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by mehravikas » Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:15 pm
Is that always the case in parallelism - I thought in this question the parallelism is limiting, peaking and factoring

why does it has to be "and factored in" not "and factoring"? Can you please state if there is any grammar rule for such a parallelism please?
Testluv wrote:
Choice E is not parallel. If it is going to have "and", it would have to end with "and factored in" in order to be parallel with "contained", and in order for the tense to be coherent. This is also why choice C is correct by comparison. By using "after factoring in" it is clear that the "factoring in" happened in the past.
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by Testluv » Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:46 pm
The verb form of "contain" and "factor" should be parallel because both of these verbs are associating with the same subject--the accord.
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