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In order to improve the safety performance of newer cars in the event of an accident, certain sections of each car are designed to compress, so that they absorb the energy from the collision and reducing the sudden deceleration experienced by the passengers.
A. are designed to compress, so that they absorb
B. are designed to compress, so in order to absorb
C. are designed to compress, absorbing
D. being designed to compress, absorb
E. being designed to compress, absorbing
A. are designed to compress, so that they absorb
B. are designed to compress, so in order to absorb
C. are designed to compress, absorbing
D. being designed to compress, absorb
E. being designed to compress, absorbing
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In order to improve the safety performance of newer cars in the event of an accident, certain sections of each car are designed to compress, so that they absorb the energy from the collision and reducing the sudden deceleration experienced by the passengers.
A. are designed to compress, so that they absorb
B. are designed to compress, so in order to absorb
C. are designed to compress, absorbing
D. being designed to compress, absorb
E. being designed to compress, absorbing
A. are designed to compress, so that they absorb
B. are designed to compress, so in order to absorb
C. are designed to compress, absorbing
D. being designed to compress, absorb
E. being designed to compress, absorbing
VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:
Correct Answer: C
Explanation: Here, the sections of the car are performing two actions, which should be considered equivalent elements and therefore must be described by parallel phrases at the end of the sentence. The sections of the car are "absorbing...and reducing." We know this since "reducing" is not underlined so the previous phrase must agree in parallel with the word "reducing." Answer choice E is incorrect not only because it contains faulty parallel construction but also incorrectly substitutes the present participle "being", leaving the sentence without a main verb and changing it into an incomplete fragment. Answer choice D changes the main verb to "absorb" and accordingly does not follow parallel construction. Answer choices A and B also fail to provide consistent parallel construction. Therefore, answer choice C is correct.
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