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RiyaR: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 98; Joined: Sat May 31, 2014 8:29 pmFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 1 times

by RiyaR » Thu Oct 23, 2014 4:47 am

As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round, taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize its sizes and colors, and to predict sales volume in advance.

(A) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize
(B) taking advantage of off-season demand, to standardize
(C) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardizing
(D) take advantage of off-season demand, standardizing
(E) take advantage of off-season demand, to standardize

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by [email protected] » Thu Oct 23, 2014 5:52 pm

Hi RiyaR,

This SC question comes with a "twist" - while it's clear enough that Parallelism is the primary rule that we need to follow, one of the "intervening phrases" is actually NOT part of the 3-item list in this sentence (so that phrase does NOT have to be parallel with the others).

1) Parallelism: The first item in the list is "to sell...." and the third item is "to predict....", so the second item should also be in "to _____" format. Here, it's "to standardize..." Eliminate A, C and D.

2) Verbs: The sentence describes a process ("commercial farming of lobsters") that is not restricted to one tense or one point in time. An "-ing" verb is what we need here. Eliminate E.

Final Answer: B

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by kutlee » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:07 am

even if it were to follow parallelism, taking should have been 'to take advantage'. But there is no choice with that option. So selling fish all around is possible 'by taking advantage'

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