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by geet » Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:52 am
The nation’s three military academies have seen a dramatic rise in applications, one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies.

(A) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies

(B) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs that have increased at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

(C) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, private colleges that increased their tuition costs, and recruiting improvements by the academies

(D) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs increasing at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

(E) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

OA is A....do explain your logic!
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by shilpi84 » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:27 am
geet wrote:The nation’s three military academies have seen a dramatic rise in applications, one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies.

(A) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies(all 3 reasons are parallel)

(B) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs that have increased at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

(C) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, private colleges that increased their tuition costs, and recruiting improvements by the academies

(D) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, (not parallel)tuition costs increasing at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

(E) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, (not parallel)increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

OA is A....do explain your logic


A is the only option which maintains the parallel structure.
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by tanviet » Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:39 pm
all 5 choices are not in parallelism
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by geet » Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:57 pm
shilpi84 wrote:The nation’s three military academies have seen a dramatic rise in applications, one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies.

(A) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies(all 3 reasons are parallel)

(B) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs that have increased at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

(C) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, private colleges that increased their tuition costs, and recruiting improvements by the academies

(D) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, (not parallel)tuition costs increasing at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

(E) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, (not parallel)increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

OA is A....do explain your logic


A is the only option which maintains the parallel structure.
BUt in A "one fueled by" refer to whom moreover A is also not parallel
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by thetrystero » Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:17 am
geet wrote:The nation’s three military academies have seen a dramatic rise in applications, one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies.

(A) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies

consistent idiom for all three reasons (simple present). all the other answers have inconsistent idioms.

(B) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (simple present), tuition costs that have increased at private colleges (past perfect), and academies improving their recruiting (present continuous)

(C) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (simple present), private colleges that increased their tuition costs (simple past), and recruiting improvements by the academies (simple present)

(D) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (simple present), tuition costs increasing at private colleges (simple present), and academies improving their recruiting (present continuous)

(E) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (present), increasing tuition costs at private colleges (present), and academies improving their recruiting (present continuous)
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by hbhardwaj » Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:35 am
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