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by paes » Sun Jul 04, 2010 5:08 pm
In contrast to large steel plants that take iron ore through all the steps needed to produce several different kinds of steel, processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology and remain economically viable.
(A) processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology and remain
(B) processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology, remaining
(C) the processing of steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology, remaining
(D) small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, have been able to put capital into new technology and remain
(E) small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, have been able to put capital into new technology and remained

[spoiler]I am unable to choose between D and E.
Grammatically both are looking right. Please explain both the choices.
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by hardik.jadeja » Sun Jul 04, 2010 5:20 pm
Pick D.

Between D and E, only D maintains the structural parallelism - "put capital into new technology" and "remain economically viable".

(D) small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, have been able to put capital into new technology and remain

(E) small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, have been able to put capital into new technology and remained

Options A, B and C incorrectly compare "large steel plants" to "processing of steel scrap".

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by paes » Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:33 pm
OA is D.

Jadeja,

E is also parallel

<> small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, have been able to put capital into new technology and <have> remained economically viable.

the meaning of the sentence, for both D and E, makes sense.
So I am not sure, how to choose D over E.
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by viju9162 » Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:41 pm
"have been" is the key here. The action is present perfect and it is still going on.

"remained" is past and wont be grammatically correct.

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by hardik.jadeja » Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:42 pm
paes wrote:OA is D.

Jadeja,

E is also parallel

<> small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, have been able to put capital into new technology and <have> remained economically viable.

the meaning of the sentence, for both D and E, makes sense.
So I am not sure, how to choose D over E.
It will be parallel only if the structure is like this..

small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, <have been able to> put capital into new technology and <have been able to> remain economically viable.

small mills have been able to put capital into new technology.

small mills have been able to remain economically viable.

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by paes » Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:26 pm
hmmm...

It makes sense. Thanks.
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