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by GmatKiss » Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:24 pm
While many students of foreign languages start out with the best of intentions,
many learners quickly discover that the effort involved in memorizing endless
vocabulary words and doing countless drills are daunting.

A. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills are daunting
B. the efforts involved in the memorizing of endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills are daunting
C. the effort involved with memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
countless drills is daunting
D. the effort involved in the memorization of endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills is daunting
E. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
countless drills is daunting
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:40 pm
While many students of foreign languages start out with the best of intentions,
many learners quickly discover that the effort involved in memorizing endless
vocabulary words and doing countless drills are daunting.

A. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills are daunting
B. the efforts involved in the memorizing of endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills are daunting
C. the effort involved with memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
countless drills is daunting
D. the effort involved in the memorization of endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills is daunting
E. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
countless drills is daunting
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by patanjali.purpose » Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:40 pm
GmatKiss wrote:While many students of foreign languages start out with the best of intentions,
many learners quickly discover that the effort involved in memorizing endless
vocabulary words and doing countless drills are daunting.

A. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills are daunting
B. the efforts involved in the memorizing of endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills are daunting
C. the effort involved with memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
countless drills is daunting
D. the effort involved in the memorization of endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills is daunting
E. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
countless drills is daunting
THE EFFORT ...IS DAUNTING (drop A/B)

D - THE MOMORIZATION ...and DOING (noun and CONJUGATED verb is made parallel); drop

C/E - WITH ...IN or IN...IN (IMO, both involved IN /WITH are correct, but in this sentence IN...IN is more parallel as sentence intends to show participation in both activities).

IMO E

See further: https://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/ev ... 1356002132
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by patanjali.purpose » Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:42 pm
Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:While many students of foreign languages start out with the best of intentions,
many learners quickly discover that the effort involved in memorizing endless
vocabulary words and doing countless drills are daunting.

A. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills are daunting
B. the efforts involved in the memorizing of endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills are daunting
C. the effort involved with memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
countless drills is daunting
D. the effort involved in the memorization of endless vocabulary words and doing
countless drills is daunting
E. the effort involved in memorizing endless vocabulary words and in doing
countless drills is daunting
Bill, do you mean D is correct.
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:43 pm
No, I got a little quick on the "submit button" :D Patanjali is correct about why D doesn't work (lack of parallelism)
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