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by sandeep_chhabra » Fri May 16, 2008 11:39 am
While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change
people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the
incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally.
(A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling


Can anyone please guide me through this.
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by netigen » Fri May 16, 2008 11:56 am
C is the only ans parallel

some propose - others suggest - still others call

E was also considered but the part after 'and' is not parallel

whats the OA
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by tar.goyal » Fri May 16, 2008 12:02 pm
I think the answer should be E. look at the parallelism in first two parts of the sentence....some propose....others suggest

Now the author intends to say that despite of the above mentioned suggestions and proposals by some people, others still are calling for prosecution of those who illegaly copy the softwares.

I hope this helps and please correct me if I am wrong!
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by netigen » Fri May 16, 2008 1:44 pm
You may be right.

While X,Y and still Z

X and Y need to be parallel. Z need not be parallel with X and Y since it's not part of the While construct.
tar.goyal wrote:I think the answer should be E. look at the parallelism in first two parts of the sentence....some propose....others suggest

Now the author intends to say that despite of the above mentioned suggestions and proposals by some people, others still are calling for prosecution of those who illegaly copy the softwares.

I hope this helps and please correct me if I am wrong!
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by sandeep_chhabra » Fri May 16, 2008 6:45 pm
Choice E, the best answer, uses constructions that are parallel to some propose', others suggest. . . , and
still others are calling .... Choices A and B immediately lose the parallel construction, and also produce
sentence fragments, by shifting to by suggesting ... and by calling .... Choice B starts like choice A and then
shifts back to the verb call, losing the parallel with the second part (by suggesting). Choices C and D correctly
begin the second part of the parallel by using suggest. Choice C, however, introduces the nonidiomatic for
decreasing, which creates some difficulty in meaning. Choice D loses parallel construction in the third part by
shifting to by calling.
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by haveto » Sat Jun 19, 2010 5:47 pm
I guess most of us have done this question but I have some doubts.

I was able to reach answer but wasn't really convinced why C is out.

C: Some propose....., others suggest ..... still others call for ....

I don't think we are breaking parallelism here experts, please correct me if I am wrong.

OG says that in C, we have unidiomatic use of "for decreasing". Can someone please help me understand this in simple English? I can understand that "reduction of prices to decrease" sounds better than "... for decreasing" but I don't really know the rule.

Gurus, Hardik, gmat_perfect, pradeep kaushal... you guys are too good in SC - I really need your help.

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by hardik.jadeja » Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:13 pm
haveto wrote:I guess most of us have done this question but I have some doubts.

I was able to reach answer but wasn't really convinced why C is out.

C: Some propose....., others suggest ..... still others call for ....

I don't think we are breaking parallelism here experts, please correct me if I am wrong.

OG says that in C, we have unidiomatic use of "for decreasing". Can someone please help me understand this in simple English? I can understand that "reduction of prices to decrease" sounds better than "... for decreasing" but I don't really know the rule.

Gurus, Hardik, gmat_perfect, pradeep kaushal... you guys are too good in SC - I really need your help.

Thanks in advance!
I find this question really tricky. I think you can easily figure out that the concept being tested here is parallelism. But the trick is to find what kind of parallelism is required.

Option C is trying to trick us by pointing out requirement of parallelism between the verbs "propose", "suggest" and "call" as highlighted in the sentence below.

C) While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally.

But actually, we need all 3 clauses used to suggest ways to combat piracy of computer programs to be in parallel.
1) some propose attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating
2) others suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating
3) still others are calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally

Observe that all three clauses have the same structure - subject + verb + gerund functioning as direct object

E) While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally.

This may not be the best explanation but this is what i think about this question..

Hope that helps..
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by missionGMAT007 » Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:05 pm
I chose C first but hardik.jadeja's explanation looks convincing.
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