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1. Standard noun form is preferred over ing form right?

2. In D, parallelism is
The program for modernizing the steel mill, which
a. can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980???s
b. cost approximately 51 million dollars.

Right?
So parallelism is correct?
As per MGMAT, Parallelism, because of the AND. While we hope that the program will be completed on time, we don't hope it will cost 51 million dollars. That's just what it will cost Nice try, AND.

1). I think that would depend on how the word was being used.

2). I don't know if we hope it will cost 51 million dollars or not. Maybe that's a good deal for the project. The biggest issue in D is that it isn't a compete sentence:

"The program for modernizing the steel mill, which can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980’s and cost approximately 51 million dollars."

"Which can be completed...and cost" is a modifying phrase describing 'the program for modernizing the steel mill' (if I'm as generous as possible with the 'which' modifier...). So what is the VERB for "The program" to DO in the sentence? There isn't one. This is a fragment. A subject without a verb.

Hi ReedArnoldMPREP

Hope you’re doing well!

I understand overall the error in C, that modernising can’t be hoped to be completed, its the absolute phrase-“the program that…”., which makes more sense.

I just got this one error in C, if there are more, I would like to know.

So, I like E over C, but I have never seen something like this- “it is hoped” has been enclosed between commas and as per grammar rules, it is a complete thought- S+V+O. Now, its not an independent clause because its an incomplete thought, but still its a dependent clause.

Don’t we need an conjunction for this or a relative clause starting with which - which is hoped. So that it can be eliminated without hesitation?
This is the only reason I eliminated E.

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1. Standard noun form is preferred over ing form right?

2. In D, parallelism is
The program for modernizing the steel mill, which
a. can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980???s
b. cost approximately 51 million dollars.

Right?
So parallelism is correct?
As per MGMAT, Parallelism, because of the AND. While we hope that the program will be completed on time, we don't hope it will cost 51 million dollars. That's just what it will cost Nice try, AND.

1). I think that would depend on how the word was being used.

2). I don't know if we hope it will cost 51 million dollars or not. Maybe that's a good deal for the project. The biggest issue in D is that it isn't a compete sentence:

"The program for modernizing the steel mill, which can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980’s and cost approximately 51 million dollars."

"Which can be completed...and cost" is a modifying phrase describing 'the program for modernizing the steel mill' (if I'm as generous as possible with the 'which' modifier...). So what is the VERB for "The program" to DO in the sentence? There isn't one. This is a fragment. A subject without a verb.

Hi ReedArnoldMPREP

Hope you’re doing well!

I understand overall the error in C, that modernising can’t be hoped to be completed, its the absolute phrase-“the program that…”., which makes more sense.

I just got this one error in C, if there are more, I would like to know.

So, I like E over C, but I have never seen something like this- “it is hoped” has been enclosed between commas and as per grammar rules, it is a complete thought- S+V+O. Now, its not an independent clause because its an incomplete thought, but still its a dependent clause.

Don’t we need an conjunction for this or a relative clause starting with which - which is hoped. So that it can be eliminated without hesitation?
This is the only reason I eliminated E.

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C is wrong because of the modifier "hopefully to be completed." One, it's not modifying 'the program,' but more than that, it's just not the right kind of modifier. It's not clearly structurally linked to 'modernizing the steel mill' in any way.

The 'it is hoped' structure is a little unusual. "A program" is opening a modifier. "That" is a modifier/conjunction hybrid.

"It is hoped that the program can be completed...," a full sentence, becomes the modifier "a program that, it is hoped, can be completed..."
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B & C are rejected, hopefully is never right in GMAT.
Which is always used when there is a doubt...
So using which and hoped together is not right... :idea:
A & D are out....

E is correct
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(C) Modernizing the steel mill, hopefully to be completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.
steel mill cant be completed in the late 1980's, probably the program can be completed by late 1980's
Alternatively, we can say construction of steel mill can be completed in the late 1980's
C is eliminated based on meaning. Hence E is the winner
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