EP 2Lewis and Clark expedition

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EP 2Lewis and Clark expedition

by Neilsheth2 » Fri May 20, 2016 6:09 am
Experts could you please help me understand why A?

Logically An expedition and a return are separate but here ;- Expedition was to follow-->to look--> to continue--->to return according to the parallelism.

Am i Complicating the issue?

Need help pls
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by GMATGuruNY » Sat May 21, 2016 1:51 am
Neilsheth2 wrote:Experts could you please help me understand why A?

Logically An expedition and a return are separate but here ;- Expedition was to follow-->to look--> to continue--->to return according to the parallelism.

Am i Complicating the issue?

Need help pls
In a list of infinitives, the to must appear in only the FIRST infinitive or in ALL of the infinitives.

Example:
Mary likes to perform the following actions:
to swim
to run
to play
.

Correct: Mary likes to swim, run and play.
Here, the to correctly appears in only the first infinitive.
Correct: Mary likes to swim, to run and to play.
Here, the to correctly appears in all of the infinitives.

Incorrect: Mary likes to swim, run and to play.
Here, the to incorrectly appears in the first and third infinitives but not in the second.

OA: The Lewis and Clark expedition was TO FOLLOW the Mississippi river, LOOK for easy water routes, CONTINUE to the Pacific, and RETURN.
Here, in the list of infinitives -- to follow, to look, to continue, to return -- the to correctly appears in only the first.
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