Both weakened by concern

[GMAT Hacker]

Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with
the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation,
the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar,
which forced the central bank to intervene for the fourth time in a week.

(A) Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the
International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation,
the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar,
which forced

(B) Both concern about the government's agreement with the International
Monetary Fund and the growing fears of a rise in inflation weakened the country's
currency, continuing its slide to a record low against the dollar,
which forced

(C) Both because it was weakened by concern about the government's agreement
with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a raise in inflation,
the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing

(D) The country's currency, weakened both by concern about the government's
agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise
in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing

(E) The country's currency, weakened by both concern about the government's
agreement with the International Monetary Fund and growing fears of a raise in
inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced


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[sanju09]

Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with
the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation,
the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar,
which forced the central bank to intervene for the fourth time in a week.

(A) Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the
International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation,
the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar,
which forced

(B) Both concern about the government's agreement with the International
Monetary Fund and the growing fears of a rise in inflation weakened the country's
currency, continuing its slide to a record low against the dollar,
which forced

(C) Both because it was weakened by concern about the government's agreement
with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a raise in inflation,
the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing

(D) The country's currency, weakened both by concern about the government's
agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise
in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing

(E) The country's currency, weakened by both concern about the government's
agreement with the International Monetary Fund and growing fears of a raise in
inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced


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hello, it's becoming impossible to solve it mathematically; what's the problem?

[GMATMadeEasy]

It should be D :

A> Both X and Y correct idiom ; Both weakened by concern .. and by growing fears (not parallel) ; there are other problems as well in this choice .
b> A big mess ; no subject ; which is incorrect modifier ; Both concern about and the growing fears of ; not cool parallelism . one starts with an article and anothe rone not, i will be flexible on this consideration though.
c> Both because it was and by growing fears ; BIG NO.. not parallel
d> phrase under commas is correct modifie ; both by concern about the government's agreement with .. and by growing fears of a rise in inflation; both of these are gerund phrases.
e>which as a modifer is incorrect.

[Katy_]

Hey everyone, I dont understand why "which" in E is not clear? I think "which" here refers to the whole clause before the comma.

Eg: I didn't understand what he meant, which made him quite angry.

Moreover I think D is not good because "forcing" may belong to "The country's currency". In my mind the parallelism may go like this: The country's currency, weakened by..., continued..., forcing... Of course if so it must be "and forced", but in some cases it's still ok with "forcing".

I dont mean the key is wrong.

Thank you for your explanation!