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by rjain84 » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:41 am
Some schools have been successful in attempts to lure middle-income students from public schools and that educate these students in specialized subjects.

A) to lure middle-income students from public schools and that educate
B) to lure middle-income students from public schools and educate
C) to lure middle-income students from public schools for educating
D) which lure middle-income students from public schools to educate
E) at luring middle-income students from public schools and by the education of

OA: B
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by MoYassen23 » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:08 am
I would say B.

A) "to lure..." is not parallel to "that educate".
C) "to lure..." is not parallel to "for educating".
D) "to lure..." is the correct idiom.
E) "at luring.." is not parallel to "the education of".

That would be my explanation...

Looking forward to an expert's opinion...
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by rjain84 » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:13 am
Thanks for the explanation. But in B, "to lure" and "educate" are also not parallel, IMO. Shouldn't "to lure" be parallel with "to educate" and not "educate"?
MoYassen23 wrote:I would say B.

A) "to lure..." is not parallel to "that educate".
C) "to lure..." is not to parallel to "for education
D) "to lure..." is the correct idiom
E) "at luring.." is not parallel to "the education of"

That would be my explanation...

Looking forward to an expert's opinion...
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by MoYassen23 » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:21 am
I think, because there is a sequence of events. First the school must be successful at "luring" the students before it can "educate them".
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by rjain84 » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:24 am
By that logic, C also doesn't look like a bad option because it clearly specifies the motive and eliminates the ambiguity completely.
MoYassen23 wrote:I think, because there is a sequence of events. First the school must be successful at "luring" the students before it can "educate them".
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by MoYassen23 » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:34 am
"C" says that we are luring public school students in order to educate them.

You will probably get a better explanation from an expert.
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by rjain84 » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:39 am
Yes, lets wait for the expert comments. Anyway, thanks for explanations, Bro!
MoYassen23 wrote:"C" says that we are luring public school students in order to educate them.

You will probably get a better explanation from an expert.
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by Tommy Wallach » Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:38 pm
Hey Guys,

Expert opinion has arrived!
Some schools have been successful in attempts to lure middle-income students from public schools and that educate these students in specialized subjects.

A) to lure middle-income students from public schools and that educate
B) to lure middle-income students from public schools and educate
C) to lure middle-income students from public schools for educating
D) which lure middle-income students from public schools to educate
E) at luring middle-income students from public schools and by the education of
(A) Breaks parallelism "to lure" and "that educate".
(B) CORRECT. "to lure" and "educate". The word "to" distributes in the parallel structure, much like has/have: "I have gone to the store and bought a puppy, which I plan to eat."
(C) Meaning problem. They aren't luring them "for educating" them, but luring them "[in order] to educate" them. I can't say "I ate the sandwich for getting rid of my hunger." We use "to" for intention.
(D) "Which" requires a comma.
(E) Break parallelism "at luring" and "by the education of". Also weird meaning in that last piece: "by the education of," as if it somehow aids the act of luring.

Hope that helps!

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by rjain84 » Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:41 pm
Tommy Wallach wrote:Hey Guys,

Expert opinion has arrived!
Some schools have been successful in attempts to lure middle-income students from public schools and that educate these students in specialized subjects.

A) to lure middle-income students from public schools and that educate
B) to lure middle-income students from public schools and educate
C) to lure middle-income students from public schools for educating
D) which lure middle-income students from public schools to educate
E) at luring middle-income students from public schools and by the education of
(A) Breaks parallelism "to lure" and "that educate".
(B) CORRECT. "to lure" and "educate". The word "to" distributes in the parallel structure, much like has/have: "I have gone to the store and bought a puppy, which I plan to eat."
(C) Meaning problem. They aren't luring them "for educating" them, but luring them "[in order] to educate" them. I can't say "I ate the sandwich for getting rid of my hunger." We use "to" for intention.
(D) "Which" requires a comma.
(E) Break parallelism "at luring" and "by the education of". Also weird meaning in that last piece: "by the education of," as if it somehow aids the act of luring.

Hope that helps!

-t
Your explanation makes perfect sense to me Tommy. Thank you for taking the time to clear my doubts. Much appreciated!
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