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sentence correction question [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2016, 01:25
Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than facing low salaries in the city

The correct answer was given as
Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than face low salaries in the city.

Why is the parallel element considered as seek employment in the suburbs. It can also point to only the suburbs right.
Accordingly I thought the below sentence is also correct.

Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than in the city facing low salaries.


Is anything wrong in my version of the sentence ?
Please explain
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Re: sentence correction question [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2016, 01:33
Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than facing low salaries in the city

Is anything wrong in my version of the sentence ?
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Solution: This question checks parallelism. To check the correct version, you must ignore the non-essential information and check parallelism between correct element.

The correct expression would be X rather than Y ... where X and Y are parallel. So, if you remove 'in the suburbs' and 'in the city', you're left with:

Many teachers choose to seek employment rather than facing low salaries.

Now here, 'seek employment' should be parallel with 'Face low salaries'. Seek and facing are not parallel, hence incorrect.

Correct version would be:

Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than face low salaries in the city.

Please give kudos if this helps! :)
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Re: sentence correction question [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2016, 02:06
in the suburb is parallel with in the city . Isn't it ?
RaghavSingla wrote:
Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than facing low salaries in the city

Is anything wrong in my version of the sentence ?
Please explain



Solution: This question checks parallelism. To check the correct version, you must ignore the non-essential information and check parallelism between correct element.

The correct expression would be X rather than Y ... where X and Y are parallel. So, if you remove 'in the suburbs' and 'in the city', you're left with:

Many teachers choose to seek employment rather than facing low salaries.

Now here, 'seek employment' should be parallel with 'Face low salaries'. Seek and facing are not parallel, hence incorrect.

Correct version would be:

Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than face low salaries in the city.

Please give kudos if this helps! :)[/quote]
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Re: sentence correction question [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2016, 12:05
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sandeshak wrote:
in the suburb is parallel with in the city . Isn't it ?
RaghavSingla wrote:
Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than facing low salaries in the city

Is anything wrong in my version of the sentence ?
Please explain



Solution: This question checks parallelism. To check the correct version, you must ignore the non-essential information and check parallelism between correct element.

The correct expression would be X rather than Y ... where X and Y are parallel. So, if you remove 'in the suburbs' and 'in the city', you're left with:

Many teachers choose to seek employment rather than facing low salaries.

Now here, 'seek employment' should be parallel with 'Face low salaries'. Seek and facing are not parallel, hence incorrect.

Correct version would be:

Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than face low salaries in the city.

Please give kudos if this helps! :)
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Here in the sentence " city facing low salaries" , the meaning says that the city is facing low salaries. The word" facing" illogically modifies city whereas it should modify teachers. Hence"rather than face...." is correct.
Give kudos if you find the solution helpful.....
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Re: sentence correction question [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2016, 12:34
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chaitanya87 wrote:
sandeshak wrote:
in the suburb is parallel with in the city . Isn't it ?
RaghavSingla wrote:
Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than facing low salaries in the city

Is anything wrong in my version of the sentence ?
Please explain



Solution: This question checks parallelism. To check the correct version, you must ignore the non-essential information and check parallelism between correct element.

The correct expression would be X rather than Y ... where X and Y are parallel. So, if you remove 'in the suburbs' and 'in the city', you're left with:

Many teachers choose to seek employment rather than facing low salaries.

Now here, 'seek employment' should be parallel with 'Face low salaries'. Seek and facing are not parallel, hence incorrect.

Correct version would be:

Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than face low salaries in the city.

Please give kudos if this helps! :)

Here in the sentence " city facing low salaries" , the meaning says that the city is facing low salaries. The word" facing" illogically modifies city whereas it should modify teachers. Hence"rather than face...." is correct.
Give kudos if you find the solution helpful.....[/quote]



I think the highlighted part doesn't states that city is facing low salaries. It tells that teachers would be facing low salaries. But is not parallel to seek employment.
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Re: sentence correction question [#permalink] New post   15 Jul 2016, 19:21
sandeshak wrote:
Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than facing low salaries in the city

The correct answer was given as
Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than face low salaries in the city.

Why is the parallel element considered as seek employment in the suburbs. It can also point to only the suburbs right.
Accordingly I thought the below sentence is also correct.

Many teachers choose to seek employment in the suburbs rather than in the city facing low salaries.


Is anything wrong in my version of the sentence ?
Please explain


The parallel markers must include an action i.e a verb. So, here the verbs are "seek" and "face". In the suburbs and in the city are just adverbs of the verb and should not be considered for parallelism. Rather, you need to consider the verbs when checking parallelism. So, the answer.

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Re: sentence correction question [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2016, 01:02
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We certainly don't have to have verbs to have parallel terms. It's fine to say "seek employment in the suburbs rather than in the city." However, as chaitanya87 points out, it doesn't make sense to have the modifier "facing low salaries" attached to "in the city."
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