varun289 wrote:The airline company, following through on recent warnings that it might start reducing service, announced that
it was eliminating jet service to nine cities, closing some unneeded operations, and it grounded twenty-two
planes.
(A) closing some unneeded operations, and it grounded
(B) closing some unneeded operations, and grounding
(C) was closing some unneeded operations, while it grounded
(D) it closed some unneeded operations and grounded
(E) it was closing some unneeded operations, and grounding
A conjunction such as
and must connect PARALLEL FORMS.
The airline company announced that it was:
ELIMINATING jet service to nine cities
CLOSING some unneeded operations
and
GROUNDING twenty-two planes.
Only
B offers the required parallelism.
The correct answer is
B.
Please note the following distinction:
The three VERBings that constitute a series of actions --
was eliminating, [was] closing, and [was] grounding -- all serve as VERBS.
The linking verbs in brackets are omitted, but their presence is understood.
But a VERBing without a linking verb such as
was typically serves NOT as a verb but as a MODIFIER or as a NOUN.
Here,
following -- a VERBing without a linking verb -- serves as an ADJECTIVE modifying
the airline company.
WHAT KIND of airline company announced that it was eliminating jet service?
The airline company FOLLOWING THROUGH ON RECENT WARNINGS.
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