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by hrishi19884 » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:21 am
Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the fi rst woman to draw a soldier's
pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in
1783 because she had become
too ill to serve.

(A) 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become

(B) 22, was injured three times, while being discharged in 1783 because she had become

(C) 22 and was injured three times, and discharged in 1783, being

(D) 22, injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she was

(E) 22, having been injured three times and discharged in 1783, being
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by komal » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:44 am
hrishi19884 wrote:Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the fi rst woman to draw a soldier's
pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in
1783 because she had become
too ill to serve.

(A) 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become

(B) 22, was injured three times, while being discharged in 1783 because she had become

(C) 22 and was injured three times, and discharged in 1783, being

(D) 22, injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she was

(E) 22, having been injured three times and discharged in 1783, being
All answer choices except (A) show Parallelism Error. Hence (A) is correct



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by hrishi19884 » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:58 am
komal wrote:
hrishi19884 wrote:Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the fi rst woman to draw a soldier's
pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in
1783 because she had become
too ill to serve.

(A) 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become

(B) 22, was injured three times, while being discharged in 1783 because she had become

(C) 22 and was injured three times, and discharged in 1783, being

(D) 22, injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she was

(E) 22, having been injured three times and discharged in 1783, being
All answer choices except (A) show Parallelism Error. Hence (A) is correct


I think GMAT and Parallelism are going to marry some day :)
nice work!

Do you want to comment on these two tenses
"was injured " and "she had become"

Why two different tenses? Which action comes first?

What about these two tenses "Dressed as a man" and "using the name"?

Do these actions took place at the same time?

This sentence is too good to learn the tense in grammar.
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