyaR,
This SC question comes with a "twist" - while it's clear enough that Parallelism is the primary rule that we need to follow, one of the "intervening phrases" is actually NOT part of the 3-item list in this sentence (so that phrase does NOT have to be parallel with the others).
1) Parallelism: The first item in the list is "to sell...." and the third item is "to predict....", so the second item should also be in "to _____" format. Here, it's "to standardize..." Eliminate A, C and D.
2) Verbs: The sentence describes a process ("commercial farming of lobsters") that is not restricted to one tense or one point in time. An "-ing" verb is what we need here. Eliminate E.
Final Answer: B
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
This SC question comes with a "twist" - while it's clear enough that Parallelism is the primary rule that we need to follow, one of the "intervening phrases" is actually NOT part of the 3-item list in this sentence (so that phrase does NOT have to be parallel with the others).
1) Parallelism: The first item in the list is "to sell...." and the third item is "to predict....", so the second item should also be in "to _____" format. Here, it's "to standardize..." Eliminate A, C and D.
2) Verbs: The sentence describes a process ("commercial farming of lobsters") that is not restricted to one tense or one point in time. An "-ing" verb is what we need here. Eliminate E.
Final Answer: B
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
