The largest trade-book publisher in the United States

[aspirant2011]

The largest trade-book publisher in the United States has announced the creation of a new digital imprint division, under which it will publish about 20 purely digital works to be sold online as either electronic books or downloadable copies that can be printed upon purchase.

(A) works to be sold online as either electronic books or
(B) works to sell them online, either as electronic books or
(C) works and it will sell them online as either electronic books or as
(D) works, and selling them online as either electronic books or as
(E) works, and it will sell them online either as electronic books or

[spoiler]OA: Are C & E wrong because of ambiguous it?????[/spoiler]

[Frankenstein]

Hi,
When we use either X or Y, X and Y should be parallel.
C - works and it will sell them online as either electronic books or as downloadable copies
electronic books is not parallel to 'as downloadable copies'.

E - works, and it will sell them online either as electronic books or downloadable copies
'as electronic books' is not parallel to 'downloadable copies'

[Target2009]

IMO a

[aspirant2011]

Hi,
When we use either X or Y, X and Y should be parallel.
C - works and it will sell them online as either electronic books or as downloadable copies
electronic books is not parallel to 'as downloadable copies'.

E - works, and it will sell them online either as electronic books or downloadable copies
'as electronic books' is not parallel to 'downloadable copies'

Got it

[abhishek.pati]

Is the OA B for this.??

[Frankenstein]

Is the OA B for this.??

Hi,
OA should be A.

[aspirant2011]

Is the OA B for this.??

Hi,
OA should be A.

Yup OA is A.

[dodgeforgmat]

The largest trade-book publisher in the United States has announced the creation of a new digital imprint division, under which it will publish about 20 purely digital works to be sold online as either electronic books or downloadable copies that can be printed upon purchase.

(A) works to be sold online as either electronic books or
(B) works to sell them online, either as electronic books or
(C) works and it will sell them online as either electronic books or as
(D) works, and selling them online as either electronic books or as
(E) works, and it will sell them online either as electronic books or

[spoiler]OA: Are C & E wrong because of ambiguous it?????[/spoiler]

C and E are incorrect also because the pronoun 'it' can refer to either 'digital works' or 'digital imprint division'

[aspirant2011]

The largest trade-book publisher in the United States has announced the creation of a new digital imprint division, under which it will publish about 20 purely digital works to be sold online as either electronic books or downloadable copies that can be printed upon purchase.

(A) works to be sold online as either electronic books or
(B) works to sell them online, either as electronic books or
(C) works and it will sell them online as either electronic books or as
(D) works, and selling them online as either electronic books or as
(E) works, and it will sell them online either as electronic books or

[spoiler]OA: Are C & E wrong because of ambiguous it?????[/spoiler]

C and E are incorrect also because the pronoun 'it' can refer to either 'digital works' or 'digital imprint division'

I think digital works is plural so it can't refer to digital works

[rveeraga]

it in the underline portion actually refers to The largest trade-book publisher because the preceding it in the non-underline potion (parallelism) refers to The largest trade-book publisher.

[bubbliiiiiiii]

The largest trade-book publisher in the United States has announced the creation of a new digital imprint division, under which it will publish about 20 purely digital works to be sold online as either electronic books or downloadable copies that can be printed upon purchase.

1. The largest trade-book publisher in the United States has announced the creation of a new digital imprint division {Independent Clause}

2. under which it will publish about 20 purely digital works {Dependent Clause}

3. to be sold online as either electronic books or downloadable copies [Phrase]

4. that can be printed upon purchase. [Dependent clause]

Can somebody correct my dissection of this sentences into Independent, Dependent clause and phrases?


(A) works to be sold online as either electronic books or
(B) works to sell them online, either as electronic books or
(C) works and it will sell them online as either electronic books or as
(D) works, and selling them online as either electronic books or as
(E) works, and it will sell them online either as electronic books or

[spoiler]OA: Are C & E wrong because of ambiguous it?????[/spoiler][/quote]

[richachampion]

Ron Purewals Comment -
The core structure of choice E is in boldface here:
The largest trade-book publisher in the US has announced the creation of a new digital imprint division, under which it will publish about 20 purely digital works, and it will sell them online as either electronic books or downloadable copies that can be printed upon purchase.

Those two things don't make sense in parallel.

Also, as I mentioned in the second post of this thread, "it will sell..." is illogical. We're talking about a digital imprint division, not a sales division.