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As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round,  taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize  its sizes and colors, and to predict sales volume in advance.

(A) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize

(B) taking advantage of off-season demand, to standardize

(C) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardizing

(D) take advantage of off-season demand, standardizing

(E) take advantage of off-season demand, to standardize

Caas · Accepted Answer

Another B.
Parallel structures: enable to sell, to standardize, and to predict
the trick is "taking advantage". It is a gerund structure which describes the verb "sell". 
- To sell how?
-Taking advantage of .....
When choosing among the answers first eliminate D and E, because "take" is not parallel to "to sell". Then realize that "taking" describes the infinitive "to sell" and then among A,B and C choose the one with "standardize" in the parallel form.

goalsnr · Answer

to X, to y and to Z -> A,C,D
"Taking" is required ->Answer:B

bmwhype2 · Answer

It is not really a gerund structure. It's a participial phrase.

Commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round,   taking advantage  of off-season demand, to standardize its sizes and colors, and to predict sales volume in advance.

Fistail · Answer

B for llism. 

"taking............" is participle modifying phrase.

KASSALMD · Answer

B is correct. "to sell" and "taking advantage of the off-season demand" are to be considered one single idea. Otherwise B is also not correct because if they are not together, the format should be "to sell", "to take advantage....." "to standardize" and "to....". Note that the 1st "to" has to be followed by all "to". This does not happen with "taking advantage" which means that it is a part of "to sell".

Minheequang · Answer

IMO  B . Paralleled structure:  ... enable fisheries to sell ..., to standardize ... and to predict .... . Besides,  taking advantage of off-season  is a participle phrase modifying for the first action
 In D & E, if we add  to  before  take , we will make a paralleled structure with 4 elements. However, it is not, so it's wrong

As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round, taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize its sizes and colors, and to predict sales volume in advance.

(A) taking advantage of off-season demand,  standardize

(B) taking advantage of off-season demand, to standardize -->   the best

(C) taking advantage of off-season demand,  standardizing

(D)  take  advantage of off-season demand,  standardizing  -->lacking  to  before  take  to create another parallel element

(E)  take  advantage of off-season demand, to standardize --> lacking  to  before  take  to create another parallel element

ichha148 · Answer

yes , B is the answer , however why there is no need to make this part -taking advantage of off-season demand - parallel with the rest of the sentence

Why is E wrong ?

lagomez · Answer

E wouldn't be parallel, you would need "to take"

taking advantage isn't part of the list, rather, taking advantage is modifying

dimitri92 · Answer

here's a 10-sec approach to solve the question ... okay, may be not 10, but let's say ... 20-secs .. still not bad!

'and to predict sales ..' is not underlined. find choices that are parallel to this.

only B & E have 'to standardize .. and to predict'
in E 'take advantage' is not parallel and is not the correct modifier ... 'taking advantage' is the correct modifier.

hence, B

HTH

gjayachandra · Answer

Ill go with B

... to sell,..... to standardize,.. to predict...

all are parellel

and since this is continous tense .. present contionus (taking) should be the main verb.

so B goes as apt answer

semwal · Answer

As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries  to sell  the shellfish year-round, taking advantage of off-season demand,  standardize  its sizes and colors,  and to predict  sales volume in advance.

(A) taking advantage of off-season demand,  standardize  .......  SHOULD BE "TO STANDARDIZE".....IT'S A LIST.....

(B) taking advantage of off-season demand,   to standardize ......... CORRECT

(C) taking advantage of off-season demand,  standardizing   ....SHOULD BE "TO STANDARDIZE".....IT'S A LIST.....

(D)  take advantage  of off-season demand, standardizing  ........SHOULD BE "TO STANDARDIZE".....IT'S A LIST.....

(E)  take advantage  of off-season demand, to standardize  ..... TAKE ADVANTAGE CANNOT BE PART OF LIST, IT ONLY QUALIFIES THE PREVIOUS PART OF SENTENCE......

JusTLucK04 · Answer

As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries 
1.to sell the shellfish year-round--modifier modifying this action --taking advantage of off-season demand,
2.  standardize   its sizes and colors, and 
3.to predict sales volume in advance.

