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This problem can be solved by paying attention to parallelism.

would appear ... and ....
We need to make the thing after "would" to be parallel to "appear". Hence we need a present tense.
Hence we are left with options D and E

But option D changes the meaning. It seems that the air bag wants to make the passengers afraid.

Correct Option: D E



EDITED to correct a typo. The author intended to say that the correction option is E.
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The correct answer should be D. As per option E, the sentence is as follows:
A burst of smoke would appear to make a terrified passenger think.

The above implies that the burst smoke would appear with an intention to make the passenger think. This is not the intended meaning. Compare with the following:
I came to give you the news. (The reason for my coming was to give the news.)

Therefore option E is wrong.

OA has been changed to D.
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I am finding it hard to eliminate E and choose D (the OA)

My view.:
The sentence means that the air bag eliminated something that its predecessors did not.
The bag eliminated the possibility of appearance of smoke when the bag would inflate.
Smoke appearance could terrify the passenger , more so because he would already be terrified of the inflated bag.

Between D&E
I chose E in mock. Reason was that inflation of bag would add to the terror the passenger is already experiencing.
In choice D, is a 'would' hidden ? ---- eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and 'would' make an already terrified passenger think.
OA is D
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I am finding it hard to eliminate E and choose D (the OA)

My view.:
The sentence means that the air bag eliminated something that its predecessors did not.
The bag eliminated the possibility of appearance of smoke when the bag would inflate.
Smoke appearance could terrify the passenger , more so because he would already be terrified of the inflated bag.

Between D&E
I chose E in mock. Reason was that inflation of bag would add to the terror the passenger is already experiencing.
In choice D, is a 'would' hidden ? ---- eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and 'would' make an already terrified passenger think.
OA is D
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Yes, in D the parallelism is between "appear" and "make". "Would" is outside the structure and covers both: would appear and make.

Option E is wrong because of the infinitive "to make", which a conveys a purpose. The purpose of the burst of smoke is not to make the passenger think. The "thinking" is just a result of the burst of smoke, not on purpose.

I went there to see him...correct: "to see him" is my purpose of going there.
The burst of smoke would appear to make the passenger think... wrong. "to make the passenger think" is NOT the burst's purpose of appearing.
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Seeing some requests for verbal expert replies here, but I think sayantanc2k and others have answered this one nicely. If you have a specific question for us that hasn't already been answered, please hit the "request expert reply" button again, and tag me in your question!
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Parallelism still didn't make sense for me and stuck in C, please explain in more detail
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Parallelism still didn't make sense for me and stuck in C, please explain in more detail
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This is a great example of how much meaning matters in these problems, and of why "parallelism" exists as a principle in order to protect meaning.

Think about what is making a passenger think the car is on fire. Is it the air bag inflating? Is it the safer air bag? Or is it the burst of smoke? Logically it's the burst of smoke, right? An inflating balloon doesn't make anyone think "fire!" nor does a new air bag (which you don't see unless you carve open your steering wheel). So the sentence has to be structured to make it clear that it's the burst of smoke that made people think there was a fire. There are several subject-verb combinations nearby the verb "to make" from the answer choices, but we want the action to be parallel to "a burst of smoke would appear":

"a burst of smoke would appear and (would) make an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire"

Putting "(would) make" parallel to "would appear" clearly connects the verb to the subject "burst of smoke."

Note that other choices put the verb parallel to others, which would then connect them to other nouns. You can't say "would made," so choice C just mis-assigns the verb to another noun:

"...when the air bag inflated and made an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire" (but it's not the bag inflating that creates that fear of fire)

"A new air bag eliminated...and made an already terrified passenger think..." could be another read on "made" but that doesn't make any sense either.

Note that while you can call this parallelism, I think you can also argue that it's just a verb tense problem. Once it's clear that it's the smoke that "would appear and (would) make the driver think the car was on fire" you have to use a verb tense that works with "would" and "make" is the only possibility here.
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"inflated" here is an adjective and not a verb right? I mistakenly chose C because I thought MADE should be parallel with INFLATED.

