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Seismologists studying the earthquake that struck northern [#permalink]
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Seismologists studying the earthquake that struck northern California in October 1989 are still investigating some of its mysteries: the unexpected power of the seismic waves, the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air, and the strange electromagnetic signals detected hours before the temblor.
(A) the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air, and the strange electromagnetic signals detected hours before the temblor
(B) the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air, and strange electromagnetic signals were detected hours before the temblor
(C) the upward thrust threw one man straight into the air, and hours before the temblor strange electromagnetic signals were detected
(D) one man was thrown straight into the air by the upward thrust, and hours before the temblor strange electromagnetic signals were detected
(E) one man who was thrown straight into the air by the upward thrust, and strange electromagnetic signals that were detected hours before the temblor
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Quote: Seismologists studying the earthquake that struck northern California in October 1989 are still investigating some of its mysteries: the unexpected power of the seismic waves, the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air, and the strange electromagnetic signals detected hours before the temblor.
(A) the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air, and the strange electromagnetic signals detected hours before the temblor
(B) the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air, and strange electromagnetic signals were detected hours before the temblor
(C) the upward thrust threw one man straight into the air, and hours before the temblor strange electromagnetic signals were detected
(D) one man was thrown straight into the air by the upward thrust, and hours before the temblor strange electromagnetic signals were detected
(E) one man who was thrown straight into the air by the upward thrust, and strange electromagnetic signals that were detected hours before the temblor air, and the strange electromagnetic signals detected hours before the temblor.In option A The strange electromagnetic signala detected hours before the tembloris not a independent clause. so does it not lack parallelism ?
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ISB2011 wrote: Seismologists studying the earthquake that struck northern California in October 1989 are still investigating some of its mysteries: the unexpected power of the seismic waves, the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air, and the strange electromagnetic signals detected hours before the temblor.
(A) the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air, and the strange electromagnetic signals detected hours before the temblor
(B) the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air, and strange electromagnetic signals were detected hours before the temblor
(C) the upward thrust threw one man straight into the air, and hours before the temblor strange electromagnetic signals were detected
(D) one man was thrown straight into the air by the upward thrust, and hours before the temblor strange electromagnetic signals were detected
(E) one man who was thrown straight into the air by the upward thrust, and strange electromagnetic signals that were detected hours before the temblor a the sentence is parallel the unexpected power....the upward thrust....the strange signals all have an article, an adjective and a noun
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the unexpected power of the seismic waves-->Complete sentence
the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air--> comeplete sentence
(and) the strange electromagnetic signals detected hours before the temblor.(i feel this is not complete the word THAT is missing here )
Am i missing some thing?
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ISB2011 wrote: the unexpected power of the seismic waves-->Complete sentence
the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air--> comeplete sentence
(and) the strange electromagnetic signals detected hours before the temblor.(i feel this is not complete the word THAT is missing here )
Am i missing some thing? Since a colon is used any information after the colon does not have to be a complete sentence. Also, "The unexpected power of the seismic waves" is not a complete sentence A verb is not present. The = article upward = adjective thrust = noun (subject) of the seismic waves = prepositional phrase
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A it is....
coz of parallelism...."the unexpected power...., the upward thrust that..., and the strange electromagnetic signals....."
all other options are problematic.
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+1 for A.
The choices given made the problem easy.
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Re: Seismologists studying the earthquake that struck northern [#permalink]
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The colon (:) signals an enumeration of the earthquakes' mysteries. Only A makes a simple and parallel enumeration.
Answer: A
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