The Senate approved immigration legislation that would grant permanent

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The Senate approved immigration legislation that would grant permanent residency to millions of aliens currently residing here and  if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized .

(A) if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized

(B) hiring illegal aliens would be a penalty for employers

(C) penalize employers who hire illegal aliens

(D) penalizing employers hiring illegal aliens

(E) employers to be penalized for hiring illegal aliens

Please explain  why  an answer is wrong.

catgmat · Answer

828. The Senate approved immigration legislation that would grant permanent residency to millions of aliens currently residing here and  if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized. 

(A) if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized
 not parallel 
(B) hiring illegal aliens would be a penalty for employers
 not parallel 
(C) penalize employers who hire illegal aliens
 parallel, therefore best answer! 
(D) penalizing employers hiring illegal aliens
 not parallel 
(E) employers to be penalized for hiring illegal aliens
 employers are not granted, changes meaning 

The Senate approved immigration  legislation that would grant X and penalize Y

aanchoo · Answer

Answer is C.
Answer should be Senate did X that would (Grant permanent....) AND (Penalize Employers...)

C is correct parallel construction and being the right answer  (Parallel?)

GMATBLACKBELT · Answer

B for ||ism. that would grant grant... and penalize


er I mean C. sry put wrong choice.

ywilfred · Answer

C is the only one wiht parallelism. (grant... and penalize...)

ugimba · Answer

C for parallelism. "grant permanent residency .... penalize employers" ... verbs are compared/in parallel in present tense.

Abhishek009 · Answer

The Senate approved immigration legislation that  would grant  permanent residency to millions of aliens currently residing here and  penalize  employers who hire illegal aliens

Parallelism issue , (C) works best here...

paidlukkha · Answer

that 
would grant permanent residency and 
penalize employers who hire illegal aliens

C

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

The senate  approved legislation  that would do two things:
a)  Grant  
b)  Penalize

This is your entry point in this question.

You realize that for the underlined portion to be parallel, it should start with the verb penalize. 
Quickly scan the options to see if there are any options that begin with ‘penalize’.

You see that Option C does this. Read it completely (maybe even substitute back into the question) to make sure that there are no new or overlooked errors.

Eliminate Options A, B, D, and E.

Option C is the best choice.

Hope this helps!

swatib28 · Answer

Can anyone please explain for both of -ing options , why they are not parallel.

dabaobao · Answer

(A)  if  employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized  - Wrong: Parallelism

(B)  hiring  illegal aliens would be a penalty for employers  - Wrong: Parallelism

(C)  penalize  employers who hire illegal aliens  - Correct

(D)  penalizing  employers hiring illegal aliens  - Wrong: Parallelism

(E)  employers  to be penalized for hiring illegal aliens  - Wrong: Parallelism

Keyurneema · Answer

The Senate approved immigration legislation that would grant permanent residency to millions of aliens currently residing here and if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized.

Analysis:  
The Senate (Sub) approved (Verb) immigration legislation 
{that would grant permanent residency to millions of aliens currently residing here} – Modifier, Modifying "immigration legislation"

and if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized. (Construction is not Parallel)

Error : Parallelism error - The Senate approved ..and if employers hired.. 
if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized – Ambiguous reference – Pronoun They refer to Aliens ?? or Employers ??

(A) if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized -  Incorrect

(B) hiring illegal aliens would be a penalty for employers-   Incorrect  
 The Senate approved ..and hiring illegal aliens.. – Not Parallel

(C) penalize employers who hire illegal aliens –   Correct  
 The Senate (Sub) approved (V) immigration legislation and penalize (V) employers who hire illegal aliens

(D) penalizing employers hiring illegal aliens –   Incorrect   
 The Senate approved ..and penalizing (not a verb) employers hiring illegal aliens: Not Parallel

(E) employers to be penalized for hiring illegal aliens–   Incorrect  
 The Senate approved ..and employers to be penalized: Not Parallel

thesip2323 · Answer

I thought "who" can only be used to modify people...but it is modifying "employer" here. I agree that it's the correct answer but is it because "employer" is implied to mean a corporation made up of many different people?

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  thesip2323 ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the use of "who" is perfectly correct here, as logically an "employer" can also be a singular person rather than an organization.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

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