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by neeti2711 » Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:34 pm
The football team, tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.

A. tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut
B. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut
C. tired after four hours of practice and because they wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut
D. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, will take a short cut
E. tiring after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut
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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:08 am
neeti2711 wrote:The football team, tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.

A. tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut
B. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut
C. tired after four hours of practice and because they wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut
D. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, will take a short cut
E. tiring after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut
A conjunction such as AND must connect PARALLEL FORMS.
In A and C, tired and wanted are not parallel.
Whereas tired serves as an adjective (the team was TIRED), wanted serves as a VERB (the team WANTED to reach home quickly).
Eliminate A and C.

In D, there is no justification for the future tense (WILL take a short cut).
Eliminate D.

E nonsensically implies that the team was TIRING AFTER FOUR HOURS OF PRACTICE at the same time as it TOOK A SHORT CUT.
Eliminate E.

The correct answer is B.

In the OA, tired (past participle) and wanting (present participle) both serve as ADJECTIVES describing the football team:
A team TIRED after four hours of practice.
A team WANTING to reach home quickly.
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