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15 Apr 2021, 08:30
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Having finally mollified the opposition leadership by granting it a seat in the new government, it must now be ascertained by the president's advisors how the country can both expand foreign trade and work effectively toward peace in the region, which they were unable to do in the past.
(A) it must now be ascertained by the president's advisors how the country can both expand foreign trade and work effectively toward peace in the region, which they were unable to do in the past
(B) it must now be ascertained by the president's advisors how the country can both expand foreign trade and must work effectively toward peace, which they were unable to do in the past in the region
(C) the president's advisors must now ascertain both how the country can expand foreign trade and work effectively toward peace in the region, which they were
unable to do in the past
(D) the president's advisors must now ascertain how the country can both expand foreign trade and work effectively toward peace in the region, which they
were unable to do in the past
(E) the president's advisors must now ascertain how the country can both expand foreign trade and also how to make it work more effectively than in the past toward peace in the region
(A) it must now be ascertained by the president's advisors how the country can both expand foreign trade and work effectively toward peace in the region, which they were unable to do in the past
(B) it must now be ascertained by the president's advisors how the country can both expand foreign trade and must work effectively toward peace, which they were unable to do in the past in the region
(C) the president's advisors must now ascertain both how the country can expand foreign trade and work effectively toward peace in the region, which they were
unable to do in the past
(D) the president's advisors must now ascertain how the country can both expand foreign trade and work effectively toward peace in the region, which they
were unable to do in the past
(E) the president's advisors must now ascertain how the country can both expand foreign trade and also how to make it work more effectively than in the past toward peace in the region
19 Apr 2021, 08:45
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
D
The opening modifier refers to something that must have been accomplished by a person or a group of people. Therefore, the words immediately after the comma must refer to a person or group of people. That eliminates (A) and (B). The differences between the other choices hinge on the word "both". When used to pair two things in a sentence, "both" is like a branching o§.
For instance, in (D), there are two items paired by "both. . . and". Both should logically finish the phrase begun by "how the country can". In this case, the results are: "how the country can expand foreign trade" and "how the country can work effectively toward peace. . ." Those work, so (D) is a possible answer. The same cannot be said of the other two remaining choices.
In (C), the resulting phrases would be: "must now ascertain how the country can. . ." and "must now ascertain work effectively..." The latter doesn't make sense.
In (E), the word "also" creates problems. The resulting phrases are: "how the country can expand foreign trade", and "how the country can also how to make it work". Again, the latter doesn't make sense. (D) is correct.
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15 Apr 2021, 18:45
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I think it should be E. There is no Parallelism error.
