shivasagar94 wrote:
Is the parallelism right in B? Cause 'raised' and 'isolated' seem parallel rather than 'has isolated' and 'raised'. Please explain. Thanks
Hi Shiva
When assessing parallelism, it helps to think about the sentence as being structured as a mathematical expression with parentheses, with the items of the list appearing inside. As in math, the portion outside the parentheses will be applicable to each of the terms inside the parentheses (here, the items of the list). For example:
At the next meeting, the company directors will (assess the yearly plan, discuss the compensation policy, and make a final decision regarding closure of the Bosnian operations).Here, the parentheses opens after "will". So "the directors will" is applicable to each of "assess...", "discuss..." and "make...", and is correct. We could also have the parentheses open after "directors", in which case the sentence will read as follows, and is also correct.
At the next meeting, the company directors (will assess the yearly plan, will discuss the compensation policy, and will make a final decision regarding closure of the Bosnian operations).By this logic, in the above sentence, the parentheses will be as below:
One of the most important tributaries of the Amazon river has fallen to its lowest level in over a century, following a fierce drought that has (isolated tens of thousands of rainforest inhabitants and raised concerns about the possible impact of climate change on the region).Thus, "has" will be applicable to both "isolated" and "raised". There is nothing wrong with this form. Hope this clarifies.