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by satish_iitg » Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:38 pm
After moving to Switzerland in the 1890's, Albert Einstein attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics.

attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and he developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, developing
attending the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and developing

OA is A

Can some one please explain me the error in B ?
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by Gowri@CrackVerbal » Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:22 pm
satish_iitg wrote:After moving to Switzerland in the 1890's, Albert Einstein attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics.

attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and he developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, developing
attending the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and developing

OA is A

Can some one please explain me the error in B ?
While he was at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School, Albert Einstein engaged in 2 things:
1. Receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis
2. Developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics

Since both of these happened while he was at the Polytechnic, the 2 verbs must be parallel. This is why B is incorrect and A is correct.
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by Lifetron » Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:19 am
Gowri@CrackVerbal wrote:
satish_iitg wrote:After moving to Switzerland in the 1890's, Albert Einstein attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics.

attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and he developed
attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, developing
attending the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and developing

OA is A

Can some one please explain me the error in B ?
While he was at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School, Albert Einstein engaged in 2 things:
1. Receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis
2. Developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics

Since both of these happened while he was at the Polytechnic, the 2 verbs must be parallel. This is why B is incorrect and A is correct.
Apart from Meaning, does B have any parallelism errors ?

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by ice_rush » Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:24 am
yep..a big parallelism error: receiving...is not parallel to and developed
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by Lifetron » Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:48 am
ice_rush wrote:yep..a big parallelism error: receiving...is not parallel to and developed
Missing the obvious ! My bad !

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Will this be right "attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis ,and developed" ??? Just curious !
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by ice_rush » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:32 am
you can always hit the thank you button :)

answer to your 2nd question - nope it would still be incorrect. logically you can't place attended in parallel with developed, however grammatically it may be ok.
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