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11 Aug 2014, 08:06
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Wrong: A mastodon carcass, thawed only once AND which is still fresh, is on
display.
Right: A mastodon carcass, which has been thawed only once AND which is still
fresh, is on display.
Is this correct too?
A mastodon carcass, which is thawed only once AND which is still
fresh, is on display
This is from manhattan SC guide. Adavnced parallelism.
Rule- parallel clauses start with the same word.
display.
Right: A mastodon carcass, which has been thawed only once AND which is still
fresh, is on display.
Is this correct too?
A mastodon carcass, which is thawed only once AND which is still
fresh, is on display
This is from manhattan SC guide. Adavnced parallelism.
Rule- parallel clauses start with the same word.
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11 Aug 2014, 16:36
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manish2014
Dear manish2014,
I'm happy to respond.
First of all, your final sentence not correct only because the verb tense of the first verb is wrong. The present tense doesn't work because the thawing is not happening in the present moment and is not on-going. The thawing was a one-time past event, so we absolutely need the past tense for it. Two verbs in parallel do not need to be in the same tense. See:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-gramm ... rb-tenses/
Now, as to your rule:
parallel clauses start with the same word
Well, essentially correct. The same word is almost always repeated for clarity, even though, strictly speaking the parallelism doesn't demand it. It's more a GMAT rule than a rule of grammar per se.
Parallelism is a highly sophisticated grammatical and logical structure. See these articles:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-paral ... ce-inside/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/dropping-c ... -the-gmat/
Does all this make sense?
Mike
11 Aug 2014, 20:52
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manish2014
As Mike said, this has nothing to do with parallelism, but with tenses.
By the way, what would also be correct is:
A mastodon carcass, which has been thawed only once AND is still fresh, is on display.
So, the second which may or may not be repeated.
