TooLong150 wrote:
rajcools wrote:
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B. will bankroll other people‘s lawsuits, pump hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions against corporations
I think problem in B is not will bankroll precisely its that if we use "will" here it applies to
will bankroll other people‘s lawsuits,
will pump hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims,
will divorce battles and
will class actions against corporationsand the above two in red are nonsensical...
I don't see why it is not a choice between the future tense (B) and the present continuous (C)
81. Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people‘s lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars for medical malpractice claims, divorcing battles and class actions against corporations
B. will bankroll other people‘s lawsuits, pump hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions against corporations
C. are bankrolling other people‘s lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions against corporations
I read B to mean that "divorce battles" and "class actions against corporations" were nouns as part of the "pump hundreds of millions..." list after "medical malpractice claims".
will bankroll
will pump hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles, and class actions against corporations
C seems to do the same thing except it uses the present continuous for the verbs.
Please tell me where I made a mistake in my reasoning.
Let's substitute option B in the given sentence and then break the construction
81.
Large banks,
hedge funds and
private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities
will bankroll other people‘s lawsuits,
pump hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims,
divorce battles and
class actions against corporationsGreen - The list contains nouns
Pink - The list contains verb phrases
Blue - Prepositional phrases (which can be ignored, as these are fillers)
Issue : Splitting the parallels ...
Banks, funds and investors will bankroll other people's lawsuits (looks fine.)
Banks, funds and investors pump hundreds of millions of dollars into malpractice claims (looks fine.)
Banks, funds and investors
divorce battles (Can Jane
divorce Jack? Yes. Can Jane
divorce battles? Absolutely not. Now, you see the issue here.)
Banks, funds and investors class actions against corporations (Jane's conduct classed her as a criminal ==> We are classifying Jane based on her conduct. So, even if class is viewed as a verb, what does 'class actions against corporations; mean?)
So, B is wrong.
Now read C. The meaning is clear which states that
Banks, funds and investors are bankrolling something,
pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into
medical malpractice claims,
divorce battles and
class actions against corporationsVerb-ing modifier is properly modifying the
preceding clause. The
noun phrases are parallel and the meaning is correct.
Hope this helps...