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by karthikpandian19 » Tue May 08, 2012 12:24 am
A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770's, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.
(A) it was only the second published by an American woman
(B) it was only the second that an American woman published
(C) the second one only published by an American woman
(D) the second one only that an American woman published
(E) only the second published by an American woman
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by spartacus1412 » Tue May 08, 2012 9:12 pm
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by GmatKiss » Wed May 09, 2012 12:53 am
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by confuse mind » Wed May 09, 2012 1:26 am
Please explain the correct option and why others are worn.
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by e-GMAT » Wed May 09, 2012 7:55 am
Hi All,

A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770's, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.

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Error Analysis:
Here we have a parallel list. The entities in this list are:
a. the first book by a Black woman
b. it was only the second published by an American woman.
This list is not parallel because the first entity is just a long phrase and the second entity is a clause. Since the first entity falls in the non-underlined portion of the sentence, we need the second entity in phrase, similar to the first entity.

POE:

Choice A: it was only the second published by an American woman: Incorrect for the reason stated above.

Choice B: it was only the second that an American woman published: Incorrect. Now we have two clauses here.

Choice C: the second one only published by an American woman: Incorrect. Placement of "only" is not correct.

Choice D: the second one only that an American woman published: Incorrect. This choice again has the parallelism error.

Choice E: only the second published by an American woman: Correct.

Hope this helps.
Thanks.
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by karthikpandian19 » Wed May 09, 2012 10:35 pm
OA is E
e-GMAT wrote:Hi All,

A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770's, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.

Image

Error Analysis:
Here we have a parallel list. The entities in this list are:
a. the first book by a Black woman
b. it was only the second published by an American woman.
This list is not parallel because the first entity is just a long phrase and the second entity is a clause. Since the first entity falls in the non-underlined portion of the sentence, we need the second entity in phrase, similar to the first entity.

POE:

Choice A: it was only the second published by an American woman: Incorrect for the reason stated above.

Choice B: it was only the second that an American woman published: Incorrect. Now we have two clauses here.

Choice C: the second one only published by an American woman: Incorrect. Placement of "only" is not correct.

Choice D: the second one only that an American woman published: Incorrect. This choice again has the parallelism error.

Choice E: only the second published by an American woman: Correct.

Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha
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