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Hi AjiteshArun generis - I have read the post and I understood it.

I have read other posts from Andrew and Generis. In these specific posts, both experts suggest in option B, IS" CANNOT BE PARALLEL TO "Extends because
the X element is a noun being compared to the Verb in the Y element but my question to the both experts was "IS" and "Extends" are BOTH VERBS

So I am trying to understand what they are trying to explain ?

Can you perhaps assist ?

I have doubt that there can be multiple correct options based on below- requesting if you could help with the correct approach-

Hi,

Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.



It is imperative to understand the meaning of the sentence in order to get the correct answer. So let’s do that first. Scientists have recently discovered something that could be the largest and oldest organism on Earth. So what have they discovered? They have a discovered a giant fungus which has qualities that make the scientists believe that this fungus could be the largest and oldest living organism. What are these qualities? This giant fungus is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles. This fungus has been spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago. So this is why the scientists think that this fungus is the oldest living organism. The other quality that the fungus has is that it extends for more than 30 acres. This is the reason why the scientists think this fungus to be the largest living organism



After we have understood the meaning, let us evaluate the errors in the sentence. Now notice “spawned” is not verb here. It is verb-ed modifier that is presenting the quality of the giant fungus. In the very same way, “extending” is a verb-ing modifier that is also presenting another quality of the fungus. Hence, verb-ed modifier “spawned” and the verb-ing modifier “extending” are parallel to each other. Hence this sentence is correct as it is.

POE:

Choice A: extending: Correct.

Choice B: extends: Incorrect. This is a verb and a verb cannot be parallel to a modifier.

Choice C: extended: Incorrect. We again have a verb in the past tense that cannot be parallel to a modifier. Also the fungus is still extending. It is still there. So use of past tense is wrong anyway.

Choice D: it extended: Incorrect. Same error as in Choice D.

Choice E: is extending: Incorrect. This is a verb and a verb cannot be parallel to a modifier.

Hope this helps to understand why choice A is the correct answer.
Thanks.
Shraddha

Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.

(A) extending
(B) extends
(C) extended
(D) it extended
(E) is extending

Here are my two cents...
I believe that the subject here is fungus. We can use parallelism here. Extending is a modifier and so is That. Thus the marker here is and which connects as fllows:

The giant fungus that....spawned 1500 to 10,000 years ago

The giant fungus extending....

Let me know if this makes sense.

I got it wrong. After reading different explanations here I'm confused now.

How come spawned by______ is a modifier??
agiant fungus(noun) that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles(modifier of a giant fungus) spawned (verb) by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago-------- past indefinate tense,

OA is A, How is that possible coz it will put a verb and a modfier parallel.

Hi jim441,

Spawned is definitely not a (complete) verb. When something is done by something else (the passive voice), the ~ed form will never be a complete verb on its own. Instead, we'll need a helping verb, like was in the example below:

1. X was spawned by Y. ← Here was spawned is a complete verb.

Hi,

In choice A, we assume that ''spawned'' is modifying filigree but filigree means a network of wires which is used as an adjective to modify the fungus. So, all in all, spawned is modifying fungus by jumping over the verb? Isn't that a rule to not jump over verb? Are there any other official examples where jumping the verb was allowed?

Hi,

In choice A, we assume that ''spawned'' is modifying filigree but filigree means a network of wires which is used as an adjective to modify the fungus. So, all in all, spawned is modifying fungus by jumping over the verb? Isn't that a rule to not jump over verb? Are there any other official examples where jumping the verb was allowed?

Although explanation for correct answer is absolutely clear, but it appears as if subject "A giant fungus" is not having any verb to follow. In many sentences similar to this one where a noun is followed by "That" relative pronoun has a verb for the noun stated before "that".

Ex: A book that is best seller is exceptional. (In this A book has a verb "is exceptional")