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s_raizada
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In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, in part that their steers should
acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.
(A) in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics
(B) in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers
(C) partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics
(D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers
(E) partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers
OA is E
The only problem I have with this is parallelism
'partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers' is a phrase whereas 'partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor' is a clause
How can coordinating conjuction 'and' join a phrase with a clause. To be truely parallel both element on either side of and should be structurally parallel.
acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.
(A) in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics
(B) in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers
(C) partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics
(D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers
(E) partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers
OA is E
The only problem I have with this is parallelism
'partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers' is a phrase whereas 'partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor' is a clause
How can coordinating conjuction 'and' join a phrase with a clause. To be truely parallel both element on either side of and should be structurally parallel.
