abansal1805 wrote:
The Great Blizzard of 1888 cut off many telegraph and railroad links in the northeastern United States, and is still remembered for its striking features: the unseasonably warm and rainy weather that preceded it, the sustained winds that created snowdrifts more than 50 feet tall, and prodigious snowfall was measured at over 50 inches in New England.
A. the sustained winds that created snowdrifts more than 50 feet tall, and prodigious snowfall was measured at over 50 inches in New England.
B. the sustained winds created snowdrifts more than 50 feet tall, and in New England the prodigious snowfall was measured at over 50 inches
C. the sustained winds that created snowdrifts more than 50 feet tall, and the prodigious snowfall measured at over 50 inches in New England
D. snowdrifts were created more than 50 feet tall by the sustained winds, in New England the prodigious snowfall measures at over 50 inches
E. snowdrifts which were created more than 50 feet tall by the sustained winds, and prodigious snowfall that was measured at over 50 inches in New England
The answer is C
Meaning there is a list of events feature and those feature must be parallel .
Split 1
We have one feature and it effect right next to the word "that " , so we have to follow this structure throughout .
Split 2
We must have only a verb-ed participle in the last feature to maintain parallelism
and the prodigious snowfall measured at over 50 inches in New England
Split 3
D and E changes structure