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by abhasjha » Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:06 am
The arrest of a programmer accused of violating an American digital copyright law has stirred significant opposition, against both the law itself and against the software company that had initiated the case.

(A) against both the law itself and against the software company that had

(B) against both the law itself and also the software company having

(C) against both the law itself and the software company that

(D) both against the law itself and the software company that had

(E) both against the law itself and also against the software company having
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by ColumbiaVC » Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:35 pm
C

against both X and Y
(X||Y)
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by theCodeToGMAT » Sun Jul 06, 2014 9:04 pm
{A} INCORRECT: -both x & y --> but y again has "against"; also we dont need "had"
{B} INCORRECT: "also" is not needed; "having" is incorrect
{C}
{D} INCORRECT: "against" is missing in "Y" of both X & Y. "had" is not needed
{E} INCORRECT: "also against" is not needed

{C}?
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by phanikpk » Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:24 am
Both X and Y, C shows the best...
Parallelism...
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Jul 07, 2014 7:06 pm
abhasjha wrote:The arrest of a programmer accused of violating an American digital copyright law has stirred significant opposition, against both the law itself and against the software company that had initiated the case.

(A) against both the law itself and against the software company that had

(B) against both the law itself and also the software company having

(C) against both the law itself and the software company that

(D) both against the law itself and the software company that had

(E) both against the law itself and also against the software company having
In the idiom both X and Y, X and Y must be PARALLEL FORMS.

A: both the law...and against
Here, the law (noun) and against (preposition) are not parallel forms.
Eliminate A.

D: both against...and the software company
Here, against (preposition) and the software company (noun) are not parallel forms.
Eliminate D.

B and E: the software company having initiated
NOUN + having + VERBed is ALWAYS WRONG.
Eliminate B and E.

The correct answer is C.
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