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31 Dec 2020, 13:15
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Hi all,
I have a question about parallelism that I seem to be struggling with.
In the example below, I would have thought that this is sufficiently parallel:
Even though United States voters may agree there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
My understanding is that parallel clauses do not need to be structured the exact same - they just need to both work with the stem:
Even though United States voters may agree there is waste in government
Even though United States voters may agree that the government as a whole spends beyond its means
Therefore, why is this not an acceptable answer?
Secondly, if the sentence was adjusted so that "that" is placed earlier, would that carry over and thus be correct?
Even though United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
My understanding is that elements from the first item can carry over (i.e. both "The team cleaned the sink and stove" and "The team cleaned the sink and the stove" would be correct), but it doesn't seem grammatically correct in the aforementioned example
Thanks!
I have a question about parallelism that I seem to be struggling with.
In the example below, I would have thought that this is sufficiently parallel:
Even though United States voters may agree there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
My understanding is that parallel clauses do not need to be structured the exact same - they just need to both work with the stem:
Even though United States voters may agree there is waste in government
Even though United States voters may agree that the government as a whole spends beyond its means
Therefore, why is this not an acceptable answer?
Secondly, if the sentence was adjusted so that "that" is placed earlier, would that carry over and thus be correct?
Even though United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
My understanding is that elements from the first item can carry over (i.e. both "The team cleaned the sink and stove" and "The team cleaned the sink and the stove" would be correct), but it doesn't seem grammatically correct in the aforementioned example
Thanks!
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01 Jan 2021, 21:00
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One thing about parallelism... both the things in parallel should have the same structure. If you look here there are some idiom restrictions with agree. We say agree to/agree with/agree that but nowhere we say agree there is a waste. The exact function of agree is derived from the preposition following agree and here agree is not followed by any preposition. agree with is a mutual agreement/agree to is consent and agree that is someone accepting a fact. That makes the word "that" mandatory.
Now to your second question: You can use that once outside or twice inside. That A and That B or That A and B both are acceptable in GMAT.
Now to your second question: You can use that once outside or twice inside. That A and That B or That A and B both are acceptable in GMAT.
02 Jan 2021, 01:09
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Hi, Satish1313
Thanks for the great response above. Can you please clarify a bit the term once outside or twice inside?
Thanks a lot for your response in advance!
Thanks for the great response above. Can you please clarify a bit the term once outside or twice inside?
Thanks a lot for your response in advance!
