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Many economic analysts believe that a substantial increase in the number of nonprofessionals using online trading services should lead to raising the overall volume of the market, as well as lowering fears about investing, and a surge in public confidence in the economy.

A. raising the overall volume of the market, as well as lowering fears about investing
B. a raising of the overall volume of the market, a lowering of fears about investing
C. a raising of the overall volume of the market, along with lowering fears about investing
D. the overall volume of the market being raised, along with fears about investing being lowered
E. the overall volume of the market raising, and fears about investing lowering
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Look at ", and a" after the underlined sentence.

A. (A is missing)raising the overall volume of the market, (A is missing) as well as lowering fears about investing
B. a raising of the overall volume of the market, a lowering of fears about investing (complete parallelism)
C. a raising of the overall volume of the market, (A is missing) along with lowering fears about investing
D. (A is missing) the overall volume of the market being raised, (A is missing) along with fears about investing being lowered
E. (A is missing) the overall volume of the market raising, (A is missing) and fears about investing lowering.

Answer is B

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I would go with B

A. raising the overall volume of the market, as well as lowering fears about investing
(raising, lowering and a surge) Not parallel (Action, Action and Noun)
B. a raising of the overall volume of the market, a lowering of fears about investing--
(a raising , a lowering and a surge)--Parallel (Noun, Noun and Noun)
C. a raising of the overall volume of the market, along with lowering fears about investing
(a raising , lowering and a surge)--- Not parallel (Noun, Action, Noun)
D. the overall volume of the market being raised, along with fears about investing being lowered
(being raised, being lowered and a surge)-- Not parallel (Action, Action and Noun)
E. the overall volume of the market raising, and fears about investing lowering
(raising, lowering and a surge)-- Not parallel (Action, Action and Noun)
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Many economic analysts believe that a substantial increase in the number of nonprofessionals using online trading services should lead to raising the overall volume of the market, as well as lowering fears about investing, and a surge in public confidence in the economy.

A. raising the overall volume of the market, as well as lowering fears about investing
B. a raising of the overall volume of the market, a lowering of fears about investing
C. a raising of the overall volume of the market, along with lowering fears about investing
D. the overall volume of the market being raised, along with fears about investing being lowered
E. the overall volume of the market raising, and fears about investing lowering

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B

This sentence contains a list—raising, lowering, and a surge—so you should expect an error in parallel construction. All the parts of the list must be the same part of speech for the list to be parallel. Since a surge is not underlined, you will need to find an answer choice that changes raising and lowering to nouns to match a surge.

(A) No. Look for parallel construction. The other list item is a surge so we need a raising and a lowering.

(B) Yes. This choice fixes the stem’s parallel construction problem. The other list items are now a raising, a lowering, and a surge.

(C) No. Although this choice fixes the stem’s incorrect raising by making it a raising, it introduces a nonparallel phrase: along with lowering fears about investing.

(D) No. This is not parallel—the nonunderlined portion of the sentence contains a surge, which is a noun, so we need nouns in the underlined portion of the list. Also, don’t forget that ETS hates being.

(E) No. We know ETS hates being, so we should eliminate this answer choice. It isn’t parallel either. The other list item is a surge so we need a raising and a lowering. Also, for you grammar buffs, raising and lowering are transitive verbs, so they need a direct object (something that’s raised or lowered).
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