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13 May 2022, 07:30
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Studying the art for several years, practicing difficult notes every day, and frequent performances has enabled the young pianist to secure a contract with the country’s biggest music company.
(A) and frequent performances has enabled the young pianist
(B) as well as frequent performances have enabled the young pianist
(C) and performing frequently, the young pianist has been enabled
(D) and frequent performances have enabled the young pianist
(E) and performing frequently enabled the young pianist
(A) and frequent performances has enabled the young pianist
(B) as well as frequent performances have enabled the young pianist
(C) and performing frequently, the young pianist has been enabled
(D) and frequent performances have enabled the young pianist
(E) and performing frequently enabled the young pianist
13 May 2022, 07:39
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Studying the art for several years, practicing difficult notes every day, and frequent performances has enabled the young pianist to secure a contract with the country’s biggest music company.
(A) and frequent performances has enabled the young pianist
(B) as well as frequent performances have enabled the young pianist
(C) and performing frequently, the young pianist has been enabled
(D) and frequent performances have enabled the young pianist
(E) and performing frequently enabled the young pianist
Pay attention to commas. In his case, they tip us off to the presence of a list. We need to make sure that all the things in the list are able to be part of the same list. "Studying" and "practicing" are both gerunds. The third item in the list should also be a gerund, so we need "performing." Eliminate A, B, and D.
Between C and E, the active voice of E is superior to "has been enabled" in C.
Answer choice E.
(A) and frequent performances has enabled the young pianist
(B) as well as frequent performances have enabled the young pianist
(C) and performing frequently, the young pianist has been enabled
(D) and frequent performances have enabled the young pianist
(E) and performing frequently enabled the young pianist
Pay attention to commas. In his case, they tip us off to the presence of a list. We need to make sure that all the things in the list are able to be part of the same list. "Studying" and "practicing" are both gerunds. The third item in the list should also be a gerund, so we need "performing." Eliminate A, B, and D.
Between C and E, the active voice of E is superior to "has been enabled" in C.
Answer choice E.
05 Jun 2022, 16:45
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Official Explanation:
Answer: E
The sentence is testing you on parallel construction. The pianist did three things to secure the contract and these should be stated in the correct parallel form—studying, practicing, and performing. Thus, E is the correct answer.
A. Gets the parallelism wrong. Also the singular verb has does not agree with the compound subject.
B. This option also gets the parallelism wrong.
C. The passive nature of this construction makes it sound awkward.
D. Gets the parallelism wrong
