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The mass-marketing of companies that specialize in DNA testing has inspired fears that the DNA testing process will become too commonplace, resulting in emotional trauma to those who are ill equipped to cope with the results, and greatly increasing the number of lawsuits that are brought against hospitals and adoption agencies.

A. greatly increasing the number of lawsuits that are brought

B. greatly increase the number of lawsuits brought

C. it would greatly increase the number of lawsuits that would be brought

D. it would greatly increase the bringing of a number of lawsuits

E. greatly increasing the number of those who would bring lawsuits
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The mass-marketing of companies that specialize in DNA testing has inspired fears that the DNA testing process will become too commonplace, resulting in emotional trauma to those who are ill equipped to cope with the results, and greatly increasing the number of lawsuits that are brought against hospitals and adoption agencies.

A. greatly increasing the number of lawsuits that are brought Correct

perfect parallelism - .........., resulting ............, and greatly increasing...........

B. greatly increase the number of lawsuits brought Incorrect

breaks parallelism - .........., resulting ............, and greatly increase...........

C. it would greatly increase the number of lawsuits that would be brought Incorrect

it has no clear precedent

D. it would greatly increase the bringing of a number of lawsuits Incorrect

same as C

E. greatly increasing the number of those who would bring lawsuits Incorrect

changes intended meaning
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Hi, please explain why B is the answer, even though it breaks parallelism, and A is not.
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The mass-marketing of companies that specialize in DNA testing has inspired fears
that the DNA testing process will
become too commonplace, resulting in emotional trauma to those who are ill equipped to cope with the results, and
greatly increasing the number of lawsuits that are brought against hospitals and adoption agencies.


I am not trying to justify the OA, I also wrote A and got it wrong, but only after some deliberate thinking I can say the following about this SC problem, once the subject a of the sentence and the idea behind the sentence is understood well I don't think there would be any ambiguity in the meaning derived by the readers.

Had the increase in the number of lawsuits been a result of/ effect of/ modifier of "become" it would be parallel to "emotional trauma" and hence should have been in the form of a noun phrase, but it is in the verb form of "increase".
I can only deduce the meaning of the author of this sentence, I can not change the original meaning of the sentence. Emotional trauma and an increase in the number of lawsuits "both" are not the effects of the same cause.

It is not a case where two verb+ing modifiers are modifying the actions in a sequential manner describing the cascading effect or chain of causation either, for there is an "and" which is not a part of the "error" in the problem. So such a far stretched possibility of the meaning also gets ruled out.

The sentence conveys that mass marketing has inspired fears that "the process" will do X, resulting in sth, and Y.
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The mass-marketing of companies that specialize in DNA testing has inspired fears that the DNA testing process will become too commonplace, resulting in emotional trauma to those who are ill equipped to cope with the results, and greatly increasing the number of lawsuits that are brought against hospitals and adoption agencies.

A. greatly increasing the number of lawsuits that are brought Correct

perfect parallelism - .........., resulting ............, and greatly increasing...........

B. greatly increase the number of lawsuits brought Incorrect

breaks parallelism - .........., resulting ............, and greatly increase...........

C. it would greatly increase the number of lawsuits that would be brought Incorrect

it has no clear precedent

D. it would greatly increase the bringing of a number of lawsuits Incorrect

same as C

E. greatly increasing the number of those who would bring lawsuits Incorrect

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A is wrong dear why you are so fixated
the no of .........is singular ..use of are is wrong
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the no of ...is singular ...so use of are is wrong ...
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I was confused with which part INCREASE parallels——become too commonplace OR resulting in?
Seems both are logical in meaning...So how should I deal with it? Thanks
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Sorry couldn’t understand what you mean. Where is “the no of”?
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the no of ...is singular ...so use of are is wrong ...

Sorry couldn’t understand what you mean. Where is “the no of”?
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The phase "The number of " is always singular so you cant use plural verb
the phase " a number of " always plural
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We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "increase" parallels "become"; they are joined by the conjunction "and"; "resulting" is placed between two commas, so it does not have a parallelism marker with "increase".

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We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, Option B does not actually break parallelism; "will become" and "(will) increase" are two verbs joined by "and" that both act upon the noun "DNA testing process"; thus, they must be parallel; by contrast, "resulting" is linked to "will become" by a comma, meaning it is a subordinate action, and thus, should not be parallel to "become" or "increase".

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I was confused with which part INCREASE parallels—�—become too commonplace OR resulting in?
Seems both are logical in meaning...So how should I deal with it? Thanks

Hello Mavisdu1017,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "increase" parallels "become"; they are joined by the conjunction "and"; "resulting" is placed between two commas, so it does not have a parallelism marker with "increase".

