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by [email protected] » Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:58 pm
Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave
consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it als
o caused erosion and very quickly deforested whole regions.

A. Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also

B. Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also

C. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States, creating farmland (especially in the Northeast) and giving consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but also

D. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States created farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also

E. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States not only created farmland (especially in the Northeast), giving consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it
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by thephoenix » Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:43 am
i don't see any diff in A and B pls check

IMO ANS sud be
Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States created farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also
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by thephoenix » Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:52 am
OA pls
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by liferocks » Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:32 am
IMO its D

auxiliary verb 'did' does not go with the structure of the sentence. it should be ' United States created farmland'
what is the OA?
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by akhpad » Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:34 am
I believe that there may be some problem with Q.

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/not ... t3129.html
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by prinit » Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:21 am
akhp77 wrote:I believe that there may be some problem with Q.

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/not ... t3129.html

@ akhp77: thanks for providing the link.

Now it is very clear that only D satisfies the parallelism and has correct tense forms. So D wins among the given choices.
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by tahitiboy » Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:44 am
The correct parallelism structure is not only A but also B.
(A) is incorrect because the "not only" is not followed by a "but also".
(B) is incorrect with the same reason as (A).
(C) is incorrect because "not only" is not present in the clauses before the "but also"
(E) is incorrect because "but also" does not appear in the clauses after the "not only".
We can conclude (D) is correct.
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by prinit » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:13 am
tahitiboy wrote:The correct parallelism structure is not only A but also B.
(A) is incorrect because the "not only" is not followed by a "but also".
(B) is incorrect with the same reason as (A).
(C) is incorrect because "not only" is not present in the clauses before the "but also"
(E) is incorrect because "but also" does not appear in the clauses after the "not only".
We can conclude (D) is correct.

Well not only A but also B is Idiomatic, not sure whether one can call it Parallelism or not..
IMO it is created Vs gave; keeping tenses in same time zone and in turn creating parallel structure..
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