Brian@VeritasPrep wrote:Hey, akhp - good question. I'd argue that the single-greatest challenge in Sentence Correction is the recognition of the errors (note that I didn't say "recognizing" - that would have made the same mistake as in that SC problem!). There's no "smoking gun" for knowing when parallelism is required, but generally you can use some of the following clues to help you to determine where it may be a consideration:
-a list of items that are all taken in the same way (i.e. "my favorite activities are swimming, running, and to bicycle" would be wrong - "bicycling" should follow so that all three activities are in the same form)
-a comparison (i.e. "I run faster than you" is wrong; we can't compare my running speed to you as a human, so this should be "I run faster than you do")
-(like the question above) look for logic - can "a legacy" (a singular thing) be an active verb? It's subtle, but keep in mind that the answer choices can tip you off to the need for parallel structure, and, honestly, that may be the easiest way to recognize that:
-if the answer choices show 2 or 3 ways to phrase a portion of the sentence, that can clue you in to the fact that you need to make a decision, and parallelism is one point to consider in doing so. In this sentence, you're asked (if indirectly) to choose among "the realization", "to realize", and "realizing"; at that point, you may want to ask yourself what the function of that portion of the statement is. It's being linked, or compared, to "one legacy", so you'll want to ask which of the choices could even be considered "one legacy", and that should lead you to A or B.
I am confused because I found this question in OG 12 , and it said to salvage is should parallel to have it processed. Because of "to salvage" we should use inifinitive after "is". but "to have it processed" is not parallel with the "only way".
Therefore I am confused for the question above for choosing "d" or "b". In "d" to appeal is parallel with to realize.
The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is
to process them quickly into juice concentrate before
they rot when warmer weather returns.
(A) to process them quickly into juice concentrate
before they rot when warmer weather returns
(B) if they are quickly processed into juice
concentrate before warmer weather returns to
rot them
(C) for them to be processed quickly into juice
concentrate before the fruit rots when warmer
weather returns
(D) if the fruit is quickly processed into juice
concentrate before they rot when warmer
weather returns
(E) to have it quickly processed into juice
concentrate before warmer weather returns and
rots the fruit
Here the answer is
E
Could you explain more?
Thank in advance
