In build-to-suit projects, developers design and construct buildings t

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In build-to-suit projects, developers design and construct buildings to meet the needs of a primary tenant, who pays the developer a marginal fee for design and construction work and agrees to buy the completed building or  will occupy all or most of it  in exchange for a favorable long-term lease.

(A) will occupy all or most of it 
(B) will occupy all of it, or most of it, 
(C) to occupy all or most of it 
(D) occupy all of it, or most, 
(E) they will occupy all of it, or most,

AdmitJA · Answer

Here is the answer. Items in the list are "and agrees
1. to buy ... or
2. to occupy ...

C wins!

dinesh86 · Answer

IMO is C...

Parallelism is maintained on both sides of 'Or'.

321kumarsushant · Answer

C is Answer.

Parallelism rule.

souvik101990 · Answer

In build-to-suit projects, developers design and construct buildings to meet the needs of a primary tenant, who pays the developer a marginal fee for design and construction work and agrees to buy the completed building or  will occupy all or most of it  in exchange for a favorable long-term lease.

A). will occupy all or most of it 
B). will occupy all of it, or most of it, 
C). to occupy all or most of it 
D). occupy all of it, or most, 
E). they will occupy all of it, or most,

jogeshanand · Answer

Marked D. Why is D wrong ?
...... agrees to buy the completed building or   occupy all of it,or most  ,  in exchange
Aren't the elements inside   implied ?

EducationAisle · Answer

Yes perhaps; but a characteristic of the best answer choice is also that it is most  unambiguous  in meaning.

The issue is that with D,  to buy the completed building or occupy all of it  can be itself construed as a complete set of two options, with  or most  just  hanging around .

In reality, while  to buy the completed building  is one option, the other is not  occupy all of it ; the other option is:  occupy all or most of it .

In the correct answer,  to buy the completed building or to occupy all  does not make sense, and so,  cannot  be construed as a complete set of two options (if this was a complete set of two options, then the sentence would have been:  to buy or occupy the completed building  or  to buy the completed building or occupy it  ).

So, the correction answer unambiguously depicts the following meaning:

The tenant agrees to either:
i) buy the completed building or
ii) occupy 
a. all or 
b. most 
of the building in exchange for a favorable long-term lease.

JarvisR · Answer

In build-to-suit projects, developers design and construct buildings to meet the needs of a primary tenant, who 
pays the developer a marginal fee for design and construction work and 
agrees to 
buy the completed building or 
 will occupy all or most of it 
 in exchange for a favorable long-term lease. 
1:||sm marker "or". => buy or occupy.

A). will occupy all or most of it 
B). will occupy all of it, or most of it, 
 C). to occupy all or most of it 
 D). occupy all of it, or most, 
E). they will occupy all of it, or most,

r0ckst4r · Answer

Is the "to" in the OA not redundant here? "agrees to buy or occupy" is more concise. Any thoughts?

AmritaSarkar89 · Answer

Classic case of infinitives  construction work and agrees  to  buy the completed building or will occupy all or most of it in exchange for a favorable long-term lease.

Limara1 · Answer

EXPERTS PLEASE HELP! <3 I really don't understand...

Isn't the correct idiom  "agree to X or Y"  and NOT  "agree X or Y" ? IF we go with  "agree to buy or to occupy"  THEN don't we, by making  "to buy"  and  "to occupy"  the parallel elements (as opposed to making  "buy"  and  "occupy"  the parallel elements), submit to saying  "agree X or Y"  which is nonsensical and, either way, incorrect idiom-wise.

In other words, isn't saying  "agree to buy or to occupy"  the same as (incorrectly) saying  "agree X or Y"  where

X =  "to buy"  and
Y =  "to occupy"  ?

Would really appreciate if anyone can point to a passage in the Manhattan SC guide (or, otherwise, any other guide) that explains this specific issue.

Thanks in advance!

L

Limara1 · Answer

bump! This is one of the HARDEST and most REQUESTED questions in SC right now. (see Limara1's question above). Tnx!

articuno · Answer

Meaning of sentence: primary tenant does two things with respect to the property: buy or occupy.

Parallel marker present: or

A: Look to the right of the parallel marker and I have will occupy. To the left I have "agrees to buy." So I have
Agrees to buy or will occupy. 
- verbs don't match

B: Same as A

C: Looks good. Agrees to buy or to occupy

D: Verbs don't match.

E: tenant is singular, so the pronoun "they" doesn't work here

My selection: C

dcummins · Answer

In build-to-suit projects, developers design and construct buildings to meet the needs of a primary tenant, who pays the developer a marginal fee for design and construction work and agrees to buy the completed building or  will occupy all or most of it  in exchange for a favorable long-term lease.

The tenant will agree to two things: (1) buy the completed building; OR (2) occupy all or most of it.
These two things need to be represented grammatically parallel to convey that^.
A and B are incorrect because "will occupy" converts the second option into a verb phrase, showing certainty
(A)  will  occupy all or most of it 
(B)  will  occupy all of it, or most of it,

Keeping the infinitives: "to buy OR to occupy" show the clear relationship between the two options the buyer has with the sentence as a whole.
(C)  to occupy  all or most of it

D is incorrect for reasons similar to A and B
(D) occupy all of it, or most,

E is incorrect because 'they' does not agree in number with the subject "the primary tenant" (singular) 
(E)  they  will occupy all of it, or most,

Poorvi05 · Answer

A pure parallelism question.
to X or to y
Did it within 30 sec

Kudos please if you like my explanation. I also welcome Critical analysis of my post that will help me reach 700+ level.

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Poorvi05 · Answer

A pure parallelism question.
to X or to y
Did it within 30 sec

Kudos please if you like my explanation. I also welcome Critical analysis of my post that will help me reach 700+ level.

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dcummins · Answer

Critical analysis - maybe don't post your time solved. Keep it to yourself.

ArupRS · Answer

Hello  dcummins ,

W,X and Y or Z : is this a parallel list? Can we have "and" and "or" for items in same list ?

I thought this is as :

who :

pays   and 
 agrees   or 
 will occupy

Please explain.

Regards,
Arup

AbhishekDhanraJ72 · Answer

I crossed option C because it will be redundant to repeat 'to' and I also knew option D has ambiguous meaning. How to decide what to go for ? Drop redundant theory or ambiguous theory? Get stuck with this dilemma all the time.
Expert please guide me here.

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Adnani · Answer

To occupy... c.. the correct
Maintain parallelism

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