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by prachich1987 » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:00 am
While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally.

(A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling

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OA : E
Can somebody help me in understanding the parallelism here.
propose.....suggest....calling-----Are these verbs parallel?
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by Night reader » Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:40 am
prachich1987 wrote:While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally.

(A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling

Source: OG
OA : E
Can somebody help me in understanding the parallelism here.
propose.....suggest....calling-----Are these verbs parallel?
prachi, it's complicated sentence ...
some propose to ... others suggest <-- is the only parallel structure I have comprehended here
then we are stuck among C,D,E and the click here is to suggest the reduction and to suggest reducing are two different things - one is advising process and the other is advising certain activity

quick and familiar example

Prachi I am weak in SC, you suggest studying more?
Prachi I am weak in SC, you suggest studies on parallelism topics?

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by akash.delsaria » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:33 am
This question is confusing, and I too can't understand the reasoning. Nor can I understand the above explanation.

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by mundasingh123 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:33 am
akash.delsaria wrote:This question is confusing, and I too can't understand the reasoning. Nor can I understand the above explanation.

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by arora007 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:53 am
prachich1987 wrote:While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally.

(A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling

Source: OG
OA : E
Can somebody help me in understanding the parallelism here.
propose.....suggest....calling-----Are these verbs parallel?
Look at how I got it...

try and prephrase the answer, after reading the question stem.

some propose to combat
others suggest (A and B gone...) to decrease (left with D & E)

kicked out D with passive..

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by mundasingh123 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:29 pm
Look at how I got it...

try and prephrase the answer, after reading the question stem.

some propose to combat
others suggest (A and B gone...) to decrease (left with D & E)

kicked out D with passive..

hope this helps![/quote]
In C why is for decreasing the incentive for pirating, wrong ?
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by arora007 » Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:35 am
mundasingh123 wrote: In C why is for decreasing the incentive for pirating, wrong ?
to decrease is parallel to combat
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