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According to the teachings of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, attaining nirvana is to enter a state of supreme liberation, leaving behind the desires that perpetuate the cycle of death and rebirth. (A) attaining nirvana is to enter (B) to attain nirvana is entering (C) to attain nirvana is (D) to attain nirvana is to enter (E) attaining nirvana is to be entering OE: “Attaining” and “to enter”must be parallel. (D) gives
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sudeep wrote: According to the teachings of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, attaining nirvana is to enter a state of supreme liberation, leaving behind the desires that perpetuate the cycle of death and rebirth. (A) attaining nirvana is to enter (B) to attain nirvana is entering (C) to attain nirvana is (D) to attain nirvana is to enter (E) attaining nirvana is to be entering OA: Wait..  OE: Wait.. Looking "B" to me as it is parallel to "leaving behind..." Any trick there???
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Re: Attaining Nirvana [#permalink]
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'B' is more appropriate compared to other choices.
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Re: Attaining Nirvana [#permalink]
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OA: OE: infinitive form of verb is required- to enter.
Parallelism - to enter X is to attain Y |
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Re: Attaining Nirvana [#permalink]
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Enter and leaving will not be parallel. In this scenario, how can we conclude which one to opt for?
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rashminet84 wrote: OA: OE: infinitive form of verb is required- to enter.
Parallelism - to enter X is to attain Y So I was right!!! There was a trick there!! I was thinking that "B" is very straight forward and how it can be done so easily. Any how, now I dont agree with the OE. I couldn't understand this>> to enter and leaving are not parallel. Will anyone explain it???
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rashminet84 wrote: OA: OE: infinitive form of verb is required- to enter.
Parallelism - to enter X is to attain Y I am not posting the OA and OE, so that people get to discuss more. Anyone can reason the flaws once he knows the OA.
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Hussain15 wrote: rashminet84 wrote: OA: OE: infinitive form of verb is required- to enter.
Parallelism - to enter X is to attain Y So I was right!!! There was a trick there!! I was thinking that "B" is very straight forward and how it can be done so easily. Any how, now I dont agree with the OE. I couldn't understand this>> to enter and leaving are not parallel. Will anyone explain it??? I think leaving behind is modifying the preceding clause (Modifier). opinions?
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sudeep wrote: rashminet84 wrote: OA: OE: infinitive form of verb is required- to enter.
Parallelism - to enter X is to attain Y I am not posting the OA and OE, so that people get to discuss more. Anyone can reason the flaws once he knows the OA. I didn't post it to offend u, it was just to complement your style. As for posting OA, the spoiler intends to do just that. People with doubts would put forward their doubts rather than tailoring their reasoning to fit the OA. Anyways, its good for you to be so considerate, I just liked the idea of adding some fun to the otherwise intellectual discussions 
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btw, my post is not really the OA. Its "my choice"
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Hussain15 wrote: So I was right!!! There was a trick there!! I was thinking that "B" is very straight forward and how it can be done so easily. Any how, now I dont agree with the OE. I couldn't understand this>> to enter and leaving are not parallel. Will anyone explain it??? "leaving" is not logically parallel to "to attain", because it is not being compared to "to enter" and "to attain" and as sudeep said, it is modifying "to attain", so its a participle.
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rashminet84 wrote: btw, my post is not really the OA. Its "my choice"
Hope that would clarify Great! but put IMO in start, so that people get to know it is not really the OA. But great explanation! Updated OA and OE already.
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"leaving" is not logically parallel to "to attain", because it is not being compared to "to enter" and "to attain"
and as sudeep said, it is modifying "to attain", so its a participle. even i thought ..'attaining' and hence A should be correct. But in this context "leaving behind..." is the modifier. It is not a part of the main clause..it is more of a side effect of nirvana ..i.e. we are not told to attain X and leave Y.. I am not sure if I put it in the right way. But good question.
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Re: Attaining Nirvana [#permalink]
24 Jul 2009, 18:07
D, to attain is to enter..parallel..
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Re: Attaining Nirvana [#permalink]
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"Attaining" does not seem right. Its the present participle version of "to attain" but the action has not yet started. So in my opinion it has to be " to attain" Nirvana is to enter
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Re: Attaining Nirvana [#permalink]
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And should be D. "To attain Nirvana is to enter...."
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Re: Attaining Nirvana [#permalink]
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I'll go with A. Because I dont see a reason why we need "to attain"???? IMO: "Attaining" is a participle acting as an adjective. For parallellism across the Being verb, "Attaining nirvana" = noun = "to enter" and is is parallel. What am I missing or misunderstood? Sudeep et all: Now I'm totally confused what the OA is . The spoilers at the different locations are all giving diff info
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Sorry. Have you heard of the saying - To see is to believeThis is parallel to ----> To attain nirvana is to enter a state of supreme liberation Does that rings?  pdarun wrote: I'll go with A. Because I dont see a reason why we need "to attain"???? IMO: "Attaining" is a participle acting as an adjective. For parallellism across the Being verb, "Attaining nirvana" = noun = "to enter" and is is parallel. What am I missing or misunderstood? Sudeep et all: Now I'm totally confused what the OA is . The spoilers at the different locations are all giving diff info _________________
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Re: Attaining Nirvana [#permalink]
13 Jul 2010, 12:56
D for me.
to attain nirvana is to enter....., leaving behind......
here "leaving behind" modifies the preceding clause....not just a word.
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Re: Attaining Nirvana [#permalink]
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The verbal (present participle) "leaving" here is used as a "verb" modifier, modifying the prior clause. Don't try to force a parallism here with the prior main verb (is) and verbals (to attain and to enter).
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