a) from the laying of private television cables on public land

b) from laying private television cables on the public land

c) by the laying of private television cables on the public's land

d) from private television cables being laid on public land

e) by laying private television cables on land that was public

logitech wrote:Public-access cable television was created in the 1970s as a means to derive public benefit from the laying of private television cables on public land.



a) from the laying of private television cables on public land

Noun/gerund. Derive X from Y, X=Public benefit, Y=the laying of
Can be considered parallel although this idiom doesnt really require that
b) from laying private television cables on the public land

Participle phrase

c) by the laying of private television cables on the public's land

d) from private television cables being laid on public land

e) by laying private television cables on land that was public

OA A

Source : MGMAT

Abdulla wrote:
Do we have to assume that the Original sentence is always contains the correct meaning?

jimmiejaz wrote:Logitech,


In D, we have being which is passive and we prefer active voice so eliminate it.
Hence, Ans is A.

logitech wrote:Jimmiejaz,

I like the way you think. One more thing:

Public-access cable television was created in the 1970s as a means to derive public benefit from the laying of private television cables on public land.

a) from the laying of private television cables on public land

derive X from Y , where both X and Y are nouns

b) from laying private television cables on the public land

Removing THE makes laying a gerund and it acts like a working verb. This chance distorts the parallelism.

and THE PUBLIC is awkward.

Any comments ?

iamcste wrote: HI Logitech, All these points are covered by me in my post on the same question...