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03 Sep 2020, 09:00
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For those who lacked academic prowess in high school, a two-year community college course may instill a valuable sense of discipline and open doors to better opportunities in the future.
(A) may instill a valuable sense of discipline and open doors to better opportunities in the future
(B) might instill for them a valuable sense of discipline and to open doors to better opportunities in the future
(C) may, in them, instill a valuable sense of discipline, opening their doors to better opportunities in the future
(D) opening the door later for a better opportunity and giving them a valuable sense of discipline now
(E) may open the door for a better opportunity later and giving them a valuable sense now of their discipline
(A) may instill a valuable sense of discipline and open doors to better opportunities in the future
(B) might instill for them a valuable sense of discipline and to open doors to better opportunities in the future
(C) may, in them, instill a valuable sense of discipline, opening their doors to better opportunities in the future
(D) opening the door later for a better opportunity and giving them a valuable sense of discipline now
(E) may open the door for a better opportunity later and giving them a valuable sense now of their discipline
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04 Sep 2020, 08:15
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Experts Global Explanation:
Parallelism + Meaning
Please remember that any elements linked by a conjunction must be parallel.
A. This answer choice maintains parallelism, conveys the intended meaning, and forms a complete sentence. Thus, this answer choice is correct.
B. This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism between the verb phrases “might instill” and “to open”. Please remember that any elements linked by a conjunction must be parallel.
C. This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence; the intended meaning is that a “two-year community college course” may do two separate things- (a) instill a sense of discipline in certain people and (b) open doors to better opportunities; however, the use of the modifying phrase “opening their doors” implies that the act of instilling discipline directly opens doors to better opportunities. Please remember, the introduction of verb+ing (“opening” in this case) after comma generally leads to a cause-effect relationship.
D. This answer choice lacks an active verb to act upon the subject “two-year community college course”; “opening” and “giving” are both verb modifiers, meaning this option does not form a complete sentence.
E. This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism between the verb phrases “open the door” and “giving them a valuable lesson”. Please remember that any elements linked by a conjunction, in this case “and”, must be parallel.
A is the best answer choice.
General Discussion
Tanushka77
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03 Sep 2020, 09:11
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For those who lacked academic prowess in high school, a two-year community college course may instill a valuable sense of discipline and open doors to better opportunities in the future.
(A) may instill a valuable sense of discipline and open doors to better opportunities in the future Keep this one, sounds fine
(B) might instill for them a valuable sense of discipline and to open doors to better opportunities in the future "for them" should not be here. Also, "instill" and "to open" are not parallel
(C) may, in them, instill a valuable sense of discipline, opening their doors to better opportunities in the future "in them" sounds just awful. Their doors????
(D) opening the door later for a better opportunity and giving them a valuable sense of discipline now this is a fragment, no main verb here
(E) may open the door for a better opportunity later and giving them a valuable sense now of their discipline"open" and "giving" are nor parallel
The answer is A
(A) may instill a valuable sense of discipline and open doors to better opportunities in the future Keep this one, sounds fine
(B) might instill for them a valuable sense of discipline and to open doors to better opportunities in the future "for them" should not be here. Also, "instill" and "to open" are not parallel
(C) may, in them, instill a valuable sense of discipline, opening their doors to better opportunities in the future "in them" sounds just awful. Their doors????
(D) opening the door later for a better opportunity and giving them a valuable sense of discipline now this is a fragment, no main verb here
(E) may open the door for a better opportunity later and giving them a valuable sense now of their discipline"open" and "giving" are nor parallel
The answer is A
