Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars for medical malpractice claims, divorcing battles and class actions against corporations
A. are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars for medical malpractice claims, divorcing battles and class actions against corporations
B. will bankroll other people's lawsuits, pump hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions against corporations
C. are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions against corporations
D. to bankroll other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, for divorce battles and class actions against corporations
E. are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, for pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, for divorce battles and class actions against corporations
Source: Aristotle SC Grail
OA: C
This question tests parallelism. Could anyone put light on the parallel list.
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Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars for medical malpractice claims, divorcing battles and class actions against corporations
A. are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars for medical malpractice claims, divorcing battles and class actions against corporations
--> NOUN, ADJECTIVE & NOUN; INCORRECT
B. will bankroll other people's lawsuits, pump hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions against corporations
--> Cause & Effect Structure issue; we need verb+ing; INCORRECT
C. are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions against corporations
CORRECT
D. to bankroll other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, for divorce battles and class actions against corporations
INCORRECT
E. are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, for pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, for divorce battles and class actions against corporations
--> Cause & Effect Structure issue; we need verb+ing; INCORRECT
A. are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars for medical malpractice claims, divorcing battles and class actions against corporations
--> NOUN, ADJECTIVE & NOUN; INCORRECT
B. will bankroll other people's lawsuits, pump hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions against corporations
--> Cause & Effect Structure issue; we need verb+ing; INCORRECT
C. are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions against corporations
CORRECT
D. to bankroll other people's lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, for divorce battles and class actions against corporations
INCORRECT
E. are bankrolling other people's lawsuits, for pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, for divorce battles and class actions against corporations
--> Cause & Effect Structure issue; we need verb+ing; INCORRECT
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Hi psm12se,
This SC comes down to a few grammar rules that are fairly common on the GMAT:
1) Parallelism - a "3 item list" requires that all 3 items be in "parallel format"
The prompt mentions "...malpractice claims, DIVORCING battles and class actions...." The second item in this list is not parallel with the first and third items. We're looking for an answer with proper parallelism. For example: "malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions..." Eliminate A, D and E.
2) Verbs - In the non-underlined portion, you'll notice that "..banks, hedge funds and investors HUNGRY...." which means that they're hungry NOW. This means that they probably want to do something NOW, so I'd be looking for present tense verbs. B uses a future tense verb; C uses present tense verbs.
Final Answer: C
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This SC comes down to a few grammar rules that are fairly common on the GMAT:
1) Parallelism - a "3 item list" requires that all 3 items be in "parallel format"
The prompt mentions "...malpractice claims, DIVORCING battles and class actions...." The second item in this list is not parallel with the first and third items. We're looking for an answer with proper parallelism. For example: "malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions..." Eliminate A, D and E.
2) Verbs - In the non-underlined portion, you'll notice that "..banks, hedge funds and investors HUNGRY...." which means that they're hungry NOW. This means that they probably want to do something NOW, so I'd be looking for present tense verbs. B uses a future tense verb; C uses present tense verbs.
Final Answer: C
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich