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Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2019, 03:29
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Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and should have no writing in them or be underlined.

(A) and should have no writing in them or be underlined
(B) and should not have writing in them or not be underlined
(C) and contain no writing or underlining
(D) without containing writing nor be underlined
(E) without having any writing or no underlining in them
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Re: Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   07 Jun 2019, 02:46
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It's C.
Parallelism in 'no writing or underlining'
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Re: Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   07 Jun 2019, 04:33
I will go for B.
We need should after and to keep the sentence in parallel.
So eliminating C, D and E.
Between A and B, I selected B. Again to keep not have writing in them and not be underlined in parallel.
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Re: Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   15 Jun 2019, 13:41
not able to eliminate option B ,although I understand C is more concise and clear . can anyone help in why B is wrong ?
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Re: Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   16 Jun 2019, 05:36
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not able to eliminate option B ,although I understand C is more concise and clear . can anyone help in why B is wrong ?

Same question, can some experts help to explain? Thanks in advance.
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Re: Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   19 Jun 2019, 04:05
leehaorobert wrote:
r19 wrote:
not able to eliminate option B ,although I understand C is more concise and clear . can anyone help in why B is wrong ?

Same question, can some experts help to explain? Thanks in advance.


"writing" and "underlined" are not parallel in option B.
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Re: Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   19 Jun 2019, 08:47
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leehaorobert wrote:
r19 wrote:
not able to eliminate option B ,although I understand C is more concise and clear . can anyone help in why B is wrong ?

Same question, can some experts help to explain? Thanks in advance.


"writing" and "underlined" are not parallel in option B.


they are parallel, both are verbs and describing the same context
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Re: Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   19 Jun 2019, 09:17
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leehaorobert wrote:
r19 wrote:
not able to eliminate option B ,although I understand C is more concise and clear . can anyone help in why B is wrong ?

Same question, can some experts help to explain? Thanks in advance.


Let us take option B in the original sentence

Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and should not have writing in them or not be underlined.

See the bold part of the sentence, Does it not sound like, Adam should not play cricket or not play football. Saying it in this way distorts the meaning and looks as if there is a double negation happening in the second part:

Adam should not:
  • play cricket or
  • not play football


If disected further this will mean
  • Adam should not play cricket or
  • Adam should play football (non not get negated)

Hence B can not be true


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Re: Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   19 Oct 2021, 06:40
I need to understand something from a "meaning" perspective.

If the OA is correct, how can a textbook contain "no writing and underlining"?
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Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   15 Nov 2022, 16:47
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Option C is correct here.
Parallelism is being maintained.
Should "be" in good condition and (should ) contain no writing and underlining.

Option B is incorrect because textbook cant be underlined. Textbook can contain underlining. Some users can underline texts in the textbook.
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Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   25 Apr 2023, 00:33
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In A, “have no writing” and “be underlined” are not parallel.
In B, “not have writing” and “not be underlined” are not parallel.
D and E violate parallelism and are awkward.

C maintains parallelism through
“should X and Y = should X and should Y”
Where X = “be in good condition”
Y = “contain no writing or underlining”.
Furthermore, “contain no writing or underlining” maintains parallelism.
Hence, C is the best choice.
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Re: Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   03 May 2023, 02:41
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not able to eliminate option B ,although I understand C is more concise and clear . can anyone help in why B is wrong ?


"or not be underlined" is not a proper expression. It should be "nor be underlined".

The correct expression should be " should not have any writing in them nor they be underlined"
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Re: Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   18 May 2023, 01:39
Bunuel wrote:
Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and should have no writing in them or be underlined.

(A) and should have no writing in them or be underlined
(B) and should not have writing in them or not be underlined
(C) and contain no writing or underlining
(D) without containing writing nor be underlined
(E) without having any writing or no underlining in them



Could some expert shed light on this question.
How can a textbook not contain writing?
What makes option B wrong?
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Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and shoul [#permalink] New post   27 Aug 2023, 22:41
Option C :
Textbooks for the used book sale
should be in good condition and
should {
contain no writing or
underlining.
}
wrong. What is "should underlining"? makes no sense. In additional you can not take anything more than should as common.

Option B
Textbooks for the used book sale
(should) be in good condition and
should {
not have writing in them or
not be underlined.
}
Option B looks much cleaner and easy to read
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