Parallelism

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Parallelism

by artstudent » Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:16 pm
1) Isn't A not parallel? "that" is missing after "and" before resembles

2) What's wrong with C? I searched the answers and it says that "resembled" is a verb. Isn't it a past-participle here? In which case its parallel with "related to"


The bones of Majungatholus atopus, a meat-eating dinosaur that is a distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex and closely resembles South American predatory dinosaurs, have been discovered in Madagascar.

(A) The bones of Majungatholus atopus, a meat-eating dinosaur that is a distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex and closely resembles South American predatory dinosaurs, have been discovered in Madagascar.
(B) The bones of a meat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, a distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex and with a close resemblance to South American predatory dinosaurs, has been discovered in Madagascar.
(C) In Madagascar, the bones of a meat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, distantly related to Tyrannosaurus rex and closely resembled South American predatory dinosaurs, have been discovered.
(D) A distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, bearing a close resemblance to South American predatory dinosaurs is Majungatholus atopus, a meat-eating dinosaur, the bones of which have been discovered in Madagascar.
(E) A distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex and closely resembling South American predatory dinosaurs, the bones of a meat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, have been discovered in Madagascar.
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:32 am
What is the source?

I agree with you over parallelism concern in option A but differ slightly the way it should be implemented. I think it should 'that' should be placed before closely instead of resembles.

According to me C has a modifier issue.
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by Nemesis09 » Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:07 am
Hi All,

IMO D

OA Please..

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