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In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.

(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as
(C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as
(D) and set free more than the 500 slaves who were legally considered
(E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as


Hi Experts GMATNinja KarishmaB mgmat egmat

My take on this question why (D) though it is parallel is wrong and (A) is correct. I think the main reason is that one event is dependent on the other and not independent stand alone events. Please suggest if my take is correct..

I chose (D) being a big fan of parallelism.

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Yes, just like it is important to know when to use parallelism, it is important to know when NOT to use it.

He did NOT do equally important two actions:
- stun his family
- set free the slaves

There was only one action - He stunned his family. How? He filled a deed of emancipation (adverbial prepositional phrase using gerund 'filing'). The effect of this action was that the slaves were set free. (Effect is shown by using present participle after comma at the end.)

So the structure is:
RC stunned his family by filing a deed... , setting free the slaves.
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