A study by the ocean wildlife campaign urged states to undertake a number of remedies to reverse a decline in the shark population, which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing state waters for shark fishing during pupping season, and requiring commercial fishers to have federal shark permits.
A. which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing
B. which includes establishing limits to the size of sharks that can be caught, closing
C.which include the establishment of size limits for shark catches, the closing of
D. including establishing size limits for shark catches, closing
E. including the establishment of limits to the size of sharks that are caught, the closing of
OA: D
can someone explain this one? I don't get it.... tks
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A, B, C are wrong because 'which' wrongly modifies shark population.amysky_0205 wrote:A study by the ocean wildlife campaign urged states to undertake a number of remedies to reverse a decline in the shark population, which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing state waters for shark fishing during pupping season, and requiring commercial fishers to have federal shark permits.
A. which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing
B. which includes establishing limits to the size of sharks that can be caught, closing
C.which include the establishment of size limits for shark catches, the closing of
D. including establishing size limits for shark catches, closingh
E. including the establishment of limits to the size of sharks that are caught, the closing of
OA: D
can someone explain this one? I don't get it.... tks
E is wrong because two nouns (establishment of, the closing of) are compared with a verb (requiring commercial fishers).
D gets the parallelism right by having all verbs in parallel.
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The Iceman wrote:A, B, C are wrong because 'which' wrongly modifies shark population.amysky_0205 wrote:A study by the ocean wildlife campaign urged states to undertake a number of remedies to reverse a decline in the shark population, which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing state waters for shark fishing during pupping season, and requiring commercial fishers to have federal shark permits.
A. which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing
B. which includes establishing limits to the size of sharks that can be caught, closing
C.which include the establishment of size limits for shark catches, the closing of
D. including establishing size limits for shark catches, closingh
E. including the establishment of limits to the size of sharks that are caught, the closing of
OA: D
can someone explain this one? I don't get it.... tks
E is wrong because two nouns (establishment of, the closing of) are compared with a verb (requiring commercial fishers).
D gets the parallelism right by having all verbs in parallel.
Hii Iceman, thank u for ur reply.
I still don't get it why it's wrong.
thank u!
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The Iceman
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May i know which option do you have issue with?amysky_0205 wrote:The Iceman wrote:A, B, C are wrong because 'which' wrongly modifies shark population.amysky_0205 wrote:A study by the ocean wildlife campaign urged states to undertake a number of remedies to reverse a decline in the shark population, which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing state waters for shark fishing during pupping season, and requiring commercial fishers to have federal shark permits.
A. which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing
B. which includes establishing limits to the size of sharks that can be caught, closing
C.which include the establishment of size limits for shark catches, the closing of
D. including establishing size limits for shark catches, closingh
E. including the establishment of limits to the size of sharks that are caught, the closing of
OA: D
can someone explain this one? I don't get it.... tks
E is wrong because two nouns (establishment of, the closing of) are compared with a verb (requiring commercial fishers).
D gets the parallelism right by having all verbs in parallel.
Hii Iceman, thank u for ur reply.
I still don't get it why it's wrong.
thank u!
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amysky_0205
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The option D and E! tks a lotThe Iceman wrote:May i know which option do you have issue with?amysky_0205 wrote:The Iceman wrote:A, B, C are wrong because 'which' wrongly modifies shark population.amysky_0205 wrote:A study by the ocean wildlife campaign urged states to undertake a number of remedies to reverse a decline in the shark population, which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing state waters for shark fishing during pupping season, and requiring commercial fishers to have federal shark permits.
A. which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing
B. which includes establishing limits to the size of sharks that can be caught, closing
C.which include the establishment of size limits for shark catches, the closing of
D. including establishing size limits for shark catches, closingh
E. including the establishment of limits to the size of sharks that are caught, the closing of
OA: D
can someone explain this one? I don't get it.... tks
E is wrong because two nouns (establishment of, the closing of) are compared with a verb (requiring commercial fishers).
D gets the parallelism right by having all verbs in parallel.
Hii Iceman, thank u for ur reply.
I still don't get it why it's wrong.
thank u!
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The Iceman
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If you see the last element of the list of parallel items it is "requiring commercial fishers.."
So, we need to have the other parallel items in a similar structure, i.e. we need verbs, which show action, preserving the structure.
In E, "the establishment of" and "the closing of" both funtion as nouns and not verbs. So eliminate E.
In D, "establishing" and "closing" both are not only verbs but also maintain the same structure as ""requiring". So D is our right choice.
Hope it is clear now.
So, we need to have the other parallel items in a similar structure, i.e. we need verbs, which show action, preserving the structure.
In E, "the establishment of" and "the closing of" both funtion as nouns and not verbs. So eliminate E.
In D, "establishing" and "closing" both are not only verbs but also maintain the same structure as ""requiring". So D is our right choice.
Hope it is clear now.
