Prep 3

[moneyman]

Is it A ?

[iamcste]

Is it A ?

IMO D

the purchase of the Home,

the cost of improvements, and

any additonal payment of medical or educational expenses


Parallelism

Nothing wrong with A, but I dont see any parallelism there

Any inputs guys

[amitabhprasad]

isn't use of "were" in "D" makes last part a clause ?

[gmat009]

I find E better than D.
E puts better parallel structure than D.
What's OA

[niraj_a]

nah, D maintains the parallelism with of

[rohangupta83]

I'd have to side with iamcste for the parallel structure on this one.

imo D

as iamcste explained

[jimmiejaz]

Can't it be A as it is comparing amount with cost,price and amount.
D compares amount with cost,price and payment

Please explain. I fully understand imcste's point though!!!

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I go for E. Look at D, [that were borrowed against the home] modifies [expenses], which makes no sense. It should modify [payment] instead

A is wordy, I think, [ amount.... to pay] = payment

[rohangupta83]

In Choice D

It states:

Any additional payment......... that were

isn't 'any additional payment' singular ???

[logitech]

I think "OF..." and "OF..." construction is designed as a trick in this sentence for whom apply the rules of parallelism without paying attention to the core of the sentence.

If the amount of loan does not exceed - marks the beginning of our list

so X, Y and Z

exceed the purchase price of the home, the cost of improvements, and any additional amount borrowed against the home to pay for medical or educational expenses.

E is using almost the same parallelism here but it is changing to meaning to "any additional payment borrowed " by omitting the word, amount.

So A looks good to me.

[iamcste]

I think "OF..." and "OF..." construction is designed as a trick in this sentence for whom apply the rules of parallelism without paying attention to the core of the sentence.

If the amount of loan does not exceed - marks the beginning of our list

so X, Y and Z

exceed the purchase price of the home, the cost of improvements, and any additional amount borrowed against the home to pay for medical or educational expenses.

E is using almost the same parallelism here but it is changing to meaning to "any additional payment borrowed " by omitting the word, amount.

So A looks good to me.

As I mentioned A is not wrong, However is A using parallelism when particularly a list of items are mentioned

If yes, how are items parallel ??

[karmayogi]

IMO A

B & C easy to eliminate.

D: If we remove of ... part then sentence will become "any additional payment that were borrowed." That has two problems: 1. payment is singular were is plural, and 2. we don't borrow payment.

E: additional payment borrowed is also wrong. We don't borrow payment.

OA plz?

[iamcste]

IMO A

B & C easy to eliminate.

D: If we remove of ... part then sentence will become "any additional payment that were borrowed." That has two problems: 1. payment is singular were is plural, and 2. we don't borrow payment.

E: additional payment borrowed is also wrong. We don't borrow payment.

OA plz?

why should I remove "Of" any logic-Is it pertaining to some rule

[niraj_a]

OA is A, its a bloody 1000 SC question.

[iamcste]

OA is A, its a bloody 1000 SC question.

Niraj is right. I knew this!

@ Niraj-why bloody :roll: