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by karthikpandian19 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:41 pm
Laid off from the patent office during the Great Depression at the age of 27, Chester Carlson developed the principles of xerography, the groundbreaking process that eventually led the Haloid Company in 1959 to produce its first plain paper photocopier and change its name to "the Xerox Corporation."


(A) Chester Carlson developed the principles of xerography, the groundbreaking process that eventually led the Haloid Company in 1959 to produce

(B) Chester Carlson developed the principles of xerography, the groundbreaking process that eventually led to the production by the Haloid Company in 1959 of

(C) Chester Carlson's development of the principles of xerography was the groundbreaking process that eventually led the Haloid Company in 1959 to produce

(D) the principles of xerography were developed by Chester Carlson, the groundbreaking process that eventually led the Haloid Company in 1959 to produce

(E) the principles of xerography were developed by Chester Carlson, the groundbreaking process that eventually led to the production by the Haloid Company in 1959 of
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by patanjali.purpose » Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:55 pm
karthikpandian19 wrote:Laid off from the patent office during the Great Depression at the age of 27, Chester Carlson developed the principles of xerography, the groundbreaking process that eventually led the Haloid Company in 1959 to produce its first plain paper photocopier and change its name to "the Xerox Corporation."


(A) Chester Carlson developed the principles of xerography, the groundbreaking process that eventually led the Haloid Company in 1959 to produce

(B) Chester Carlson developed the principles of xerography, the groundbreaking process that eventually led to the production by the Haloid Company in 1959 of

(C) Chester Carlson's development of the principles of xerography was the groundbreaking process that eventually led the Haloid Company in 1959 to produce

(D) the principles of xerography were developed by Chester Carlson, the groundbreaking process that eventually led the Haloid Company in 1959 to produce

(E) the principles of xerography were developed by Chester Carlson, the groundbreaking process that eventually led to the production by the Haloid Company in 1959 of
READING original sentence gives sufficient clue:

process that eventually led the Haloid Company (THC) in 1959 to produce its first plain paper photocopier and change its name to "the Xerox Corporation"

PROCESS led THC to PRODUCE ITS...AND CHANGE ITS...

Parts in bold are (X AND Y) the result of PROCESS and should be parallel. The non-underlined part, Y start with CHANGE...and so X should start have PRODUCE.

Therefore correct sentence will contain "to produce its...and ...". Drop B/E

The opening modifier "Laid off from the patent office during the Great Depression at the age of 27" should modify CHESTER CARLSON", not DEVELOPMENT (as in C) and THE PRINCIPLES (as in D). Drop C/D

IMO A
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by karthikpandian19 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:07 pm
OA is A
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