What a silly mistake. I hate parallelism.
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"inflated" here is an adjective and not a verb right? I mistakenly chose C because I thought MADE should be parallel with INFLATED.

What a silly mistake. I hate parallelism.
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A little late, but inflated is a verb (its subject is the bag).

when the bag inflated

... a burst of smoke would appear (when the bag inflated), and make...

Here would appear and (would) make are joined by an and.
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In option A, inflated,and making shouldn't be parallelism I believe since the comma before and shows that and doesn't work as a Parallelism marker but rather as a conjunction so any other reason to cancel option A? Also isn't inflated (which is verb ed actually a verb here rather than a modifier as the doer-bag does the action of inflated)

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In option A, inflated,and making shouldn't be parallelism I believe since the comma before and shows that and doesn't work as a Parallelism marker but rather as a conjunction so any other reason to cancel option A? Also isn't inflated (which is verb ed actually a verb here rather than a modifier as the doer-bag does the action of inflated)

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First, let's (temporarily) remove "unlike previous air bags" from choice (A):

    "New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 model year included a safer air bag, which eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and making an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire."

You can see that the commas are only here to separate the "which..." clause from the rest of the sentence. That "which..." clause simply modifies "air bag", so let's see what happens when we take it out:

    "New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 model year included a safer air bag and making an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire."

Without the "which..." clause, the commas are not necessary, and the parallelism error becomes clear.

Also, notice that we do not have a complete sentence after the ", and". All we have is, "making an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire," and that cannot stand alone. So even if we consider the ", and" as a conjunction linking two independent clauses, (A) still wouldn't work.

And, yes, "inflated" is a verb, as explained here by AjiteshArun.

I hope that helps!
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New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 model year included a safer air bag , which, unlike previous air bags, eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and making an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire.

(A) inflated, and making
(B) inflated, so that it could make
(C) inflated and made
(D) inflated and make
(E) inflated to make
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This question is based on Parallelism.

The sentence tells us that the safer air bag eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would do two things – appear and make. So, these two verbs must be parallel to each other. The presence of the conjunction ‘and’ emphasizes the need for parallelism. Since 'appear' is not underlined, it is non-negotiable, so, 'make' must be parallel to it.

In Option A, the participle ‘making’ is not parallel to the verb ‘appear’. So, Option A can be eliminated.

In Option B, the clause “so that it would make” is not parallel to the verb ‘appear’. This clause also changes the meaning of the sentence implying that the burst of smoke was meant to make a terrified passenger think that the car was on fire. So, Option B can be eliminated.

In Option C, the verb in the past tense ‘made’ is not parallel to the verb ‘appear’. Besides, both these verbs are main verbs following the auxiliary verb ‘would’. The past form cannot be used after the modal auxiliary ‘would’. So, Option C can be eliminated.

In Option D, the verb ‘make’ is parallel to ‘appear’ and conveys the intended meaning of the sentence. So, D is the best of all the options.

In Option E, the infinitive “to make” distorts the meaning, implying that the bag inflated with the purpose of making a terrified passenger think that the car was on fire. So, Option E can be eliminated.

Therefore, D is the most appropriate option.

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A. and requires parallelism of 'appear' and 'make'.
B. Changes meaning to imply that the smoke appeared on purpose 'to make'. Incorrect C. Wrong tense 'made'. Possibility implies future not past.
D. Correct
E. Same as B
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New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 model year included a safer air bag , which, unlike previous air bags, eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and making an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire.

(A) inflated, and making
(B) inflated, so that it could make
(C) inflated and made
(D) inflated and make
(E) inflated to make

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https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/06/magazine/sunday-august-6-1995-smarts-air-bags-that-think.html

Safety sells, and the people who put Morton salt on your table also want to put air bags in your car and maybe even on your motorcycle. "Automobile air bags are now being treated more like a commodity than before," says George Kirchoff, vice president of automotive programs at Morton International, which has sold 40 million bags since 1989.

