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21 Nov 2018, 03:02
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ANOTHER EXPLANATION FROM VERITAS PREP:
There are lots of commas and lots of different elements in the sentence.
Logically, we see that Riyadh is home to the largest hospital for falcons and to the veterinary clinic for desert mammals. It can’t be home to operating rooms, an ophthalmology department, and a pox area! These are places inside a hospital!
So then, here is the structure of the sentence:
It is no surprise that Riyadh, …, is home to A and to B.
A and B should be in parallel.
Within A, we have a list of elements too.
A – the world’s largest hospital for falcons, a place where falcons from all over the world are treated in X, Y and Z
X – operating rooms
Y – an ophthalmology department
Z – a pox area
B – the largest veterinary clinic for desert mammals, a place where camels and other desert species are expertly cared for
Therefore, to show parallelism between A and B, we have used “to” with both to show the beginning of the parallel elements. This separates them from the other set of parallel elements – X, Y and Z.
Note that only option (A) satisfies these conditions and hence is the correct answer here.
Takeaways
- The first thing to do is to figure out the logic of the sentence to see which elements should be in parallel and which shouldn’t.
- After that, put those that need to be in parallel. We might need to repeat certain words to signal the start of parallel elements when we have other intertwined lists too.
10 Mar 2019, 04:28
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C and D redundantly repeat the word ‘to’, so they can be eliminated.
B has a parallelism issue, it should be ‘to the largest veterinary clinic for desert mammals’ to maintain the structure.
E has the same problem.
So, A is the right answer.
B has a parallelism issue, it should be ‘to the largest veterinary clinic for desert mammals’ to maintain the structure.
E has the same problem.
So, A is the right answer.
16 Nov 2020, 20:50
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Cant ellipsis account for "to" in option E?
Any help regarding that would be helpful.
I differentiated between A and E on the basis of comma(not asked on GMAT) as I thought ellipsis would account for "to".
Thanks in advance.
Any help regarding that would be helpful.
I differentiated between A and E on the basis of comma(not asked on GMAT) as I thought ellipsis would account for "to".
Thanks in advance.
