Sentence Correction

Marc Murphy, the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, is
roasting turkey breasts in one oven while he braises the legs in the other.

A. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, is roasting
turkey breasts in one oven while he braises the legs in the other
B. Landmarc restaurants' chef and owner in Manhattan, roasts turkey breasts in
one oven while braising the legs in another
C. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, roast
turkey breasts in one oven while braising the leg in another
D. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants of Manhattan, roasted
turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in another
E. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan,
roasts turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in another

OA : E

What's wrong with D?

in D the action is past completed - past simple.
'while' indicates on simultaneous actions (unlike 'when' - She was typing AWAs when the time run off). The completed action may not be simultaneous with another action in progress in the past. The regular action (simple present tense) can occur simultaneously (choice E).

i must admit tricky question-voted for A first and feel like this entry is ambitious.
would like to hear GMAT verbal experts on this

voodoo_child wrote:Marc Murphy, the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, is
roasting turkey breasts in one oven while he braises the legs in the other.

A. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, is roasting
turkey breasts in one oven while he braises the legs in the other
B. Landmarc restaurants' chef and owner in Manhattan, roasts turkey breasts in
one oven while braising the legs in another
C. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, roast
turkey breasts in one oven while braising the leg in another
D. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants of Manhattan, roasted
turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in another
E. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan,
roasts turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in another

OA : E

What's wrong with D?

the action "roasted" has already been completed while "braising" is a present continous tense..........while signifies the actions happening at the same time, therefore, D is wrong.................it could have been correct if

example: he was seeing outside while someone knocked the door............

pemdas wrote: i must admit tricky question-voted for A first and feel like this entry is ambitious.
would like to hear GMAT verbal experts on this

I am not an expert, but I'll give it a shot.

In order for A to be correct, it should be written as:

A. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, is roasting
turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in the other

Repeating "he braises" is both unnecessary and I believe non-parallel.

I think I would prefer an answer to have parallel participles in both actions, but since it isn't available in any of the answer, E seems to be the best fit.

voodoo_child wrote:Marc Murphy, the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, is
roasting turkey breasts in one oven while he braises the legs in the other.

A. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, is roasting
turkey breasts in one oven while he braises the legs in the other
B. Landmarc restaurants' chef and owner in Manhattan, roasts turkey breasts in
one oven while braising the legs in another
C. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, roast
turkey breasts in one oven while braising the leg in another
D. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants of Manhattan, roasted
turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in another
E. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan,
roasts turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in another

OA : E

What's wrong with D?

Hi,

(D) commits the unforgivable error of changing the meaning of the sentence; since the original is written in the present tense, we shouldn't change to the past unless that was clearly the author's intention.

The problem with (A) is lack of parallelism; "is roasting... while he braises" needs to be changed to "is roasting... while braising".

Since (E) is the only choice that keeps the action in the present and maintains parallelism, it must be correct.

(B) also changes the meaning of the sentence by changing "is roasting" to "roasts". "is roasting" implies that the action is happening right now; "roasts" implies that it's something that he does on a regular basis).

Hi Stuart,
I understand (A) lacks parallelism but I am not exactly sure how it is maintained in (E)? Can you kindly elaborate? I was looking for a choice such as.. is roasting .. while braising but don't see it in the answer choices.


Thanks,
B

Stuart Kovinsky wrote:

voodoo_child wrote:Marc Murphy, the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, is
roasting turkey breasts in one oven while he braises the legs in the other.

A. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, is roasting
turkey breasts in one oven while he braises the legs in the other
B. Landmarc restaurants' chef and owner in Manhattan, roasts turkey breasts in
one oven while braising the legs in another
C. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, roast
turkey breasts in one oven while braising the leg in another
D. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants of Manhattan, roasted
turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in another
E. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan,
roasts turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in another

OA : E

What's wrong with D?

Hi,

(D) commits the unforgivable error of changing the meaning of the sentence; since the original is written in the present tense, we shouldn't change to the past unless that was clearly the author's intention.

The problem with (A) is lack of parallelism; "is roasting... while he braises" needs to be changed to "is roasting... while braising".

Since (E) is the only choice that keeps the action in the present and maintains parallelism, it must be correct.

(B) also changes the meaning of the sentence by changing "is roasting" to "roasts". "is roasting" implies that the action is happening right now; "roasts" implies that it's something that he does on a regular basis).

Thanks Stuart for quick reply. I am a bit confused now.
You have written

The problem with (A) is lack of parallelism; "is roasting... while he braises" needs to be changed to "is roasting... while braising".

Since (E) is the only choice that keeps the action in the present and maintains parallelism, it must be correct.

My question is that if you look at OA E), the verb form is not "is roasting.....while braising" but "roasts .....while braising"....Am I missing anything ?


Thansk
Voodoo

Hi Brian,

You mentioned that option B is wrong because it uses "is roasting" but if u see the options then in B and E both are using "roasts turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in another" and only the difference in B and E is of the modifier i,e B says "Landmark's owner and chef" and E says "the chef and owner"............i think you have missed out something between B and E................

If I were stuck between A and E, I would choose E and rule out A for the following reason:

Apart from parallelism error between , " roasting" and "braises" , sentences use "other" and "another" respectively.
Here "another" makes sense because OTHER can only be used when we know there are only TWO OVENS(THIS MUST BE EXPLICITLY STATED IN ORDER TO USE "OTHER").

Hi Stuart,

I am a little confused about why choice B is wrong.

You explanation -
"(B) also changes the meaning of the sentence by changing "is roasting" to "roasts". "is roasting" implies that the action is happening right now; "roasts" implies that it's something that he does on a regular basis)"

But, isn't the choice B using verbs (tense) "roasts" and "braising", just as choice E?

B. Landmarc restaurants' chef and owner in Manhattan, roasts turkey breasts in
one oven while braising the legs in another

Thanks!
Rob

Stuart Kovinsky wrote:

voodoo_child wrote:Marc Murphy, the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, is
roasting turkey breasts in one oven while he braises the legs in the other.

A. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, is roasting
turkey breasts in one oven while he braises the legs in the other
B. Landmarc restaurants' chef and owner in Manhattan, roasts turkey breasts in
one oven while braising the legs in another
C. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan, roast
turkey breasts in one oven while braising the leg in another
D. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants of Manhattan, roasted
turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in another
E. the chef and an owner of the Landmarc restaurants in Manhattan,
roasts turkey breasts in one oven while braising the legs in another

OA : E

What's wrong with D?

Hi,

(D) commits the unforgivable error of changing the meaning of the sentence; since the original is written in the present tense, we shouldn't change to the past unless that was clearly the author's intention.

The problem with (A) is lack of parallelism; "is roasting... while he braises" needs to be changed to "is roasting... while braising".

Since (E) is the only choice that keeps the action in the present and maintains parallelism, it must be correct.

(B) also changes the meaning of the sentence by changing "is roasting" to "roasts". "is roasting" implies that the action is happening right now; "roasts" implies that it's something that he does on a regular basis).

Hi Folks,
In E , the correct ans choice, isn't the usage of indefinite article 'an' flawed?

sachindia wrote:Hi Folks,
In E , the correct ans choice, isn't the usage of indefinite article 'an' flawed?

AN indicates more than one owner of the resturants while THE indicates ONLY ONE chef. IMO AN is OK

patanjali.purpose wrote:

sachindia wrote:Hi Folks,
In E , the correct ans choice, isn't the usage of indefinite article 'an' flawed?

AN indicates more than one owner of the resturants while THE indicates ONLY ONE chef. IMO AN is OK

Thanks but I am not quite sure of this. Could you please share some legitimate links to ascertain this fact.