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by swapna » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:44 pm
Setting up a corporation requires more paperwork and legal provision than to establish either a proprietorship or a partnership.

a.than to establish either a proprietorship or a partnership.

b.than what it requires to establish either a proprietorship or a partnership.

c.than to either establish a proprietorship or a partnership.

d.than establishing either a proprietorship or a partnership.

e.than establishing proprietorships and partnerships.

ans is d. Can some one tell me wats the difference between option d and e or rather how to eliminate e???
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by analyst218 » Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:41 pm
e changes the meaning of the sentence..


it has to be either or

and implies that it can set up both together
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by viidyasagar » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:55 pm
Can some one tell me wats the difference between option d and e or rather how to eliminate e???
Only one answer to your Q ----- Corporation = SINGULAR, hence we can compare it to singular nouns only.

"proprietorships" and "partnerships", in option E, are plural nouns and hence can't be compared to "Corporation" (singular).....

only D uses singular and maintains parallelism, choose D
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by rockeyb » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:19 pm
Can any one please tell me how is A eliminated . The only difference that I see In A and D is between the infinitive and the -Ing form of the verb .

A says : to establish either X or Y .

D says : establishing either X or Y .

As you can see both A and D maintains parallelism but why is D correct and not A ?
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by girish3131 » Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:14 am
Even we need to use subjunctive here b'cos of word REQUIRE .

Only option A fits the bill.


wud luv 2 knw how A get eliminated.
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by sumanr84 » Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:25 am
The Idiom used here is : More X than Y, X and Y need to be ||el

X- paperwork and legal provision
Y - to establish ( an infinitive, not parallel )

Only a gerund - 'xxING' can act as a noun to maintain the ||ism.Hence, establishing is the only option. IMO:D
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by rockeyb » Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:04 am
sumanr84 wrote:The Idiom used here is : More X than Y, X and Y need to be ||el

X- paperwork and legal provision
Y - to establish ( an infinitive, not parallel )

Only a gerund - 'xxING' can act as a noun to maintain the ||ism.Hence, establishing is the only option. IMO:D
I dont get it . Can you tell me what is the rule .

As far as I know "establishing proprietorships and partnerships" is a simple GERUND phrase .

So is the complete phrase that we are considering for parallelism ?
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by sumanr84 » Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:19 am
rockeyb wrote: I dont get it . Can you tell me what is the rule .

As far as I know "establishing proprietorships and partnerships" is a simple GERUND phrase .

So is the complete phrase that we are considering for parallelism ?
Yes, you are rite,
IMO complete phrase after THAN should be considered for ||ism.
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by kstv » Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:15 am
Setting up a corporation requires more paperwork and legal provision than to establish either a proprietorship or a partnership.

a.than to establish either a proprietorship or a partnership.

b.than what it requires to establish either a proprietorship or a partnership.

c.than to either establish a proprietorship or a partnership.

d.than establishing either a proprietorship or a partnership.

e.than establishing proprietorships and partnerships.

If Parallelism is a issue then Setting .... is balanced with establishing. ''and'changes the meaning in e.
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:18 pm
rockeyb wrote:Can any one please tell me how is A eliminated . The only difference that I see In A and D is between the infinitive and the -Ing form of the verb .

A says : to establish either X or Y .

D says : establishing either X or Y .

As you can see both A and D maintains parallelism but why is D correct and not A ?
In the non-underlined portion of the sentence we have "setting up a corporation"; only "establishing" is parallel to "setting".

Regarding D vs E, we have "corporation" in the non-underlined part, so we also need singular nouns in the second part of the comparison. Accordingly, "proprietorships" and "partnerships" are not parallel.

"and" also changes the meaning of the sentence, since the original sentence used "or", indicating that they are alternative, not joint, institutions.
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by rockeyb » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:08 pm
Stuart Kovinsky wrote:
rockeyb wrote:Can any one please tell me how is A eliminated . The only difference that I see In A and D is between the infinitive and the -Ing form of the verb .

A says : to establish either X or Y .

D says : establishing either X or Y .

As you can see both A and D maintains parallelism but why is D correct and not A ?
In the non-underlined portion of the sentence we have "setting up a corporation"; only "establishing" is parallel to "setting".

Regarding D vs E, we have "corporation" in the non-underlined part, so we also need singular nouns in the second part of the comparison. Accordingly, "proprietorships" and "partnerships" are not parallel.

"and" also changes the meaning of the sentence, since the original sentence used "or", indicating that they are alternative, not joint, institutions.
Thanks for the explanation.
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by 2simple » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:55 pm
Why is B wrong? I think both D and E should be eliminated, since "more paperwork and legal provision than" can not be compared with "establishing whatever" but "what is requires to establish whatever", no?
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