Vatsal7794 wrote:
Hi Experts
GMATNinja KarishmaB MartyTargetTestPrepSir is having finished and having earned equivalency in option C and A wrong? If yes then why?
And also except for idiom error (upto) what other things are wrong in option A
Same question as above for option C
Posted from my mobile device (A) finishing high school or having earned equivalency diplomas increased in the last three years of the decade, up to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and
(C) having finished high school or earning an equivalency diploma increased in the last three years of the decade, and rose to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and from'finishing'/'earning' are present participles while 'having finished'/having earned' are perfect participles (they show completion). Perfect participles often show what happened because of the completion of the action.
Having earned a diploma in theatre, she moved to New York.
It gives you the reason why she moved to New York. Likely to be where Broadway is.
'high school and equivalency diplomas' are equal elements. So they must be in parallel. One does one or the other and both are considered equal.
Hence it doesn't make sense to use present participle for one and perfect participle for the other. If we are to add the numbers, we should add of people "who have finished high school and who have earned the diploma" or we should add numbers of people "who are in the process of finishing high school and in the process of earning the diploma."
We can't add "finished high school" to "earning diploma."
Hence both (A) and (C) are incorrect.
Option (C) has two verb phrases joined with 'and' though the two verb phrases are not independent actions.
... the percentage of students in US
increased in the last three years of the decade, and
rose to 86.5 percent ...
It did not do two actions - increase and rise. The rise is an explanation of the increase so a prepositional phrase is enough as done in (E).
(B) finishing high school or earning equivalency diplomas, increasing in the last three years of the decade, rising to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and from
... the percentage of students in US ... increasing in the last three years of the decade, rising to ...
The main verb is missing. It is a sentence fragment.
(D) who either finished high school or they earned an equivalency diploma, increasing in the last three years of the decade, rose to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 andEither X or Y - X and Y should be parallel.
either finished high school or
they earned an equivalency diploma
Here the two are not parallel. X is a verb phrase while Y is a clause (with subject).
Also ' who either ...' modifies 'students' and 'increasing ...' modifies 'percentage' which is far away.
(E) who finished high school or earned equivalency diplomas increased in the last three years of the decade, to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and'finished' and 'earned' are parallel. Prepositional phrase 'to 86.5 ...' is used. Everything is correct here.
Answer (E)