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Political Views

by showbu » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:15 pm
A recent poll indicates that many people in the United States hold a combination of conservative and liberal political views; i.e., they denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting many specific government programs for health car, education, and environment.

A. they denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting

B. they denounce big government—they say that government is doing too much and has become too powerful—but supporting at the same time

C. they denounce big government, they say that government is doing too much and it has become too powerful, while they support at the same time

D. while they denounce big government, saying that government is doing too much and has become too powerful, at the same time supporting

E. while they are denouncing big government—they say that government is doing too much and it has become too powerful—supporting at the same time

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Re: Political Views

by iamcste » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:36 pm
showbu wrote:A recent poll indicates that many people in the United States hold a combination of conservative and liberal political views; i.e., they denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting many specific government programs for health car, education, and environment.

A. they denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting

B. they denounce big government—they say that government is doing too much and has become too powerful—but supporting at the same time

C. they denounce big government, they say that government is doing too much and it has become too powerful, while they support at the same time

D. while they denounce big government, saying that government is doing too much and has become too powerful, at the same time supporting

E. while they are denouncing big government—they say that government is doing too much and it has become too powerful—supporting at the same time
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Re: Political Views

by Hopper39 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:38 pm
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A. they denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting

Does A pose a parallelism problem with "they denounce...while supporting", or is it acceptable to use the present participle precisely because "while" introduces a simultaneous action?

Ex: "He talked on the phone while running" is OK, or would you have to write "he talked on the phone while he ran?"

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by nox104 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:35 pm
Yes, in A, parallelism is not a problem because it is contrasting 2 actions. Take another example:

He ran while sipping coffee from his cup.

He ran while he sipped coffee from his cup.

In the first sentence, the concurrent action is clearly highlighted even though the verbs are not parallel.

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