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by sandeep232 » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:15 am
Recent psychological literature strongly suggests that couples will be more successful in marriage if they share common hobbies rather than cultivating activities outside of the relationship.

1.rather than cultivating activities outside of the relationship
2.rather than cultivate activities outside of the relationship
3.rather than cultivate activities that do not involve their partners
4.instead of cultivating distinct activities
5.instead of cultivating activities outside of the relationship

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by need720+ » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:32 am
IMO B
Parallelism
Share Vs cultivate

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by GmatKiss » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:48 am
IMO: B , Parallel.

A:Not parallel
C:Meaning changed
D:Not Parallel
E:Not Parallel.

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by BlindVision » Wed Aug 03, 2011 4:36 pm
sandeep232 wrote:Recent psychological literature strongly suggests that couples will be more successful in marriage if they share common hobbies rather than cultivating activities outside of the relationship.

1.rather than cultivating activities outside of the relationship
2.rather than cultivate activities outside of the relationship
3.rather than cultivate activities that do not involve their partners
4.instead of cultivating distinct activities
5.instead of cultivating activities outside of the relationship

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by thiyagu070787 » Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:21 pm
Hi,
I think A is the correct answer .IF they share x rather than cultivating y is correct.

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by garima99 » Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:16 pm
sandeep232 wrote:Recent psychological literature strongly suggests that couples will be more successful in marriage if they share common hobbies rather than cultivating activities outside of the relationship.

1.rather than cultivating activities outside of the relationship
2.rather than cultivate activities outside of the relationship
3.rather than cultivate activities that do not involve their partners
4.instead of cultivating distinct activities
5.instead of cultivating activities outside of the relationship

OA [spoiler]Din't have it in the source[/spoiler]
IMO B

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by SticklorForDetails » Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:09 pm
(B) is correct. "share," a verb, must be parallel with "cultivate."

In (C), not only is the meaning distorted, but the usage of "their" is weird, because its antecedent is "couples," not the individuals in the relationship who actually have partners. That is, "couples," don't have partners, husbands and wives (separately) do.
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by sohrabkalra » Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:09 am
Posting my question here instead of starting a new thread !

My question is that the reasoning on which c is eliminated is that "their" is wrong in referring to couples as its not the couples who have partners but the elements that make up couples that have partners!

Now in that case , looking at this part of the sentence "that couples will be more successful in marriage if they share common hobbies " i think They refers to the couples , although its the elements of the couples who share common hobbies not the couples! rather this as such seems to say that if one couple forms a common hobby with the other !

Can any expert please clarify this ?

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