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by atulmangal » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:57 pm
To speak habitually of the "truly needy" is gradually instilling the notion that many of those who are just called "needy" actually have adequate resources; such a conclusion is unwarranted.
(A) To speak habitually of the "truly needy" is gradually instilling the notion
(B) To speak habitually of the "truly needy" is instilling the notion gradually
(C) To speak habitually of the "truly needy" is gradually to instill the notion
(D) Speaking habitually of the "truly needy" is to instill the gradual notion
(E) Speaking habitually of the "truly needy" is instilling the gradual notion

the OA is C, first of all why NOT op A is correct??? Can anyone elaborate the use of "To speak" and "speaking" in this question????
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by s9q78g » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:42 pm
(C) To speak habitually of the “truly needy� is gradually to instill the notion
is the correct answer. It's a case of parallelism.
now you just check where it is (:
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by atulmangal » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:52 pm
s9q78g wrote:
(C) To speak habitually of the “truly needy� is gradually to instill the notion
is the correct answer. It's a case of parallelism.
now you just check where it is (:
yup after posting this question i realize the parallelism issue...the "is" in the sentence is a parallelism indicator
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by Jim@Grockit » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:27 am
The placement of "gradually" is a little odd, but I suppose they felt that was better than splitting the infinitive (to boldly go where no man has gone before) or postponing it for maximum parallelism.
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