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Hi AndrewN,

Would (B) be correct if it were written like this:

Among the largest of the flying squirrels is the Japanese giant flying squirrel, measuring two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, having a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and weighing up to five pounds.
Three coloured verb-ing modifiers modifying the noun giant flying squirrel.

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Hello, PyjamaScientist. I would bet you could answer your own question if you rearranged the sentence so that the modifiers came before the noun they modify and placed the prepositional phrase at the end:

X, Y, and Z, the Japanese giant flying squirrel is among the largest of the flying squirrels.

I think a lot of people are too prescriptive about participles. In my view, it is better to think through a sentence and ask whether a reasonable interpretation stands alone. If you are wondering whether this version of (B) would be better than (E), you need not bother. GMAC™ has taken measures to ensure that this set of answer choices is presented as is.

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E) which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, has a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and weighs

Why relative pronoun is not repeated here?
I thought the right option should be : which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, which has a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and which weighs
That's why I crossed out option E.
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In Manhattan Book Page : 91 , . Parallelism Question No. 12. We have relative pronoun repeated.

Hello AbhishekDhanraJ72,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, if all the elements in a list take the same relative pronoun or preposition, it does not need to be repeated throughout the list; one use of the preposition or relative pronoun at the beginning of the sentence can be held common for the entire list.

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Take example : I want to retire to place, where I can relax and I pay low taxes. Then is it a right sentence ?
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E) which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, has a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and weighs

Why relative pronoun is not repeated here?
I thought the right option should be : which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, which has a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and which weighs
That's why I crossed out option E.
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In Manhattan Book Page : 91 , . Parallelism Question No. 12. We have relative pronoun repeated.

Hello AbhishekDhanraJ72,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, if all the elements in a list take the same relative pronoun or preposition, it does not need to be repeated throughout the list; one use of the preposition or relative pronoun at the beginning of the sentence can be held common for the entire list.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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Hello AbhishekDhanraJ72,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the sentence you have put forth is, indeed, correct; the single "where" used in this sentence applies to both clauses "I can relax" and "I pay low taxes".

We hope this helps.
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Hi AndrewN,

Would (B) be correct if it were written like this:

Among the largest of the flying squirrels is the Japanese giant flying squirrel, measuring two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, having a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and weighing up to five pounds.
Three coloured verb-ing modifiers modifying the noun giant flying squirrel.

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Hello PyjamaScientist,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, your sentence is indeed correct; here, "measuring", "having", and "weighing" are subordinate actions to the clause "Among the largest of the flying squirrels is the Japanese giant flying squirrel", conveying that this squirrel is among the largest of the flying squirrels because it measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, has a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and weighs up to five pounds.

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Why relative pronoun is not repeated here?
I thought the right option should be : which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, which has a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and which weighs
That's why I crossed out option E.
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In Manhattan Book Page : 91 , . Parallelism Question No. 12. We have relative pronoun repeated.[/quote]

Hello AbhishekDhanraJ72,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, if all the elements in a list take the same relative pronoun or preposition, it does not need to be repeated throughout the list; one use of the preposition or relative pronoun at the beginning of the sentence can be held common for the entire list.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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Take example : I want to retire to place, where I can relax and I pay low taxes. Then is it a right sentence ?[/quote]

Hello AbhishekDhanraJ72,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the sentence you have put forth is, indeed, correct; the single "where" used in this sentence applies to both clauses "I can relax" and "I pay low taxes".

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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However it is said to be wrong in Manhattan Sentence Correction book.
They explained that The right answer should contain where twice. Thats is :
I want to retire to place, where I can relax and where I pay low taxes.

Even i think where shouldn't be repeated here. Then I can't think of examples in which "where" is needed to be repeated. Can you please give some examples in which "where" need and need not to be repeated? It will be a big help.

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Hi EducationAisle

Can a ing/ed verbal be parallel to prepositional modifier when modifying the same noun entity.

Are there any official examples to support the answer?




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If we use and here then the modifiers need to be parallel. The issues is one is a verbing and the other is a prep phrase. That will not be parallel. Do you think that's right?
Hi nishatfarhat87, I believe what daagh sir meant was that at the very least, there should have been an and (not that the sentence would have been completely correct in that case).

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If you look at the subject it is a noun phrase saying among the many....I think a pronoun simplifies it and refers to the squirrel instead of the entire noun phrase. What's your thought on this?
Actually the subject is the Japanese giant flying squirrel (that's also the reason for singular verb is). Such constructs are called inverted constructs; test-takers should be comfortable with these constructs.

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For the reasons stated above I think E changes meaning by changing the focus of the sentence.
Actually E puts equal focus on the three features, because of this parallelism: ....which measures <something>..., has <something>, and weighs <something>

So, Parallelism is between three verbs: measures, has, and weighs.

p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses Inverted construct, its application and examples. If someone is interested, PM me your email-id; I can mail the corresponding section.
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Hi EducationAisle

Can a ing/ed verbal be parallel to prepositional modifier when modifying the same noun entity.

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Hi Himanshu, I don't recollect any official examples to support this.

However, in my opinion, participles can be parallel to prepositional modifier; after all, participles are adjectives and prepositional phrases can serve as adjectives as well.
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Thanks Ashish! Glad to hear from you!

If its all about function then can a relative pronoun clause be parallel to ing verbal or prepositional phrase because
RPC can also act as adjectives

It will be very nice of you to dig some OG examples to support or deny the perception, please!

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Can a ing/ed verbal be parallel to prepositional modifier when modifying the same noun entity.

Are there any official examples to support the answer?
Hi Himanshu, I don't recollect any official examples to support this.

However, in my opinion, participles can be parallel to prepositional modifier; after all, participles are adjectives and prepositional phrases can serve as adjectives as well.
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Sure, will post here, if I come across any such official questions Himanshu.
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Thanks, Ashish EducationAisle

Meanwhile, may I please ask you to clear a second confusion on below sentence, please!

1. With California expected to see severe electricity shortfalls and perhaps blackouts on as many as 30 days, the administration shows concerns

Q1 [does ed verbals also tell us about the tense. From ed verbal, should we expect an event which already started in past and hence ''administration has shown concern'' will be more correct here?

Q2 [ ''With California expecting blackouts on as many as 30 days, the administration showed concern on this pity state'' ] is the sentence correct? assuming 'ing verbal' does not imply tense]


Q3 [ ''as many as 30 days'' or ''She returned in less than 30 days''- Please help me showing that days are uncountable here and therefore 'Few' can't be used.]


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Hi Himanshu, since your questions are not directly related to the main sentence of this thread, have sent you a PM on this.
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Hi folks,

Can we use "which" to refer to animals and humans (both living beings)? As per rules I studied, we cannot refer to humans and animals using "which", we use "who" instead.

Can anyone please clarify this doubt and state what all relative pronoun we can use for living beings and non living things?
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Hi folks,

Can we use "which" to refer to animals and humans (both living beings)? As per rules I studied, we cannot refer to humans and animals using "which", we use "who" instead.

Can anyone please clarify this doubt and state what all relative pronoun we can use for living beings and non living things?
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To animals yes; to human-beings no.
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