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Some fear that the New Ethics Policy will lead to increasing government spending, as well as increasing the threat of bureaucracy, a flurry of new employees, and a decline in productivity.
(A) increasing government spending, as well as increasing the threat of bureaucracy,
(B) an increasing of government spending and the threat of bureaucracy,
(C) an increasing of government spending along with the threat of bureaucracy,
(D) government spending being increased, along with the threat of bureaucracy,
(E) government spending and the threat of bureaucracy being increased, with
(A) increasing government spending, as well as increasing the threat of bureaucracy,
(B) an increasing of government spending and the threat of bureaucracy,
(C) an increasing of government spending along with the threat of bureaucracy,
(D) government spending being increased, along with the threat of bureaucracy,
(E) government spending and the threat of bureaucracy being increased, with
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The given sentence seeks to enumerate four effects of the New Ethics policy. You should therefore examine it first for a possible lack of parallelism in structure. The two non-underlined effects are mentioned as “a flurry”
and “a decline.” So, the absence of the article “a” (or an or the) in relation to the first
effect is an error of lack of parallelism in the sentence.
In the phrase “an increasing of government spending and increasing threats of
bureaucracy,” The gerund “increasing” covers both government spending and
threats of bureaucracy. So, this phrase must be deemed to represent only one
effect (and not two) of the New Ethics policy, and its description is in perfect
Verbal Question Bank for GMAT Winners ‐ Sentence Correction
parallelism with the manner in which the other two effects are stated later. So, (B)
is the answer.
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and “a decline.” So, the absence of the article “a” (or an or the) in relation to the first
effect is an error of lack of parallelism in the sentence.
In the phrase “an increasing of government spending and increasing threats of
bureaucracy,” The gerund “increasing” covers both government spending and
threats of bureaucracy. So, this phrase must be deemed to represent only one
effect (and not two) of the New Ethics policy, and its description is in perfect
Verbal Question Bank for GMAT Winners ‐ Sentence Correction
parallelism with the manner in which the other two effects are stated later. So, (B)
is the answer.
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This question is all fine and ok; But Feruz77, you posted the problem at 4.50 P.M and you also gave the solution at 4.52 P.M. What are we supposed to do now? Since you are the originator, we all understand that you should be knowing the OA and OE, but the point is to make others see the nuance behind the llism in the issue. I will even suggest that we do not reveal the OA until four of five people have had a go at it. This is just a small suggestion.
