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by tracyyahoo » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:52 am
The principal feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check's authenticity, (which includes reminders to watch the endorsement, compare signatures, and view) the watermark while holding the check to the light.
A. which includes reminders to watch the endorsement, compare signatures, and
view
B. which include reminders for watching the endorsement, to compare signatures
and view
C. by including reminders for watching the endorsement, comparing signatures, and
viewing
D. including reminders to watch the endorsement, comparing signatures and viewing
E. including reminders to watch the endorsement, compare signatures, and view

I chose D because Parallelism Oa is E ,why ？？？
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by GmatKiss » Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:08 am
Please underline the part of the question under study.

IMO: Not wanting to read it! :(
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:09 am
tracyyahoo wrote:The principal feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check's authenticity, (which includes reminders to watch the endorsement, compare signatures, and view) the watermark while holding the check to the light.

D. including reminders to watch the endorsement, comparing signatures and viewing ------ including itself starts a series of things, we dont require comparing & viewing
E. including reminders to watch the endorsement, compare signatures, and view

I chose D because Parallelism Oa is E ,why ？？？
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by ranjeet75 » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:50 am
"Comma + including" modifies the preceding clause and hence here as per parallelism "to watch, compare, and view"

Hence E is right.
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by saketk » Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:55 am
ranjeet75 wrote:"Comma + including" modifies the preceding clause and hence here as per parallelism "to watch, compare, and view"

Hence E is right.
exactly... usage of including is correct ( I guess original poster of the question already knows that because he chose D)

We need to check this sentence for parallelism..

To watch, compare and view is parallel and that's why option E is the correct answer.

This is also a correct choice..

to watch, to compare and to view. (IMO)
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by zaarathelab » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:32 am
tracyyahoo wrote:The principal feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check's authenticity, (which includes reminders to watch the endorsement, compare signatures, and view) the watermark while holding the check to the light.
A. which includes reminders to watch the endorsement, compare signatures, and
view
B. which include reminders for watching the endorsement, to compare signatures
and view
C. by including reminders for watching the endorsement, comparing signatures, and
viewing
D. including reminders to watch the endorsement, comparing signatures and viewing
E. including reminders to watch the endorsement, compare signatures, and view

I chose D because Parallelism Oa is E ,why ？？？
A AND B: Incorrect placement of which
C: falsely means that the merchants themselves were including the reminders
D: Not parallel
E: CORRECT (Parallel and conveys the appropriate meaning by using the present participle - including to modify the previous clause)
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