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The acrobatic show will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts.

A. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts
B. begins at 6 p.m., continuing until audience interest lasts
C. will begin at 6 p.m. and, until audience interest lasts, will continue
D. begins at 6 p.m. and, as long as audience interest lasts, it continues
E. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue as long as audience interest lasts

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Amidro · Accepted Answer

To start with, we have 3-2 split
In terms of meaning, 3 split ACE suggests one event (will begin and then end)
BD split is about constantly occurring event (usually happens)
Since we don't know the case, it will not be the good decision point to work with. Let's find another one.
Now, we can easily detect until/as long as split (Note the difference:
X does Y until it is cold (when cold occurs, he immediately stops the action)
X does Y as long as it is cold (in this case, the WHOLE time when it is cold X would be performing something)
In our case, as long as seems to be candidate (as long as interest lasts...show lasts...)
If it was until audience's interest vanished (for example) , until will be preferred
Now we left only with D & E
As mentioned before, we are not aware whether the show will be shown only once or regularly. So the last point is about commas and placement of words (which define meaning).
Answer D sounds slightly awkward and pushes back the condition under which the event will occur. Also, logically it is show, not interest that will continue, but avoiding pronoun it is better. In addition, usage of comma suggests non-essential modifier (in this case , we must have essential modifier as show will last only if interest is present).
Thus, E is winner because it uses as long as , doesn't have any pronoun errors & modifier issues.

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mvictor · Answer

I picked E, and this is my reasoning:

the show will begin and will continue for as long as the interest lasts.
The verbs begin and continue must be parallel. Both are the verbs for the subject show. 
Between Until and As long as - I picked as long as. Until is used for showing finality, while as long as shows continuity of the action.

A. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts
until suspicious, better check for the other answer choices first.

B. begins at 6 p.m., continuing until audience interest lasts
this answer choice changes the verb continue into a ing modifier. 
ING modifier, separated by a comma, modifies the preceding clause, and if used correctly, it will either present reasoning behind the clause, or the result. 
Let's see the entire sentence:
I use: The show begins at 6 because it continues until audience interest lasts - non-sense.
II use: The show begins at 6 by continuing until audience interest lasts - non-sense. 
Since neither use of the ING modifier is correct here, B is incorrect.

C. will begin at 6 p.m. and, until audience interest lasts, will continue
First of all, this one is wordy since it repeats "will". This is unnecessary. Until - suspicious.

D. begins at 6 p.m. and, as long as audience interest lasts, it continues
this choice is incorrect even if the 2 verbs are "parallel". Nevertheless, if you look closely, you see that begins and continues have different time frames. While it is ok to use present simple for future events, in the second part of the sentence: It continues - this is an incorrect use for describing a future event that will happen after another future event. Moreover, the pronoun "it" brings another error in the sentence. Since the sentence is not connected properly (e.g. comma+and), we have a run-on sentence. Subject+Verb and Subject+Verb. This is incorrect.

E. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue as long as audience interest lasts
will begin and continue - both verbs ||
continue as long as - looks better than until.
E is thus the best answer.

Skywalker18 · Answer

A. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts

B. begins at 6 p.m., continuing until audience interest lasts

C. will begin at 6 p.m. and, until audience interest lasts, will continue

D. begins at 6 p.m. and, as long as audience interest lasts, it continues

E. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue as long as audience interest lasts

It seems that we have 2 issues here - tense and idiom usage- Until vs as long as
We can eliminate B and D as both use simple present tense , we need to use simple future.
Among A , C and E .We need to use as long as here .Until is used to express a point of time in future.
As long as is used for the whole duration and the continuation will be based on a condition

Answer E

ronny123 · Answer

OA is E

'as long as' is a known idiom
until is used as a conjunction here, i think

Celerma · Answer

QUESTION #3:

The acrobatic show  will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts.

A. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts - Future and Present- Wrong usage.
B. begins at 6 p.m., continuing until audience interest lasts - This is wrong . wrong use of modifier.
C. will begin at 6 p.m. and, until audience interest lasts, will continue . Too wordy
 D. begins at 6 p.m. and, as long as audience interest lasts, it continues - Correct Choice. 
E. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue as long as audience interest lasts - Future and Present tense, wrong combination

Kurtosis · Answer

The meaning of the sentence indicates a future definitive event. 
begin and continue are parallel. Also 'will' acts as antecedent to both begin and continue.
as long as is the correct idiom.

