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How to identify Verb or participle ?? to make it parallel

by Uva@90 » Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:56 am
Hi All,

How to identify whether word is verb or Participle ?

here is the Question I faced,

The football team, tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.

A. tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
B. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
C. tired after four hours of practice and because they wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
D. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, will take a short cut.
E. tiring after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut.

OA B

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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Jul 26, 2015 3:00 am
The football team, tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.

A. tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut
B. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut
C. tired after four hours of practice and because they wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut
D. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, will take a short cut
E. tiring after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut
A conjunction such as AND must connect PARALLEL FORMS.
In A and C, tired and wanted are not parallel.
Whereas tired serves as an adjective (the team was TIRED), wanted serves as a VERB (the team WANTED to reach home quickly).
Eliminate A and C.

In D, there is no justification for the future tense (WILL take a short cut).
Eliminate D.

E nonsensically implies that the team was TIRING AFTER FOUR HOURS OF PRACTICE at the same time as it TOOK A SHORT CUT.
Eliminate E.

The correct answer is B.

In the OA, tired (past participle) and wanting (present participle) both serve as ADJECTIVES describing the football team:
A team TIRED after four hours of practice.
A team WANTING to reach home quickly.
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by ommtomm » Sun Jul 26, 2015 8:18 am
Thanks the explanation is lucid. Please clarify following as well:

2. Parallelism question: which one is correct of these two and why. why the other one is wrong
A: Many engineers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than to face low salaries in the city.
B: Many engineers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than face low salaries in the city.
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by Uva@90 » Sun Jul 26, 2015 7:51 pm
GMATGuruNY wrote:
The football team, tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.

A. tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut
B. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut
C. tired after four hours of practice and because they wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut
D. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, will take a short cut
E. tiring after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut
A conjunction such as AND must connect PARALLEL FORMS.
In A and C, tired and wanted are not parallel.
Whereas tired serves as an adjective (the team was TIRED), wanted serves as a VERB (the team WANTED to reach home quickly).
Eliminate A and C.

In D, there is no justification for the future tense (WILL take a short cut).
Eliminate D.

E nonsensically implies that the team was TIRING AFTER FOUR HOURS OF PRACTICE at the same time as it TOOK A SHORT CUT.
Eliminate E.

The correct answer is B.

In the OA, tired (past participle) and wanting (present participle) both serve as ADJECTIVES describing the football team:
A team TIRED after four hours of practice.
A team WANTING to reach home quickly.
Thanks a lot,

So, Past Participle and Present Participle can be parallel if they are modifying the same word ??

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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Jul 26, 2015 7:54 pm
Uva@90 wrote:
Thanks a lot,

So, Past Participle and Present Participle can be parallel if they are modifying the same word ??

Thanks.
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