It is often better to try repairing an old car than to junk it . A. to try repairing an old car than to junk it. B. to repair an old car than to have it junked. C. to try repairing an old car than to junking it. D. to try and repair an old car than to junk it. E. to try to repair an old car than to junk it. Source: Nova GMAT Difficulty Level: 600

D it is for me. E looked attractive but then finally saw the trick.

What I Think differentiates between D & E is: It is often better to try repairing an old car than to junk it. A. to try repairing an old car than to junk it. B. to repair an old car than to have it junked. C. to try repairing an old car than to junking it. D. to try and repair an old car than to junk it. E. to try to repair an old car than to junk it. D. to try & to junk is already parallel. 'and' connects try & repair. So no faults. E. In E by using an extra 'to' (repair) we are unnecessarily trying to make everything parallel (when they are already parallel in D) . So may be test takers wanted us to see all the 'to' sss & assume that this is the correct answer.(i.e tricking us into E option). This is my personal thinking. Hope i made it clear.

D can not be right. What does 'try and repair' signifies? nothing. instead of try and repair - only ' repair could have solved the purpose. It is between A and E only.

IMO A both A and E are parallel. Infinitive + gerund is better than infinitive + infinitive.

Sir/Mam, I took A as the answer. I don't think that parallelism is the problem in A as 'to try' is parallel with 'to junk'. Kindly help

Try to is slightly better (more precise) than try and . "He will try and study" could mean "he will try and he will study".

The question is testing parallelism and it boils down to A and E as both compare the action/verb " repairing || to junk " and "to repair || to junk " respectively . Clearly E is better choice .