New items now being developed for the 1997 model year include a nonsmoking (it has nothing to do with cigarettes) bag, which eliminates the possibility that a burst of smoke will appear when the bag inflates and make an already terrified passenger think the car is on fire. Also in the works are door-panel bags that inflate during side collisions.
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New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 model year included a safer air bag , which, unlike previous air bags, eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would (appear when the bag inflated), and (making an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire)


Parts highlighted in blue need to be parallel
Only (D) suits that

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New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 model year included a safer air bag , which, unlike previous air bags, eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and making an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire.

(A) inflated, and making -> Parallelism error. Incorrect.
(B) inflated, so that it could make -> Meaning changed. Incorrect.
(C) inflated and made -> Pseudo parallelism, this is a trap choice. Incorrect.
(D) inflated and make -> It is better and parallel.
(E) inflated to make -> meaning changed, to is used for intention. Incorrect.

So, I think D. :)
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here we are writing- a burst of smoke would make the terrified passenger think the car was on fire.

Although I understood the meaning, but in doubt about the usage of 'think' in simple present form. Why don't we say ' passenger thought the car was on fire''

it sounds awkward. But whats the rule of tenses we are following when we use simple present 'THINK'
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here we are writing- a burst of smoke would make the terrified passenger think the car was on fire.

Although I understood the meaning, but in doubt about the usage of 'think' in simple present form. Why don't we say ' passenger thought the car was on fire''

it sounds awkward. But whats the rule of tenses we are following when we use simple present 'THINK'
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You have to look at what construction 'think' is used in. It is used with the word 'make' (in the right answer choice, in others, 'making.'

'Make' is parallel to 'inflate.' [Something] would inflate... AND make [people] think.

The tense comes from 'make.' You would not say 'make people thought.'
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Although I understood the meaning, but in doubt about the usage of 'think' in simple present form. Why don't we say ' passenger thought the car was on fire''

it sounds awkward. But whats the rule of tenses we are following when we use simple present 'THINK'
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Hi himanshu0123,

Some verbs, like make, can be followed by [{object} + {bare infinitive}]. In other words, an object followed by the plain form of a verb, without a to. We can easily see that we're not dealing with a true subject-verb combination by using a pronoun like he in a similar sentence.

1. X would make he think the car was on fire. ← We can't use the subject form (he) here.
2. X would make he thinks the car was on fire. ← We can't use an actual verb (thinks) here.
3. X would make him think the car was on fire. ← We can use object + bare infinitive.

This changes if we move to the passive voice:
4. He was made to think that the car was on fire. ← Here we need the full infinitive (with the to).

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You have to look at what construction 'think' is used in. It is used with the word 'make' (in the right answer choice, in others, 'making.'

'Make' is parallel to 'inflate.' [Something] would inflate... AND make [people] think.

The tense comes from 'make.' You would not say 'make people thought.'
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Hi ReedArnoldMPREP,

Because make isn't a complete verb here (it's part of the verb would make), wouldn't you agree that, in this case, would gives us more information about tense than make does?
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I had a doubt, isn't this question make a cause and effect relationship saying that the smoke coming out when bag is inflated is the reason why an already terrified driver thinks the car is on fire.
I was confused between option A and D
But I chose A because I thought is is a cause and effect relationship and verb+ing form should be used even though it did not seem to be parallel.

Can someone confirm about the cause and effect relationship in this question.
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I had a doubt, isn't this question make a cause and effect relationship saying that the smoke coming out when bag is inflated is the reason why an already terrified driver thinks the car is on fire.
I was confused between option A and D
But I chose A because I thought is is a cause and effect relationship and verb+ing form should be used even though it did not seem to be parallel.

Can someone confirm about the cause and effect relationship in this question.
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Hi GautamKhanduja,

Although that would lead to some ambiguity, you are thinking along the right lines. However, we can't overlook the fact that making doesn't work with any element before and.

1. ... the possibility that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and making...
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