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by winniethepooh » Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:42 pm
n 1995 Richard Stallman, a well-known critic of the patent system, testified in Patent Office hearings that, to test the system, a colleague of his had managed to win a patent for one of Kirchhoff's laws, an observation about electric current first made in 1845 and now included in virtually every textbook of elementary physics.
(A) laws, an observation about electric current first made in 1845 and
(B) laws, which was an observation about electric current first made in 1845 and it is
(C) laws, namely, it was an observation about electric current first made in 1845 and
(D) laws, an observation about electric current first made in 1845, it is
(E) laws that was an observation about electric current, first made in 1845, and is

OA:A


In the explanation to the answer to this question , Og states that,"WIthin the long modifying phrase, parallelism is maintained by balancing an observation .... first made with and now included.

What's the parallelism here?
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by VivianKerr » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:18 pm
The parallelism is the idea of time.

"first VERB" and "now VERB"
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by crick » Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:38 pm
Arrived at A in 2+ min. Good question.

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by adi_800 » Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:22 pm
Parallelism of two adverbs first and now as both tell more about the timing of the verbs to which they are attached to..
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