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sc BIBLE question : OA not known so experts pls help

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by hazelnut01 » Thu Mar 16, 2017 3:15 pm
focusgmat wrote:At the completion of World War II, Japan agreed to abandon its position as an imperial power, allocated funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed.

(A) allocated funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed
(B) to allocate funds for victims in war crimes, and to sign the Treaty of San Francisco
(C) allocated funds for victims of war crimes, and signed the Treaty of San Francisco
(D) allocating funds for victims of war crimes, and signing the Treaty of San Francisco
(E) to allocate funds for victims of war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed
OFFICIAL SOLUTION

The answer to this question is (B) due to parallel structure rules:

Japan agreed
A. To abandon
B. To allocate and
C. To sign.

By using an infinitive for all three verbs, we assure they are parallel.

In choices (A) and (E), "was signed" is not parallel.
In choice (C), "allocated" and "signed" are not parallel with "to abandon."
In choice (D), "allocating" and "signing" are not parallel with "to abandon."
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by ceilidh.erickson » Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:21 am
It's generally a bad idea to find questions that don't have official answers posted. Where did you find this question? It's a copyright violation to post questions without citing where you found them!

You post an "Official Solution," but the title says "OA not known." Was B the official answer or not?

Just because the structure "to abandon..., to allocate..., and to sign..." is structurally parallel does NOT mean that this has to be the correct answer. There are often multiple possible parallel structures.

Consider:

I traveled to Japan, visited historic sites, and ate delicious food.
--> all past tense verbs. Ostensibly parallel.

I traveled to Japan, visiting historic sites and eating delicious food.
--> Here, "traveled" is the main verb, and "visiting and eating" is a modifying phrase, giving us more information about what happened while traveling. "Visiting and eating" are parallel to each other, but not to "traveled." THIS IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE! In fact, it arguably makes more sense, since the latter two actions happen while traveling, and are thus not on the same "plane" of meaning as "traveled."

The GMAT wouldn't make you choose between the above two sentences, though. Both are grammatically correct, and both make sense.

In you example sentence, B contains an idiomatic issue: we would say "victims of war crimes," not "victims in war crimes." However, I believe that that idiom issue is minor - "victims in" doesn't ring so false (to my ears, anyway) that it alone would make the answer choice wrong.

I think that this is not a great question, and that B and D are both plausibly correct.
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EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
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by ceilidh.erickson » Tue Mar 28, 2017 10:47 am
Apologies - I didn't see the previous page and thought you were the original poster.
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by hazelnut01 » Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:08 pm
ceilidh.erickson wrote:Apologies - I didn't see the previous page and thought you were the original poster.
The source is PowerScore Sentence Correction Bible.

I get the reply from the PowerScore Director for the official solution since it is not available in the guide book.
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