Sentence Correction

Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic sea wave that can reach up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.

(A) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is
(B) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and heights of up to 200 feet, is
(C) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and 200 feet high, are
(D) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and heights of up to 200 feet, is
(E) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and as high as 200 feet, are

[spoiler]OA: Will be posted later. I have one doubt i.e can a single wave has plural speeds????[/spoiler]

IMO D, speeds here refers to different SPEEDS that wave can attain at different TIMES

aspirant2011 wrote:Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic sea wave that can reach up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.

(A) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is
(B) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and heights of up to 200 feet, is
(C) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and 200 feet high, are
(D) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and heights of up to 200 feet, is
(E) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and as high as 200 feet, are

[spoiler]OA: Will be posted later. I have one doubt i.e can a single wave has plural speeds????[/spoiler]

1) maintain parallelism
2) SpeedS here is not the verb that is being performed by singular WAVE. The verb is Reach
a seismic sea wave that can REACH X and Y

thanks a lot guys

sameerballani wrote:

aspirant2011 wrote:Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic sea wave that can reach up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.

(A) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is
(B) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and heights of up to 200 feet, is
(C) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and 200 feet high, are
(D) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and heights of up to 200 feet, is
(E) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and as high as 200 feet, are

[spoiler]OA: Will be posted later. I have one doubt i.e can a single wave has plural speeds????[/spoiler]

1) maintain parallelism
2) SpeedS here is not the verb that is being performed by singular WAVE. The verb is Reach
a seismic sea wave that can REACH X and Y

why B is incorrect? parallelism?

soudeh wrote:

sameerballani wrote:

aspirant2011 wrote:Often incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic sea wave that can reach up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.

(A) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is
(B) up to 150 miles per hour in speed and heights of up to 200 feet, is
(C) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and 200 feet high, are
(D) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and heights of up to 200 feet, is
(E) speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and as high as 200 feet, are

[spoiler]OA: Will be posted later. I have one doubt i.e can a single wave has plural speeds????[/spoiler]

1) maintain parallelism
2) SpeedS here is not the verb that is being performed by singular WAVE. The verb is Reach
a seismic sea wave that can REACH X and Y

why B is incorrect? parallelism?

In B, "up to 150 miles per hour IN SPEED" is not parallel "with HEIGHTS of up to 200 feet". A conjunction such as "and" must connect PARALLEL FORMS.