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The tornado left a path of destruction in its wake causing the collap 18 Nov 2014, 10:33
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The tornado left a path of destruction in its wake, causing the collapse of several homes, massive power outages, tearing apart construction projects, and widespread business closures.

a) tearing apart construction projects

b) the tearing apart of construction projects

c) tore apart construction projects

d) construction projects torn apart

e) construction projects that were torn apart
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Only B is correct. Parallelism: causing X, Y, Z and W. All must be parallel. B uses noun phrase "the tearing apart of construction projects" correctly.

The tornado left a path of destruction in its wake, causing the collapse of several homes, massive power outages, tearing apart construction projects, and widespread business closures.

a) tearing apart construction projects
Wrong. Verb-ing modifier --> Parallelism problem.

b) the tearing apart of construction projects
CORRECT.

c) tore apart construction projects
Wrong. --> Parallelism problem.

d) construction projects torn apart
Wrong. Verb-ed modifier --> Parallelism problem.

e) construction projects that were torn apart
Wrong. E uses clause --> Parallelism problem.

Hope it helps.
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Straight B as we need a noun considering it is a list of noun. Hence, usage of "of construction projects" is correct.

Answer is B
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B and D are closed but the meaning in D is awkward.
"the causing..." sounds no good.
I do not remember whether OG has such structure, but gmat does not like "the" + V-ing
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Isn't "the tearing of " awkward ?
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Isn't "the tearing of " awkward ?
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Answer lies in identifying the list. here list is causing 1. the collapse of several homes, 2. massive power outages, 3. tearing apart construction projects, and 4. widespread business closures.

all must be noun phrases. B is only one satisfying this need.
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The tornado left a path of destruction in its wake causing the collap Updated on: 06 May 2018, 00:52
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The tornado left a path of destruction in its wake, causing the collapse of several homes, massive power outages, tearing apart construction projects, and widespread business closures.

a) tearing apart construction projects

b) the tearing apart of construction projects

c) tore apart construction projects

d) construction projects torn apart

e) construction projects that were torn apart
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Hi @daag Sir

I have a question between the tearing and tearing .
If in original choice we include of after apart i.e tearing apart of construction projects will it be correct ?
Please explain placing the before present participle .

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The tornado left a path of destruction in its wake, causing the collapse of several homes, massive power outages, tearing apart construction projects, and widespread business closures.

a) tearing apart construction projects

b) the tearing apart of construction projects

c) tore apart construction projects

d) construction projects torn apart

e) construction projects that were torn apart
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nound // verb-in of noun. hence, B.
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The tornado left a path of destruction in its wake causing the collap 06 Nov 2018, 18:53
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The tornado left a path of destruction in its wake, causing the collapse of several homes, massive power outages, tearing apart construction projects, and widespread business closures.

a) tearing apart construction projects

b) the tearing apart of construction projects

c) tore apart construction projects

d) construction projects torn apart

e) construction projects that were torn apart
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Onlu B maintains parallelism
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One easy way to identify the answer is, take the term "causing the" and try to fit all availale choices into it.
Only Option-B "causing the tearing apart of construction projects" is logical and makes complete sense.
Hence choose that.

Hope it helps!!!
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Isn't "the tearing of " awkward ?

Answer lies in identifying the list. here list is causing 1. the collapse of several homes, 2. massive power outages, 3. tearing apart construction projects, and 4. widespread business closures.

all must be noun phrases. B is only one satisfying this need.
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Thanks aragonn .

The tearing apart of construction is the noun phrase.
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Just repeat the phrase “causing” with each modifier.
Causing the collapse of several homes
Causing massive power outages
Causing the tearing apart of construction projects
Causing widespread business closures.

No option maintains this ||ism structure.
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The tornado left a path of destruction in its wake, causing the collapse of several homes, massive power outages, tearing apart construction projects, and widespread business closures.

a) tearing apart construction projects

b) the tearing apart of construction projects

c) tore apart construction projects

d) construction projects torn apart

e) construction projects that were torn apart
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Can someone explain to me why B is the answer please? And why not (C)? Is "tore apart" a verb here or noun or something else?

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The tornado left a path of destruction in its wake, causing the collapse of several homes, massive power outages, tearing apart construction projects, and widespread business closures.

a) tearing apart construction projects

b) the tearing apart of construction projects

c) tore apart construction projects

d) construction projects torn apart

e) construction projects that were torn apart
Can someone explain to me why B is the answer please? And why not (C)? Is "tore apart" a verb here or noun or something else?

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Hello aryasharma,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "tore apart" is, in fact, a verb, so "tore apart construction projects" is a verb phrase.

Thus, Option C suffers from a parallelism break; it also conveys an incoherent meaning, as it makes no sense to say that the tornado caused tore apart construction projects; the intended meaning is that the tornado caused four things - the collapse of several homes, massive power outages, the tearing apart of construction projects, and widespread business closures.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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