It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-eff

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It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-care costs while improving quality,  and give communities new ways to address problems such as crime and pollution.

A. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-car costs while improving quality,
B. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, health-care costs will be reduced while improving quality,
C. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-care costs while improve quality,
D. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reducing health-car costs while improving quality,
E. It will improve education, making government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reducing health-care costs while improving quality

unraveled · Answer

It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-care costs while improving quality,  and give communities new ways to address problems such as crime and pollution.

The sentence states that something addressed by pronoun ‘it’ would do things so a parallel list is required. Non-underlined part uses simple present form of verb ‘give’, so the underlined part must have verbs in that form only with sentencing making a logical meaning.

A. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-car costs while improving quality, - CORRECT. Will improve, will make, will reduce and will give are parallel. Clause ‘while improve quality’ is a consequence of something done by ‘it’ and properly modifies ‘reduce … costs’.
B. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, health-care costs will be reduced while improving quality, - WRONG. With active voice passive voice is used ‘health ... quality’. 
C. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-care costs while improve quality, - WRONG. Comes close but quality improvement as per ‘while improve quality’ is a consequence not something that ‘it’ is meant to do directly.
D. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reducing health-car costs while improving quality, - WRONG. Modifier ‘reducing health-car costs..’ modifies previous clause illogically.
E. It will improve education, making government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reducing health-care costs while improving quality – WRONG. Same error as in option ‘D’ along with clause ‘making..’ modifying the previous clause.

IMO Answer (A).

Archit3110 · Answer

IMO C; It will  improve  education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly,  reduce  health-care costs while improve quality,
ll ism is maintained here

It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-care costs while improving quality,  and give communities new ways to address problems such as crime and pollution.

A. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-car costs while improving quality,
B. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, health-care costs will be reduced while improving quality,
C. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-care costs while improve quality,
D. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reducing health-car costs while improving quality,
E. It will improve education, making government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reducing health-care costs while improving quality

eakabuah · Answer

The right answer is option A. 
The presence of comma in from  and  in a sentence means there are two possibilities. Either there is a list in which case we have to ensure parallelism in the list or two independent clauses are being joined together. In this case, there is a list, hence we have to ensure there is parallelism. Only answer choice A ensures the elements in the list are parallel.
It will  improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-care costs while improving quality,  and give communities new ways to address problems such as crime and pollution.

In option B  health-care costs will be reduced while improving quality  is not parallel in the list. This is because we cannot say It will health care cost.....
In option C, reduce health-care costs while  improve ; the use of improve is incorrect. It should have been  improving 
D is incorrect:  reducing  health-car costs while improving quality. reducing should have been reduce. It is awkward to say  it will reducing... .
E is incorrect because the use of the gerund  making  is not appropriate. The bare form of the verb  make  is required.

daagh · Answer

This question is trying the quantitative concept of permutations and combinations with verbal list parallelism.

It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-care costs while improving quality , and give communities new ways to address problems such as crime and pollution.

A. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-care costs while improving quality, ---  The only correct parallel list -- This is the correct choice . 
B. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, health-care costs will be reduced while improving quality, --- ' health care costs will be reduced' spoils parallelism.  
C. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reduce health-care costs while improve quality, ---  while improve quality -- wrong diction 
D. It will improve education, make government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reducing health-care costs while improving quality, --- reducing is one of the lists. It is a modifier but acrually has to be treated on par with other items with a verb status.  
E. It will improve education, making government at all levels more cost-effective and user friendly, reducing health-care costs while improving quality ---  making cost effective and reducing health care costs are absurdly projected as results of improvement in education. -- Warped meaning

exc4libur · Answer

MEANING: this is a list of things that must be parallel.

B. "improve, make, COSTS, and give" healthcare costs isn't parallel;
C. "reduce while improve" should be "while improving" because "while" imps simultaneity;
D. "impro, make, REDUCING, and give" not parallel;
E. "improv, MAKING, REDUCING, and give" not parallel;

Answer (A)

Preyansh · Answer

THIS SENTENCE IS CORRECT AS WRITTEN.
SINCE IT IS A PARALLELISM QUESTION, B,D,E GOES OUT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT USE THE WORD 'REDUCE' AFTER THE COMMA. A AND C IS THE ONLY OPTION WHICH USES REDUCE. AFTER LOOKING CLOSELY AT 'A' AND 'C' WE CAN SEE THAT 'A' USES THE WORD 'IMPROVING' WHICH GOES ALONG WITH THE SENTENCE RATHER THAN 'IMPROVE' WHICH IS USED IN 'C'. 
THEREFORE, A IS THE ONLY SENTENCE THAT CORRECTLY PLACES THE PARALLEL STRUCTURE.

Bunuel · Answer

Official Explanation

Correct Answer: A

The sentence makes correct use of a parallel structure. It will improve..., will make.., will reduce..., will give...

NavjotSingh · Answer

Why is "reducing..." in option D not modifying the previous clause "make govt at all levels more cost effective..."?

Fellow warriors please explain.

NavjotSingh · Answer

Why is "reducing..." in option D not modifying the previous clause "make govt at all levels more cost effective..."?

Fellow warriors please explain.

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