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Although energy prices have tripled in the United States over the last two years, research indicates few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making fuel efficiency a priority when shopping for cars.
(A) few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making
(B) few people having significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made
(C) that there are few people who have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor having made
(D) that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do and are not making
(E) that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made
(A) few people to have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making
(B) few people having significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made
(C) that there are few people who have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor having made
(D) that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do and are not making
(E) that few people have significantly reduced the amount of driving they do or made
13 Oct 2010, 07:17
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samark -
Two things should be parallel if they fall into the same category:
Yesterday, I WENT to the store and SAW a movie. (the verbs that fall into the category "things I did yesterday" should be parallel.)
The pirate was famous for his PET PARROT and his WOODEN LEG (the "pet parrot" and "wooden leg" fall into the category "things for which the pirate was famous" and should be parallel)
Over the last decade, I have HIKED a dozen mountains and TRAVELED to over thirty countries. ("hiked" and "traveled" fall into the category "things I have done in the last decade" and thus must be parallel).
The difference with this last one, as you notice, is that the first verb is actually "have hiked." The reason you don't need to repeat the "have" is that the word "have" essentially distributes to both verbs. (Think about this in math terms: If you have the term 3(x+y) you can distribute the 3 and get 3x+3y).
As a result, you don't need to repeat the word "have" with the second verb. That's the principle behind the parallel verbs in choice E above.
Does that help?
Brett
Two things should be parallel if they fall into the same category:
Yesterday, I WENT to the store and SAW a movie. (the verbs that fall into the category "things I did yesterday" should be parallel.)
The pirate was famous for his PET PARROT and his WOODEN LEG (the "pet parrot" and "wooden leg" fall into the category "things for which the pirate was famous" and should be parallel)
Over the last decade, I have HIKED a dozen mountains and TRAVELED to over thirty countries. ("hiked" and "traveled" fall into the category "things I have done in the last decade" and thus must be parallel).
The difference with this last one, as you notice, is that the first verb is actually "have hiked." The reason you don't need to repeat the "have" is that the word "have" essentially distributes to both verbs. (Think about this in math terms: If you have the term 3(x+y) you can distribute the 3 and get 3x+3y).
As a result, you don't need to repeat the word "have" with the second verb. That's the principle behind the parallel verbs in choice E above.
Does that help?
Brett
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13 Oct 2010, 09:15
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Hi BKimball
Thanks for the explanation, i have a doubt. In your example can 'HIS' be removed and will it still make sense -
The pirate was famous for his PET PARROT and WOODEN LEG
Where exactly can the split/distribution be, can i assume in the above sentence that HIS distributes the parrot and leg?
Thanks for the explanation, i have a doubt. In your example can 'HIS' be removed and will it still make sense -
The pirate was famous for his PET PARROT and WOODEN LEG
Where exactly can the split/distribution be, can i assume in the above sentence that HIS distributes the parrot and leg?
