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South, West, Midwest

by GmatKiss » Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:26 am
Every region faces it potential disasters, tornadoes in the Midwest, hurricanes in the South, earthquakes along the West Coast, and killer blizzards wrack the East Coast.

A. tornadoes in the Midwest, hurricanes in the South, earthquakes along the West Coast
B. the Midwest' tornadoes, the South' hurricanes, the West Coast' earthquakes
C. tornadoes trouble the Midwest, hurricanes plague the South, earthquakes disturb the West Coast
D. the Midwestern tornadoes, Southern hurricanes, earthquakes along the West coast
E. tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes in the Midwest, South, and West Coast

OA after some discussion!
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by patanjali.purpose » Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:39 am
GmatKiss wrote:Every region faces it potential disasters, tornadoes in the Midwest, hurricanes in the South, earthquakes along the West Coast, and killer blizzards wrack the East Coast.

A. tornadoes in the Midwest, hurricanes in the South, earthquakes along the West Coast
B. the Midwest' tornadoes, the South' hurricanes, the West Coast' earthquakes
C. tornadoes trouble the Midwest, hurricanes plague the South, earthquakes disturb the West Coast
D. the Midwestern tornadoes, Southern hurricanes, earthquakes along the West coast
E. tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes in the Midwest, South, and West Coast

OA after some discussion!
[spoiler]Only C is parallel with 'killer blizzards wrack the East Coast'. IMO C[/spoiler]

But somehow the main clause of sentence 'Every region faces it potential disasters' does not appear correct. What does IT refers to: only possibility is region, but in such a case sentence will become non-sensical.

can we discuss

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by arashyazdiha » Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:53 am
I think C is only possible parallel structure
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by akhilsuhag » Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:59 am
Only C is parellel!
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