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TOUGH SC: Is this sentence parallel??

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by Stockmoose16 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:16 pm
Severe and increasing numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies that seem to deny a proper defense to many clients who are charged with crimes.
(A) Severe and increasing numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies that seem
(B) Severe and increasing numerous critics point to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies seeming
(C) Severe and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system that seem
(D) Severely and increasingly numerous critics point to deficiencies in the British legal system seeming
(E) Severely and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system that seem

The OA is C



My question is, how come "seem" doesn't have to be parallel with "pointing"... shouldn't the sentence read... "Severe and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system seemING to deny a proper defense..."
Last edited by Stockmoose16 on Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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by Vignesh.4384 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:25 pm
Stockmoose16,

In option C.

critics (noun) is preceeded by numerous.
numerous is a adjective---> adjective can modify a noun

numerous (adjective) is preceeded by increasingly.
increasingly is a adverb ----> adverb can modify a adjective.
so the first part of the sentence is right.

In the second part of the sentence "THAT" introduces a sub ordinate clause ..
a clause should hav a subject and a verb.

If seeming were present the clause would lack a verb ... making the whole sentence wrong. That is why "SEEM" (verb form) of seeming is present after that.

Please correct me if i am wrong.
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by Stockmoose16 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:31 pm
Vignesh.4384 wrote:Stockmoose16,

In option C.

critics (noun) is preceeded by numerous.
numerous is a adjective---> adjective can modify a noun

numerous (adjective) is preceeded by increasingly.
increasingly is a adverb ----> adverb can modify a adjective.
so the first part of the sentence is right.

In the second part of the sentence "THAT" introduces a sub ordinate clause ..
a clause should hav a subject and a verb.

If seeming were present the clause would lack a verb ... making the whole sentence wrong. That is why "SEEM" (verb form) of seeming is present after that.

Please correct me if i am wrong.
Isn't "Deny" the verb?
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by Vignesh.4384 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:46 pm
hmmmm
Well i dont know the answer for ur question but i can tel u this.

Lets take deny to be the verb ... Even then when u plug in seeming (adjective ) ... an adjective is not allowed to modify a very .. only a adverb cam .. so i just know that seeming would be wrong there
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by NSNguyen » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:26 am
IMO: C
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by bie.freelance » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:07 am
seem agrees with deficiencies.

severe and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies (in British legal system) >>>

deficiencies what?

deficiencies that seem to deny a proper defense to many clients.
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by Sandman » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:16 am
Why isnt E the correct answer. Arent 'severly' and 'increasingly' parallel?
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by niraj_a » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:02 am
this was one of those times where I was able to see the answer almost instantly in my head and that answer was right there in option C.

boo yah!
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by drgmatIL » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:18 am
does "Severe and increasingly" parall? it's adj vs adv...

please someone explain to me
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by java_ka_jalwa » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:44 am
Severe and increasingly numerous is parallel , compare "Severe" and "numerous" not "Severe" and "increasingly". As someone pointed out adverb can modify adjectives. "Severe and increasingly" are not modifying "numerous".

as for the original question as to why "seem" is not parallel with "pointing",
"that" refers to deficiencies .

If sentence would have been

critics are pointing to the fact that they are doing something.

then what u say is correct doing and pointing have to be parallel since here we have a "they" which refers to the critics and hence parallelism needs to be maintained.
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