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by shipra » Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:46 am
27. The demand for airplane mechanics is expected to grow about ten percent a year in the next decade, largely because new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes and because the airlines are adding hundreds of new jets.
(A) new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes
(B) new federal rules, which call for major modifications to older planes
(C) new federal rules call for major modifications to older planes
(D) major modifications to older planes called for by new federal rules
(E) major modifications to older planes are called for according to new federal rules

i marked the answer correct...but theres a small problem...
y cant A be the answer...i mn atleast according to rules pf parallelism, A shld be the answer right?
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by duke » Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:39 am
shipra wrote:27. The demand for airplane mechanics is expected to grow about ten percent a year in the next decade, largely because new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes and because the airlines are adding hundreds of new jets.
(A) new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes
(B) new federal rules, which call for major modifications to older planes
(C) new federal rules call for major modifications to older planes
(D) major modifications to older planes called for by new federal rules
(E) major modifications to older planes are called for according to new federal rules

i marked the answer correct...but theres a small problem...
y cant A be the answer...i mn atleast according to rules pf parallelism, A shld be the answer right?
Solving for parallel is a right approach for this Q. But A is wrong. It's not 100% paralled. See the phrase after the first because is not a clause...but the part of the second because is a clause. So C is better than A.
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by reachac » Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:41 am
IMO C
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