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Parallelism and Pronoun

by aiminghigh700 » Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:03 am
Anger has been determined by behavioral economists to make people assess situations more optimistically, downplay risks, and overestimate potential benefits, while fear affects this in the opposite way

A)Anger has been determined by behavioral economists to make people assess situations more optimistically, downplay risks and overestimate potential benefits, while fear affects this in the opposite way.

B)It has been determined by behavioral economists that anger makes people assess situations more optimistically, downplay risks, and potentially overestimate the benefits, while fear is affecting them in the opposite way.

C)Behavioral economists have determined anger to make people assess situations more optimistically, downplaying risks and potentially overestimating benefits;fear affects them in the opposite way.

D)Behavioral economists have determined that anger makes people assess situations more optimistically, downplaying risks and overestimating potential benefits, and that fear has the opposite effect.

E)Behavioral economists have determined that anger, which makes people assess situations more optimistically, downplay risks, and potentially overestimate the benefits, has the opposite effect of fear.

Source: Verbal workout for GMAT - Princeton review 2nd Ed[/u]
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by stubbornp » Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:32 am
imo E
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by mals24 » Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:59 am
IMO A

B 'affecting' in the last sentence is not parallel with 'makes' after anger.

C: 'make people downplaying risks and make people potentially overestimating benefits' does not make sense.

D: Same as C, makes people downplaying risks and makes people overestimating potential benefits' does not make sense.

E: In this sentence 'potentially overestimate the benefits' changes the meaning. The actual sentence said 'overestimate the potential benefits'. Plus it does not seem parallel. 'assess situations more optimistically (verb noun), downplay risks (verb noun) and potentially overestimate the benefits (adverb verb noun).
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by gmat009 » Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:40 pm
IMO D
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by amitabhprasad » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:09 pm
IMO D, looking at parallelism
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by niraj_a » Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:29 pm
i was thinking D too....
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by bodyoflies » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:20 pm
IMO D
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by aiminghigh700 » Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:39 pm
OA: D

Thanks everyone.
But, that still doesnt clear my doubt.

Why shouldn't it be assess, downplay and overestimate?
Why is assess, downplaying and overestimating correct? Or am I totally wrong in considering "assess" as a part of the list?
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IMO: D

by iamcste » Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:12 am
Apart from parallelism error, A is in passive..and when options have both active voice and passive voice, prefer active voice...
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Re: Parallelism and Pronoun

by dileepsinha » Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:27 am
aiminghigh700 wrote:Anger has been determined by behavioral economists to make people assess situations more optimistically, downplay risks, and overestimate potential benefits, while fear affects this in the opposite way

A)Anger has been determined by behavioral economists to make people assess situations more optimistically, downplay risks and overestimate potential benefits, while fear affects this in the opposite way.

B)It has been determined by behavioral economists that anger makes people assess situations more optimistically, downplay risks, and potentially overestimate the benefits, while fear is affecting them in the opposite way.

C)Behavioral economists have determined anger to make people assess situations more optimistically, downplaying risks and potentially overestimating benefits;fear affects them in the opposite way.

D)Behavioral economists have determined that anger makes people assess situations more optimistically, downplaying risks and overestimating potential benefits, and that fear has the opposite effect.

E)Behavioral economists have determined that anger, which makes people assess situations more optimistically, downplay risks, and potentially overestimate the benefits, has the opposite effect of fear.

Source: Verbal workout for GMAT - Princeton review 2nd Ed[/u]
I think E is incorrect in implying that the anger has an effect that is opposite of fear. ("effect" modified by "that is opposite of fear") ..rather that anger has an effect, opposite of what fear has (effect of anger...equated with ..effect of fear)
Hence D should be right.
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by mals24 » Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:36 am
I still am confused how parallelism is maintained in D in terms of assess, downplay and overestimate, since anger makes people do three things; asses, downplay and overestimate. I understood 'that anger makes' and 'that fear has' are parallel.

Also the part 'anger makes people downplaying risks' and 'anger makes people overestimating potential fears' doesn't make sense.

Can anyone shed more light on this fact.
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by kris610 » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:39 am
@mals,

assess, downplay and overestimate are not 3 different things.

downplay and overestimate modify people here..

He was sitting there, reading a book and sipping coffee.

Here reading and sipping modify "He" -- you should not see sitting reading and sipping as 3 different items.

Hope this clarifies.
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