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Florida’s Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail, a mixed-use recreation trail paved over an old rail bed, is a curious paradox: it is not only completely man-made but also designed exclusively for human use, yet is classified as a state park.

is not only completely man-made but also designed exclusively for human use, yet is
not only is completely man-made but also exclusively designed for human use, yet it is
is completely man-made but also exclusively designed for human use, yet
is completely man-made but also has been designed exclusively for human use, yet is
is not only completely man-made but also is exclusively designed for human use, yet


My Doubt is that in A , the last clause "yet is " should be "yet it is " .. since yet is a co-ordinating conjunction it should join two independent clauses , but the correct answer has not it ..
Am is missing something here ??
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Florida’s Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail, a mixed-use recreation trail paved over an old rail bed, is a curious paradox: it is X yet (it) is Y.
This is not // when you use it.

"Yet is" is correct here.
D has incorrect use of but also.

So the correct answer is A.
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I agree- a FANBOY conjunction should join two independent clauses here it is not happening yet is a ... dependent clause
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The 'not only...but also' is an easy trigger for parallelism. If you understand the meaning of the sentence, the usage of not only but also is essential to the sentence. Hence you can eliminate C and D. Now one thing to remember is the placement of verb. If the verb is placed outside of the trigger, it applies to both the fragments and need not be repeated in individual clauses. Hence B and D are also out. A is the correct option
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GMATNinja VeritasKarishma From what i know about GMAT english ", plus FANBOYS" is always followed by a IC but there it is used a connector, though I got it correct because other options looked soo bad but help me correct my basic knowledge.
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in A] is 'YET' starting an independent clause? The subject in the 2nd clause needs to be assumed?

do we need to see parallelsm b/w 'it is '' and 'yet is'' ?
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in A] is 'YET' starting an independent clause? The subject in the 2nd clause needs to be assumed?

do we need to see parallelsm b/w 'it is '' and 'yet is'' ?
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We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, no; in Option A, "yet" does not introduce an independent clause because there is no independent subject in the construction that follows it - "is classified as a state park".

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in A] why do we need a comma before 'yet' when 'yet' is simply used as a conjunction?
and thus confusing 'yet' with IC marker

is it right to say that 'yet' is a parallelism marker?
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in A] why do we need a comma before 'yet' when 'yet' is simply used as a conjunction?
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The GMAT does not test the presence or absence of single commas. Any questions about why a single comma does or doesn't appear somewhere, independently of other punctuation, are irrelevant to the GMAT.

(The part about "independently of other punctuation" is important. The GMAT could very well test the presence or absence of a comma that needs to be paired with another comma, e.g., to block off a modifier.)
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Yes.

In this problem, there are two different 'levels' of parallelism.

• At larger scale, the two main parallel structures—which form a contrast—are
is not only completely man-made but also designed exclusively for human use
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is classified as a state park.
The contrast is properly indicated with "yet". (These two phrases contrast because the primary purpose of state and national parks is to keep those areas undisturbed in their natural state.)

• The first of those two larger-scale structures is itself a parallel construction, with "completely man-made" and "designed exclusively for human use"—two ideas that both reinforce the point that the G-H Trail is decidedly NOT 'natural'—as parallel parts.
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In A there is a parallelism issue. We are comparing completely with designed.
Pls share your insight on this
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Careful--parallelism is not just about the first word. It's quite normal to see an extra modifier on one parallel term and not the other. In this case, "completely" is modifying "man-made." The two terms we end up with--"completely man-made" and "designed exclusively for human use"--can both fit into the sentence in the same way. The trail is completely man-made. The trail is designed exclusively for human use.
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In A there is a parallelism issue. We are comparing completely with designed.
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Hello jim441,

We hope this finds you well.

To clarify, in Option A parallelism is drawn between the adjectives "man-made" and "designed"; "completely" and "exclusively for human use" are just adverbs that modify these adjectives.

We hope this helps.
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egmat, could you please help me out with the following query -

In option A how can a noun (man-made) be parallel with a verb(is designed) ?,
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