Sentence Correction

Most European countries offer a variety of programs for assisting working parents, which include paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and they subsidize public nurseries and kindergartens.

A. for assisting working parents, which include paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and they subsidize
B. for the assistance of working parents, to include paid maternity and paternity leaves, also financial allowances for families with children, and subsidizing
C. in order to assist working parents, to include paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and to subsidize
D. to assist working parents, which includes paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and they also subsidize
E. to assist working parents, including paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and subsidized

OA E but how come "assist" and "subsidized" parallel . Experts please comment

jainrahul1985 wrote:Most European countries offer a variety of programs for assisting working parents, which include paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and they subsidize public nurseries and kindergartens.

A. for assisting working parents, which include paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and they subsidize
B. for the assistance of working parents, to include paid maternity and paternity leaves, also financial allowances for families with children, and subsidizing
C. in order to assist working parents, to include paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and to subsidize
D. to assist working parents, which includes paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and they also subsidize
E. to assist working parents, including paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and subsidized

OA E but how come "assist" and "subsidized" parallel . Experts please comment

The parallelism is not set b/w "to assist" and "subsidized", the parallelism is set between the parts above in green in Op E

jainrahul1985 wrote:Most European countries offer a variety of programs for assisting working parents, which include paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and they subsidize public nurseries and kindergartens.

A.for assisting working parents, which include paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and they subsidize
B.for the assistance of working parents, to include paid maternity and paternity leaves, also financial allowances for families with children, and subsidizing
C.in order to assist working parents, to include paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and to subsidize
D.to assist working parents, which includes paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and they also subsidize
E.to assist working parents, including paid maternity and paternity leaves, financial allowances for families with children, and subsidized

OA E but how come "assist" and "subsidized" parallel . Experts please comment

If we compare the beginning of the options we see the usage for the assistance, for assisting, To assist
We need to choos to assist. THis eliminates options A and B

In option D, which refers to working parents. BUt workin parent can't include paid maternity, etc.... SO eliminate it

Comparing C and E we see the difference is the usage to include and ,including. ,including is certainly preferable. ELiminates C

Hence OA=E !!

As far parallelism is concerned,
1)maternity || paternity
2)paid maternity and paternity leaves || financial allowances for families || subsidized public nurseries...

However, i am not sure whether ,including is same as which? Then in this case it would refer to parents and that would be wrong.

Someone Please clarify the difference between them and their usage.

Thanks

sameerballani wrote:However, i am not sure whether ,including is same as which? Then in this case it would refer to parents and that would be wrong.

Someone Please clarify the difference between them and their usage.

Thanks

"to assist working parents : is a modifier . You can ignore the modifier and read the sentence as it were without the modifier

sameerballani wrote:However, i am not sure whether ,including is same as which? Then in this case it would refer to parents and that would be wrong.

Someone Please clarify the difference between them and their usage.

Thanks

you are correct here, ,including is an exception and work as ,which, however, even ,which modifies either preceding NOUN or NOUN PHRASE, according to Ron's one post, almost always u check for NOUN PHRASE....so applying the same knowledge i think here, ,including is modifying programs to assist working parents which is correct.

mundasingh123 wrote:

sameerballani wrote:However, i am not sure whether ,including is same as which? Then in this case it would refer to parents and that would be wrong.

Someone Please clarify the difference between them and their usage.

Thanks

"to assist working parents : is a modifier . You can ignore the modifier and read the sentence as it were without the modifier

that means d use of which in option D is correct. is it?

sameerballani wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

sameerballani wrote:However, i am not sure whether ,including is same as which? Then in this case it would refer to parents and that would be wrong.

Someone Please clarify the difference between them and their usage.

Thanks

"to assist working parents : is a modifier . You can ignore the modifier and read the sentence as it were without the modifier

that means d use of which in option D is correct. is it?

In D , programs is plural , so includes should be include . Then , Logically speaking parents cant include maternity leaves .

mundasingh123 wrote:

sameerballani wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

sameerballani wrote:However, i am not sure whether ,including is same as which? Then in this case it would refer to parents and that would be wrong.

Someone Please clarify the difference between them and their usage.

Thanks

"to assist working parents : is a modifier . You can ignore the modifier and read the sentence as it were without the modifier

that means d use of which in option D is correct. is it?

In D , programs is plural , so includes should be include . Then , Logically speaking parents cant include maternity leaves .

Your point about include is correct. And even that logical thing is fine
But what i am asking is that which in option D is correctly referring to programs and not to parents.(considering to assist working parents : is a modifier . You can ignore the modifier.) is this true?

sameerballani wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

sameerballani wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

sameerballani wrote:However, i am not sure whether ,including is same as which? Then in this case it would refer to parents and that would be wrong.

Someone Please clarify the difference between them and their usage.

Thanks

"to assist working parents : is a modifier . You can ignore the modifier and read the sentence as it were without the modifier

that means d use of which in option D is correct. is it?

In D , programs is plural , so includes should be include . Then , Logically speaking parents cant include maternity leaves .

Your point about include is correct. And even that logical thing is fine
But what i am asking is that which in option D is correctly referring to programs and not to parents.(considering to assist working parents : is a modifier . You can ignore the modifier.) is this true?

Yes

Hello Experts,

Can we discuss options C and E in depth?