We hope this helps.
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Hello ExpertsGlobal5, thanks for your response, but you didn’t address my question. You just repeat what OE says, and my question is why "increase" parallels "become"? I think it can also parallel with “resulting in”, would you like to explain further? Thanks
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I’m not sure what’s wrong in saying resulting and greatly increasing to be parallel. They could both be the results of the previous action of become l. Pls clarify ExpertsGlobal5


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Hello Vedikapk,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, Option B does not actually break parallelism; "will become" and "(will) increase" are two verbs joined by "and" that both act upon the noun "DNA testing process"; thus, they must be parallel; by contrast, "resulting" is linked to "will become" by a comma, meaning it is a subordinate action, and thus, should not be parallel to "become" or "increase".

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I’m not sure what’s wrong in saying resulting and greatly increasing to be parallel. They could both be the results of the previous action of become l. Pls clarify ExpertsGlobal5


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Hello Vedikapk,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, Option B does not actually break parallelism; "will become" and "(will) increase" are two verbs joined by "and" that both act upon the noun "DNA testing process"; thus, they must be parallel; by contrast, "resulting" is linked to "will become" by a comma, meaning it is a subordinate action, and thus, should not be parallel to "become" or "increase".

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Hello ag153,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "resulting" and "increasing" can, indeed, logically be the results of the previous action, but since the "resulting" phrase is offset from the two actions by commas, the structure of the sentence is such that it cannot parallel either of them.

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I was confused with which part INCREASE parallels—�—become too commonplace OR resulting in?
Seems both are logical in meaning...So how should I deal with it? Thanks

Hello Mavisdu1017,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "increase" parallels "become"; they are joined by the conjunction "and"; "resulting" is placed between two commas, so it does not have a parallelism marker with "increase".

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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Hello ExpertsGlobal5, thanks for your response, but you didn’t address my question. You just repeat what OE says, and my question is why "increase" parallels "become"? I think it can also parallel with “resulting in”, would you like to explain further? Thanks
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We hope this finds you well.

For clarity, please take a look at the grammatical construction of the sentence; if we assume that the "result" and "increase" verbs are meant to be listed together as the two results of "become commonplace", then these verbs are joined by a "comma + and" construction; this is incorrect since two elements in a list must be joined by just conjunction.

By contrast, if we assume that "become" and "increase" are meant to be listed together as two actions that the "DNA testing process" will take, and "resulting" is just a subordinate action, then the verbs listed together are correctly joined by just conjunction ("and" in this case), and the subordinate action is correctly offset by commas.

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Thanks and what if there was only 1 comma before 'resulting....' and not any in the middle of resulting and increasing, then could we choose the meaning which implies resulting is parallel to increasing and not the other one where become is parallel to iincrease? ExpertsGlobal5
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In this question, there are only two elements in a list, but you told to me the "comma + conjunction" construction is needed, but not just by a conjunction. Mind to clarify? Much thanks
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ExpertsGlobal5. pls see this question https://gmatclub.com/forum/being-unempl ... 49980.html
In this question, there are only two elements in a list, but you told to me the "comma + conjunction" construction is needed, but not just by a conjunction. Mind to clarify? Much thanks
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Here's what I'm seeing. We have two possible parallel structures:

The mass-marketing of companies that specialize in DNA testing has inspired fears that the DNA testing process will become too commonplace, resulting in emotional trauma to those who are ill equipped to cope with the results, and greatly increasing the number of lawsuits that are brought against hospitals and adoption agencies.

The mass-marketing of companies that specialize in DNA testing has inspired fears that the DNA testing process will become too commonplace, resulting in emotional trauma to those who are ill equipped to cope with the results, and greatly increase the number of lawsuits brought against hospitals and adoption agencies.


The meaning of these two sentences is slightly different. In the second, the DNA testing does TWO things: becomes too commonplace, and increases the number of lawsuits brought against hospitals/adoption agencies. Those two things are not necessarily 'connected.' I might as well say "She will run six miles in the morning and eat six slices of pizza at dinner." Two activities someone will do.

In the first sentence, the DNA testing becomes two commonplace, and that whole ACTION--the 'becoming common' of DNA testing--results in emotional trauma and increases the number of lawsuits. This is the meaning of the parallel comma,--ing modifiers.

Think about this example:

"She carries the trunk up the staircase, sweating the whole way up."

"She carries the trunk up the staircase and sweats the whole way up."

Neither is grammatically incorrect, but the second loses a cause/effect connection between the carrying the trunk and the sweating.

