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During the 1930's, Ellis Island served as ... [#permalink] New post   22 Oct 2013, 14:22
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During the 1930's, Ellis Island served as the United States' primary center for the processing of incoming immigrants as well as the outgoing deportees.

A. as well as the outgoing deportees
B. as well as outgoing deportees
C. and outgoing deportees too
D. and outgoing deportees as well
E. and also the outgoing deportees

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Re: During the 1930's, Ellis Island served as ... [#permalink] New post   22 Oct 2013, 23:42
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During the 1930's, Ellis Island served as the United States' primary center for the processing of incoming immigrants as well as the outgoing deportees.

A. as well as the outgoing deportees
B. as well as outgoing deportees
C. and outgoing deportees too
D. and outgoing deportees as well
E. and also the outgoing deportees

The correct form is X as well as Y, hence B
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Re: During the 1930's, Ellis Island served as ... [#permalink] New post   22 Oct 2013, 23:57
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During the 1930's, Ellis Island served as the United States' primary center for the processing of incoming immigrants as well as the outgoing deportees.

A. as well as the outgoing deportees
B. as well as outgoing deportees
C. and outgoing deportees too
D. and outgoing deportees as well
E. and also the outgoing deportees

OE to follow.


During the 1930's, Ellis Island served as the United States' primary center for the processing of incoming immigrants as well as the outgoing deportees.

A. as well as the outgoing deportees…we don't need "the" here….the addition of the changes the meaning also it breaks parallelism with incoming immigrants.
B. as well as outgoing deportees….this is the correct answer and flawless.
C. and outgoing deportees too…we don't use too and "and" together….they are redundant and have the same meaning.
D. and outgoing deportees as well...we don't use aswell and "and" together….they are redundant and have the same meaning.
E. and also the outgoing deportees….we don't use also and "and" together….they are redundant and have the same meaning.
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Re: During the 1930's, Ellis Island served as ... [#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2013, 07:23
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Answer B Here, we have the construction "for the processing of X as well as (the processing of) Y". In that construction, X and Y must be parallel; therefore, the two elements "incoming immigrants" (X) and "outgoing deportees" (Y) must be in parallel form. Thus we eliminate (A) and (E) which use the non-parallel "incoming immigrants" and "the outgoing deportees". (C) and (D) are redundant; (C) uses "and" and "too", while "(D) uses "and" and "as well". Thus we eliminate (C) and (D). This leaves us with choice (B), which uses "as well as" properly and provides the necessary parallel structure.

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During the 1930's, Ellis Island served as ... [#permalink] New post   06 Dec 2018, 08:52
My process, without knowing the idiom:

A. as well as the outgoing deportees - the non-underline portion does not have the article "The" so it refers to the group in general not specific
B. as well as outgoing deportees - looks fine and is parallel to incoming immigrants....outgoing deportees
C. and outgoing deportees too - "and...too - redundant get rid of
D. and outgoing deportees as well - "and... as well" - redundant get rid of
E. and also the outgoing deportees - "and also" - redundant get rid of
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