Clearly sentence structure 2 is not a parallel entity in the list..and it is the only error here..

to standardize is the required change..B it is

daagh · Answer

As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round,  taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize  its sizes and colors, and to predict sales volume in advance.

(A) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize
(B) taking advantage of off-season demand, to standardize
(C) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardizing
(D) take advantage of off-season demand, standardizing
(E) take advantage of off-season demand, to standardize

There are only three disparate things that commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries namely 
1. to sell the shellfish year-round, taking advantage of off-season demand, -- Here taking advantage is the process by which the fisheries sell year-round, hence is just one unit. 
2. to standardize its sizes and colors, and 
3. to predict sales volume in advance.
Since the non-underlined portion is marked with the infinitive, it is imperative that the infinitive marker accompany all the three factors. Therefore, B is the chosen answer. D is not the answer since if 'standardize' were to be taken as another factor, it should have been duly marked with the infinitive word 'to'.

venkivety · Answer

commercial farming of lobsters will enable THREE things-- vch needs to be parallel..

to sell the shellfish year-round , taking advantage of off-season demand, (Here taking advantage is the non-essential modifier which modifies the preceding clause)
 to standardize its sizes and colors , and
 to predict sales volume in advance .

MikeScarn · Answer

daagh , you said in a previous explanation that we can not use an infinitive after a comma. https://gmatclub.com/forum/for-members- ... 48494.html

daagh · Answer

MikeScarn

Can you please look into the given link below?

In the given example of shields and frames as a method, the infinitive phrase was concluding the sentence. Hence, it was unidiomatic.

However, we can't apply this rule to everywhere in which an infinitive is involved. Especially, in a list of infinitives, how can we afford not to use an infinitive?

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

In this SC, the final item is included as  AND with COMMA . So, this is going to be the list of some items. But HOW many items GMAC add in their list? GMAC doesn't add more than 3 items (normally) in a list of item. Because there is NO logic to add SO MANY items in a list-this exam is not the gaining knowledge by adding so many items in a list!
So, what's is going on in this SC?
In non-underlined part(s), we already have 2 items ( to sell ,  to predict ) of this list. So, we're going to wait for one another item which starts with preposition  to   to make parallelism with other 2 items ( to sell ,  to predict ). In this SC, all the answer options contain 2 parts like 1) taking.........., 2) standardize.......... . So, the another item may be in part 1) or may be in part 2. In choice A, C, D, there is no  to   before both parts (part 1 and part 2). So, we can easily cross out choice A, C and D. 
Now, we are left with choice B and E. Choice B starts with ING form with verb (take), but Choice E doesn't contain ING form with verb 'take'. So, it is the matter of meaning, totally!. 
In this SC, "taking advantage of off-season demand" (adverbial modifier) is the  direct result  of "commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round". we can't use direct result of a statement simply with base form of verb (e.g., take). So, E is out.
So, the correct choice is  B .

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

Hi my honorable expert,
Is there any core difference between the following versions if number  2  makes sense?
Thanks__

1.    As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round, taking advantage of off-season demand, to standardize its sizes and colors, and to predict sales volume in advance.

2.   As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round, taking advantage of off-season demand, to  standardize its sizes and colors, and  to  predict sales volume in advance.

hiranmay · Answer

As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round,  taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize  its sizes and colors,  and   to predict  sales volume in advance.

(A) taking advantage of off-season demand,  standardize  --> need to + <verb> to connect "b]and   to predict ": A, C & D out
(B)  taking  advantage of off-season demand,  to standardize  -->  correct :  approach-1:   taking  advantage" is results of "enable(ment of) fisheries". so -ing form (taking) is required,  approach-2:  left w/ B
(C) taking advantage of off-season demand,  standardizing  --> same as A
(D) take advantage of off-season demand,  standardizing --> same as A
(E)  take  advantage of off-season demand,  to standardize  -->  approach-1 : meaning issue,  approach-2:  take is not parallel to "to standardize & to predict"

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