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by Giorgio » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:23 pm
6. A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames


I found this in 1000 SC and OA is given as : D

However I am not sure about D, since as per my understanding from MGMAT SC guide, Making ignition and Causing Spreading of the flames can be Parallel , Since ignition is Action verb and spreading of flames complex gerund.

Can anyone comment ?
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:25 pm
Option E is passive. That is why D is preferred.
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by Giorgio » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:31 pm
osirus0830 wrote:Option E is passive. That is why D is preferred.

Spreading of the flames is a Complex Gerund , which as per MGMAT's SC guide can be parallel to Action noun Ignition
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:32 pm
Giorgio wrote:
osirus0830 wrote:Option E is passive. That is why D is preferred.

Spreading of the flames is a Complex Gerund , which as per MGMAT's SC guide can be parallel to Action noun Ignition
It can be parallel. That's not why its wrong, its not the most concise option. It is less direct than just stating causing flames to spread.
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:34 pm
I think you're confusing the rule. "making ignition is a simple gerund, and should be parallel with another simple gerund. You can't make a complex gerund parallel to a simple gerund per Manhattan GMAT.
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by Giorgio » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:34 pm
osirus0830 wrote:
Giorgio wrote:
osirus0830 wrote:Option E is passive. That is why D is preferred.

Spreading of the flames is a Complex Gerund , which as per MGMAT's SC guide can be parallel to Action noun Ignition
It can be parallel. That's not why its wrong, its not the most concise option. It is less direct than just stating causing flames to spread.
Yes but , To spread can not be parallel to Ignition...

I understand you are looking at this from the point of concision but I am just not sure of my understanding of Complex Gerunds
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by pkw209 » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:12 pm
It's already been mentioned but D is clearly a better option than E because it's more concise.

Causing spreading of the flames vs. causing flames to spread?

"Causing spreading of the flames" is just extremely awkward.
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