In this sentence, it's a little more subtle, but the thing that will cause more lawsuits for hospitals and adoption agencies isn't *just* the DNA tests--it's that the DNA tests *are becoming more common*. So the comma,--ing is the preferred choice. There's no grammar mistake--it's a meaning issue.
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In this question, there are only two elements in a list, but you told to me the "comma + conjunction" construction is needed, but not just by a conjunction. Mind to clarify? Much thanks

Here's what I'm seeing. We have two possible parallel structures:

The mass-marketing of companies that specialize in DNA testing has inspired fears that the DNA testing process will become too commonplace, resulting in emotional trauma to those who are ill equipped to cope with the results, and greatly increasing the number of lawsuits that are brought against hospitals and adoption agencies.

The mass-marketing of companies that specialize in DNA testing has inspired fears that the DNA testing process will become too commonplace, resulting in emotional trauma to those who are ill equipped to cope with the results, and greatly increase the number of lawsuits brought against hospitals and adoption agencies.


The meaning of these two sentences is slightly different. In the second, the DNA testing does TWO things: becomes too commonplace, and increases the number of lawsuits brought against hospitals/adoption agencies. Those two things are not necessarily 'connected.' I might as well say "She will run six miles in the morning and eat six slices of pizza at dinner." Two activities someone will do.

In the first sentence, the DNA testing becomes two commonplace, and that whole ACTION--the 'becoming common' of DNA testing--results in emotional trauma and increases the number of lawsuits. This is the meaning of the parallel comma,--ing modifiers.

Think about this example:

"She carries the trunk up the staircase, sweating the whole way up."

"She carries the trunk up the staircase and sweats the whole way up."

Neither is grammatically correct, but the second loses a cause/effect connection between the carrying the trunk and the sweating.

In this sentence, it's a little more subtle, but the thing that will cause more lawsuits for hospitals and adoption agencies isn't *just* the DNA tests--it's that the DNA tests *are becoming more common*. So the comma,--ing is the preferred choice. There's no grammar mistake--it's a meaning issue.
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ReedArnoldMPREP hi sir, sounds like you agree more ahoy A? But it says OA is B... I think both these 2 elements(resulting in emotional trauma AND increase lawsuits) are the outcome of the action(become commonplace), so “resulting in emotional trauma” should parallel with “increasing lawsuits” rather than parallel with “become commonplace”.
But honestly it’s hard to distinguish A from B by meaning, meanwhile both the 2 choices are grammatically correct. Sir, do you think this would be a GMAT-like question? After all it is not an official question.
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In this question, there are only two elements in a list, but you told to me the "comma + conjunction" construction is needed, but not just by a conjunction. Mind to clarify? Much thanks

Here's what I'm seeing. We have two possible parallel structures:

The mass-marketing of companies that specialize in DNA testing has inspired fears that the DNA testing process will become too commonplace, resulting in emotional trauma to those who are ill equipped to cope with the results, and greatly increasing the number of lawsuits that are brought against hospitals and adoption agencies.

The mass-marketing of companies that specialize in DNA testing has inspired fears that the DNA testing process will become too commonplace, resulting in emotional trauma to those who are ill equipped to cope with the results, and greatly increase the number of lawsuits brought against hospitals and adoption agencies.


The meaning of these two sentences is slightly different. In the second, the DNA testing does TWO things: becomes too commonplace, and increases the number of lawsuits brought against hospitals/adoption agencies. Those two things are not necessarily 'connected.' I might as well say "She will run six miles in the morning and eat six slices of pizza at dinner." Two activities someone will do.

In the first sentence, the DNA testing becomes two commonplace, and that whole ACTION--the 'becoming common' of DNA testing--results in emotional trauma and increases the number of lawsuits. This is the meaning of the parallel comma,--ing modifiers.

Think about this example:

"She carries the trunk up the staircase, sweating the whole way up."

"She carries the trunk up the staircase and sweats the whole way up."

Neither is grammatically correct, but the second loses a cause/effect connection between the carrying the trunk and the sweating.

In this sentence, it's a little more subtle, but the thing that will cause more lawsuits for hospitals and adoption agencies isn't *just* the DNA tests--it's that the DNA tests *are becoming more common*. So the comma,--ing is the preferred choice. There's no grammar mistake--it's a meaning issue.
ReedArnoldMPREP hi sir, sounds like you agree more ahoy A? But it says OA is B... I think both these 2 elements(resulting in emotional trauma AND increase lawsuits) are the outcome of the action(become commonplace), so “resulting in emotional trauma” should parallel with “increasing lawsuits” rather than parallel with “become commonplace”.
But honestly it’s hard to distinguish A from B by meaning, meanwhile both the 2 choices are grammatically correct. Sir, do you think this would be a GMAT-like question? After all it is not an official question.
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Welp, shame on me for not reading close enough.

The only reason I could really conceive of getting rid of 'A' then is the '--that are brought' vs. 'brought.' The present tense 'are brought' might be an issue?

I dunno. Here's some comfort: I don't know about this sentence, and I've scored a 47 on the verbal. Therefore, you can be confused by this question and still score a 47.
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