The nation's three military academies have seen a dramatic rise in applications, one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies.
(A) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies
(B) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs that have increased at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting
(C) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, private colleges that increased their tuition costs, and recruiting improvements by the academies
(D) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs increasing at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting
(E) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting
answer A
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ska7945 wrote:The nation's three military academies have seen a dramatic rise in applications, one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies.
(A) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies
(B) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs that have increased at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting
(C) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, private colleges that increased their tuition costs, and recruiting improvements by the academies
(D) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs increasing at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting
(E) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting
I think it's "D".... "one fueled" sounds strange.
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A ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/smile.png)
we are concerned with the best options from the choices.
Rest all are violating the parallelism...
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we are concerned with the best options from the choices.
Rest all are violating the parallelism...
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(A) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies - IMO -- the answer
by is common for all 3 actions.
(B) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs that have increased at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting - not parallel
(C) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, private colleges that increased their tuition costs, and recruiting improvements by the academies - not parallel
(D) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs increasing at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting - not parallel
(E) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting - not prallel
by is common for all 3 actions.
(B) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs that have increased at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting - not parallel
(C) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, private colleges that increased their tuition costs, and recruiting improvements by the academies - not parallel
(D) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs increasing at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting - not parallel
(E) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting - not prallel
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A maintains the parallelism throughout the sentence.
"one" (appositive of rise)
"fueled" (participle modifying noun one)
"increasing" is an adjective modifying the noun phrase "tuition costs".
"recruiting" is a gerund here. The gerund always has the same function as a noun (although it looks like a verb) Hence, A is the answer.
Rest four choices fail to maintain parallelism due to different tenses used.
B: one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (simple present), tuition costs that have increased at private colleges (past perfect), and academies improving their recruiting (present continuous)
C: one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (simple present), private colleges that increased their tuition costs (simple past), and recruiting improvements by the academies (simple present)
D: fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (simple present), tuition costs increasing at private colleges (simple present), and academies improving their recruiting (present continuous)
E: fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (present), increasing tuition costs at private colleges (present), and academies improving their recruiting (present continuous)
"one" (appositive of rise)
"fueled" (participle modifying noun one)
"increasing" is an adjective modifying the noun phrase "tuition costs".
"recruiting" is a gerund here. The gerund always has the same function as a noun (although it looks like a verb) Hence, A is the answer.
Rest four choices fail to maintain parallelism due to different tenses used.
B: one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (simple present), tuition costs that have increased at private colleges (past perfect), and academies improving their recruiting (present continuous)
C: one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (simple present), private colleges that increased their tuition costs (simple past), and recruiting improvements by the academies (simple present)
D: fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (simple present), tuition costs increasing at private colleges (simple present), and academies improving their recruiting (present continuous)
E: fueled by a resurgence of patriotism (present), increasing tuition costs at private colleges (present), and academies improving their recruiting (present continuous)