510. More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.
(A) to greater economic development and investing
(B) to greater development economically and investing
(C) of greater economic development and invest
(D) of greater development economically and invest
(E) for greater economic development and the investment of
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scoobydooby
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we need stressing and investing to maintain parallelism so C, D, E are out
B is awkward due to the use of development economically which seems to mean: greater development cheaply
so A
B is awkward due to the use of development economically which seems to mean: greater development cheaply
so A
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This is a simple case of parallelism. "Stressing" and "Investing".More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.
(A) to greater economic development and investing
(B) to greater development economically and investing
(C) of greater economic development and invest
(D) of greater development economically and invest
(E) for greater economic development and the investment of
With this, A is the best possible choice.[/quote]
[/quote]Dream Weaver wrote:This is a simple case of parallelism. "Stressing" and "Investing".More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.
(A) to greater economic development and investing
(B) to greater development economically and investing
(C) of greater economic development and invest
(D) of greater development economically and invest
(E) for greater economic development and the investment of
With this, A is the best possible choice.
You are right. I was in a hurry and could not notice such an easy parallelism...
