Common Verb: Either...or

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Common Verb: Either...or

by rohit9359 » Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:18 am
Hi All,

Please refer the attached screen-shot. From the explanation i could understand that (A) is the best option.

Would placing "modeled on" before "either" make the option a better choice?

I believe that way "modeled on" should apply to the part after "or" as well, and hence must be placed before "either".

Your takes on this?

Thanks much,
Rohit.
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by lilu » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:22 am
I think none of the answer choices are correct.
A violates the parallelism of either... or :!:
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Re: Common Verb: Either...or

by piyush_nitt » Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:26 pm
rohit9359 wrote:Hi All,

Please refer the attached screen-shot. From the explanation i could understand that (A) is the best option.

Would placing "modeled on" before "either" make the option a better choice?

I believe that way "modeled on" should apply to the part after "or" as well, and hence must be placed before "either".

Your takes on this?

Thanks much,
Rohit.
I feel that the question is incorrect.

1. Either X or Y , X and Y are not ||
2. wrong usage of idiom. modeled after is a correct idiom

Coming back to question , among all options A is best. B is incorrect because verb is missing. So B is not even a sentence, it is a sentence fragment.

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