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by anshulagarwal12 » Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:02 am
While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change
people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the
incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally.
(A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling
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by kartikshah » Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:12 am
We need to search for parallel structures.
A is correct.
by suggesting...by calling...
Last edited by kartikshah on Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:57 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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by vk_vinayak » Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:22 am
anshulagarwal12 wrote:While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change
people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the
incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally.
(A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling
Parallelism is tested here. Only A mainstains the parallelism: by attempting ..., by suggesting..., and by calling ...
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by anshulagarwal12 » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:11 pm
Thanks vk_vinayak & kartikshah.
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