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by arorag » Wed May 14, 2008 7:17 pm
It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them to market when the time is ripe.

(A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to
(B) all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and
(C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and
(D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and
(E) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and
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by tomato1 » Wed May 14, 2008 9:07 pm
Choice b shows parallel structure ...
is it B?

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by netigen » Wed May 14, 2008 11:17 pm
In my opinion, B is not parallel, read the sentence again this time like this -

Original - not parallel (missing to)
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It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is (to) leave them alone while they feed themselves, (to) corral them, and to drive them to market when the time is ripe.

With B - not parallel (missing to)
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It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and (to) drive them to market when the time is ripe.

With C - parallel
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It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and drive them to market when the time is ripe.

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by chidcguy » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:12 pm
leave them alone to feed themselves

is different from

leave them alone while they feed themselves

Former means if you wont leave them alone they wont feed themselves, latter does not make any such restrictions.

D & E change the meaning
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by gmattakers » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:24 pm
Another parallelism question.

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by maihuna » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:59 am
but more than parallelism its about content...

if feed then corral(IKATHA KARNA) and then market C make sense


I just opted D and look forward if some one can finally divide and proove all but C wrong..i mean in understandable terms...more i mean...

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by maihuna » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:04 am
Corral means : enclosure for confining or capturing livestock

What does it mean, can some body again read stmt C:
leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and then market
silly...bit..

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by brb588 » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:11 am
maihuna wrote:Corral means : enclosure for confining or capturing livestock

What does it mean, can some body again read stmt C:
leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and then market
silly...bit..
To corral something is to gather them up. It's a noun and a verb.

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