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The townspeople complained that the implementation of the new voting system was designed more to reveal the political affiliation of each voter than for ensuring that the candidates did not cheat.
A. to reveal the political affiliation of each voter than for ensuring
B. to reveal the political affiliation of each voter than to ensure
C. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter rather than it ensures
D. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter rather than ensure
E. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter than to ensure
A. to reveal the political affiliation of each voter than for ensuring
B. to reveal the political affiliation of each voter than to ensure
C. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter rather than it ensures
D. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter rather than ensure
E. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter than to ensure
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The townspeople complained that the implementation of the new voting system was designed more to reveal the political affiliation of each voter than for ensuring that the candidates did not cheat.
A. to reveal the political affiliation of each voter than for ensuring
B. to reveal the political affiliation of each voter than to ensure
C. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter rather than it ensures
D. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter rather than ensure
E. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter than to ensure
This sentence contains a parallelism error; the construction more X than Y requires that X and Y be parallel.The construction designed more to reveal...than for ensuring is not parallel, because it uses an infinitive (to reveal) and a participle (for ensuring).
Choice B fixes the parallelism error; more to reveal... than to ensure.
Choices C, D, and E (which use for revealing...it ensures, for revealing...ensure, and for revealing...to ensure, respectively) do not create proper parallel constructions.
Answer: B
The townspeople complained that the implementation of the new voting system was designed more to reveal the political affiliation of each voter than for ensuring that the candidates did not cheat.
A. to reveal the political affiliation of each voter than for ensuring
B. to reveal the political affiliation of each voter than to ensure
C. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter rather than it ensures
D. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter rather than ensure
E. for revealing the political affiliation of each voter than to ensure
This sentence contains a parallelism error; the construction more X than Y requires that X and Y be parallel.The construction designed more to reveal...than for ensuring is not parallel, because it uses an infinitive (to reveal) and a participle (for ensuring).
Choice B fixes the parallelism error; more to reveal... than to ensure.
Choices C, D, and E (which use for revealing...it ensures, for revealing...ensure, and for revealing...to ensure, respectively) do not create proper parallel constructions.
Answer: B
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