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Plz explain

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by akg_gmat » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:05 am
Even though it was not illegal for the bank to share itscustomers' personal and financial information with an outside marketing company in return for a commission on sales, the state's attorney general accused the bank of engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep records private.

A. by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep
B. by its failure of honoring its promise to its customers to keep
C. in its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
D. because of its failure in honoring its promise to its customers in keeping
E. because of its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping

OA: A

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Re: Plz explain

by parallel_chase » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:12 am
akg_gmat wrote:Even though it was not illegal for the bank to share itscustomers' personal and financial information with an outside marketing company in return for a commission on sales, the state's attorney general accused the bank of engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep records private.

A. by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep
B. by its failure of honoring its promise to its customers to keep
C. in its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
D. because of its failure in honoring its promise to its customers in keeping
E. because of its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping

OA: A


Plz explain...

This question is of parallelism

to honor ~ to keep

Rest are not parallel.

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by dubeystuts » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:56 pm
Can someone please explain why D is incorrect?

Many thanks for your time and help.
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A

by hitmewithgmat » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:14 pm
First
C,D, and E are definitely out just by looking at them.
you have to use "promise someone to Verb" but C,D, and E are not using this form.

Now, you have 2 choices left.
B is not correct because it is kinda wordy and "by failing to honor" is more direct and effective, of course concise, to address the issue.

I hope this helps.
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by gkammaje » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:45 pm
engaging is parallel to failing
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far from it

by hitmewithgmat » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:52 pm
hi, the explanation is far from it.

engaging is not parallel to failing. Yes, it looks verb-ing form.
however, if they are parallel each other, then none of the answers are correct.

...of engaging......by failing....(x)
if it's parallel, "by" before failing should be "of". but it's not.

sometimes, I mean everytime you solve the problem, you have to also pay attention to the meaning of the sentence, not just technical grammar problem. then you should be fine.
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by dubeystuts » Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:07 pm
Thanks a lot.
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