PARALLELISM - Growth

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PARALLELISM - Growth

by nandy1984 » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:52 am
The Federal Reserve announcement said that growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few signs of higher energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far.

a) that growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few
b) growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few
c) that growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are little
d) growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are little
e) that growth accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few

a) that growth had.................AND that the policy........PARALLEL
b) growth had accelerated.........AND that the policy.... NOT PARALLEL...WRONG
c) little signs is wrong as signs are countable....WRONG
d) little signs is wrong as signs are countable....WRONG
e) that growth accelerated........AND that the policy......PARALLEL

Which Verb tense in a,e is correct...Since the growth is occurring after the slowing is it correct to write "had accelerated" please help me...Thank you....
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by rohangupta83 » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:58 am
IMO E

in my opinion, as growth accelerated AFTER slowing then and is the most recent past then the use of "had" should be inappropriate.

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by GmatKiss » Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:16 am
IMO: E

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by sl750 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:46 am
nandy1984 wrote:The Federal Reserve announcement said that growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few signs of higher energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far.

a) that growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few
b) growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few
c) that growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are little
d) growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are little
e) that growth accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few

a) that growth had.................AND that the policy........PARALLEL
b) growth had accelerated.........AND that the policy.... NOT PARALLEL...WRONG
c) little signs is wrong as signs are countable....WRONG
d) little signs is wrong as signs are countable....WRONG
e) that growth accelerated........AND that the policy......PARALLEL

Which Verb tense in a,e is correct...Since the growth is occurring after the slowing is it correct to write "had accelerated" please help me...Thank you....
The use of past perfect tense is not required here as we don't have two events that occurred in the past, with one past event occurring earlier than the other past event. So choice E looks good

Ex: I had gone to the store before it rained.

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