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14 Jul 2016, 01:25
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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 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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14 Jul 2016, 01:33
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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[/quote]
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!
Is anything wrong in my version of the sentence ?
Please explain[/quote]
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!
14 Jul 2016, 02:06
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in the suburb is parallel with in the city . Isn't it ?
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]
RaghavSingla
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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