Answer: E

tarunk31 · Answer

The acrobatic show will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts.

Meaning : The sentence talks about a future event. It says that the acrobatic show will begin at 6 p.m. and it will continue until audience interest continues . Tenses are fine. There is not SV agreement problem. "until audience interest lasts" is a condition which can be translated to "if not audience interest continue, the event will continue". This is opposite to what the sentence intends. Intended sentence should be "if audience interest continues, the event will continue".

POE

A. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts
 Wrong. Reasons mentioned above. 
B. begins at 6 p.m., continuing until audience interest lasts
 Present tense verb begins is wrong as we are talking about a future event and not something which happens every day or is a general event. As discussed above until is not correct as it reverses the intended condition. 
C. will begin at 6 p.m. and, until audience interest lasts, will continue
 As discussed above until is not correct as it reverses the intended condition. 
D. begins at 6 p.m. and, as long as audience interest lasts, it continues
 Present tense verb begins and continues are wrong as we are talking about a future event and not something which happens every day or is a general event. 
E. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue as long as audience interest lasts
  Correct. future tense verbs will begin and (will) continue are correctly used. "as long as" means the same as "on the condition that" and is, therefore, correctly used to convey the idea that if audience interest continues, the event will continue.

viksingh15 · Answer

to make the sentence parallel, we need

show will begin at 6 and

(will) continue as long as audience interest lasts...

Only E makes it correct.

sharmarahul12 · Answer

For me answer should be 'E' because we are talking about two things 
1) Show will begin @6
2) Continue as long as audience ....

As long as is better in defining the duration than until

sahil7389 · Answer

The acrobatic show will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts.

A. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts
B. begins at 6 p.m., continuing until audience interest lasts
C. will begin at 6 p.m. and, until audience interest lasts, will continue
D. begins at 6 p.m. and, as long as audience interest lasts, it continues
E. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue as long as audience interest lasts

Ans:E
Before going to solution. I will try to explain about  until  and  as long as  
What follows UNTIL is the condition when the action before UNTIL stops. Eg. I will keep walking until I see a bird.--Stopping of action
AS LONG AS-- NO stopping of action---- Can be used to 1.denote a duration, 2. denote a condition and if could be easily replaced at its place, 3. Or emphasis on something apart from comparing purposes. 
Here the whole purpose is to define the duration for which acrobatic show will go on and not to point out exact time when it stops.
A--  Untill- defines the moment when the action stops so here it doesn't make sense. we can't have a moment when all of a sudden interest of audience is lost more over with the context given AS LONG AS is appropriate here.  
B.  Same as A. 
C.  Same as A 
D.  Not parallel also changes the given meaning As now sentence talks about the acrobatic in general 
E. correct-- AS long as the interest is there the acrobat show will continue. Both things go together. There is no stopping of action. Correct meaning.

Correct Me if I am wrong

vinod265 · Answer

The acrobatic show will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts.

there is a meaning issue, until= some time in the future, as long as= simultaneous action with some other action
here the show will continue with audience interest so "as long as" is appropriate here

A. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts
 meaning is the issue "as long as" is appropriate

B. begins at 6 p.m., continuing until audience interest lasts
 here "continuing" modifier is unnecessary, there are two different actions 
 
C. will begin at 6 p.m. and, until audience interest lasts, will continue
 same as "A" until is the issue... "will" is unnecessary

D. begins at 6 p.m. and, as long as audience interest lasts, it continues
 here "as long as" used appropriately but sentence not consistence with parallelism

E. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue as long as audience interest lasts
 it corrects the meaning issue using "as long as" and it is consistence with parallelism

by far "E" is the correct answer

ngupha12 · Answer

There are 2 things to notice in this sentence.

First is the parallelism in verb tense. We can immediately eliminate B.

Second is the use of "until". In this case, "audience interest lasts" refers to a period of time, not a point of time, so "until" cannot be used. "As long as" is much more logical. We can eliminate A and C.

The tense of the correct sentence should be near future and verbs are placed parallel like "will V1"... and "V2".

Answer is E.

sri1sastra · Answer

The acrobatic show will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts.

A. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts
B. begins at 6 p.m., continuing until audience interest lasts ---   Begins and continuing are not parallel  
C. will begin at 6 p.m. and, until audience interest lasts, will continue ----   Will begin and will continue is better form of sentence construction, rather than placing will continue at the end.  
D. begins at 6 p.m. and, as long as audience interest lasts, it continues ---   Usage of Future tense is more preferable for action begins and continues rather than present tense as the action takes place in future tense  
E. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue as long as audience interest lasts

Between choice A and E, the only difference is usage of "until" and "as long as". Until represents the change of action, while as long as represents till when the action will take place. For instance,
The Shop will sell candy until 6pm. --> No matter what the shop stops selling candy at 6pm, even if candies are still available.
The Shop will sell candy as long as stock lasts --> Here there is no time limit and the shop will sell candies as long as they are available.

So until needs a definite time frame to limit the action. Therefore in this sentence as long as sounds a better choice as the show will continue as long as the audience have interest. There s no definite time-frame. So I go with option E.

prakharsworld · Answer

Explanation to Qn#3:
In the given statement, the verbs Begin and Continue must be parallel as they carry equal weightage in the sentence to ensure correct meaning. Secondly, an important distinction must be made between the use of Until and As long as. 
Now analyzing answer choices:

A. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts
While parallelism is not a problem in this, it is important to understand the difference between Until and As Long As. "Until" is used to express a point of time in the future, while "As long as" means that one thing will occur while another thing is still true. In the context of the given statement, the show is likely to continue while another thing (i.e. audience interest) is still true. So use of Until is not justifed because the statement does not refer to a point-in-time in future.  Incorrect .

B. begins at 6 p.m., continuing until audience interest lasts
Continuing in its verb+ING form indicates that the second part (i.e. continuation of the show) is secondary. Also parallelism is not ensured.  Incorrect .

C. will begin at 6 p.m. and, until audience interest lasts, will continue
This is similar to A except that it is uncessarily wordy.   Incorrect  .

D. begins at 6 p.m. and, as long as audience interest lasts, it continues
The verbs are not parallel.  Incorrect .

E. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue as long as audience interest lasts
This ensures parallelism. Secondly, the use of "As long as" ensures the meaning is correctly conveyed in that, the show is likely to continue while another thing (i.e. audience interest) is still true. Hence E is better than A.  CORRECT .

arhumsid · Answer

E  it is

The acrobatic show will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts.

A. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until audience interest lasts
  Until is used to present a point of time at which the action being talked about will end. Here, the show will 'continue' till audience is interested. Hence, instead of 'until', 'as long as' should be used.
  
B. begins at 6 p.m., continuing until audience interest lasts
  We are talking about a future event and not a habitual fact/universal law that occurs. Therefore, future tense should be used and the usage of 'begins' is wrong.

C. will begin at 6 p.m. and, until audience interest lasts, will continue
  Until- Same error as in A

D. begins at 6 p.m. and, as long as audience interest lasts, it continues
  Begins- Same error as in B

E. will begin at 6 p.m. and continue as long as audience interest lasts
  'will begin' correctly presents a future event
'as long as' the usage is correct
  
hence E

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

A/
Option A is a legitimate sentence. Here, the intended meaning is fine and the structure of grammar works perfectly. The use of word ‘until’ has been used smoothly. By the word ‘until’, the author is trying to indicate that the incidents are happening up to (the time that) time.

B/
In option B, when we get something like COMMA (,) + VERBing modifier, then this modifier MUST modify the preceding part of COMMA (,). Most importantly, in this case, the “ing” modifier MUST be the direct result of the preceding parts. Is ‘continuing until audience interest lasts’ the direct result of ‘the acrobatic show begins at 6 p.m.’?---Nope. Option B is the general statement of someone’s feelings! The intended meaning of this sentence is not correct at all.
C/
In option C, if we take the part “until audience interest lasts” as a modifier, then the sentence will be incomplete (The acrobatic show will begin at 6 p.m. and will continue…….for duration.
D/
In option D, ‘’ as long as audience interest lasts’’ has been used as modifier wrongly. If we remove this modifier from the original sentence, then the remaining sentence will be: “The acrobatic show begins at 6 p.m. and it continues”, which is definitely an incomplete sentence! The sentence is lack of something. “The acrobatic show begins at 6 p.m. and it continues…….what duration”. So, the sentence is not correct at all.
E/
In option E, the use of prepositional phrase ‘as long as’ has been used wrongly. ‘as long as’ means “something must happen before something else can happen’’. There are two incidents here but these incidents do not happen before something happen! These incidents are happening up to the time.

Bunuel · Answer

JAMBOBREE OFFICIAL SOLUTION:

“Will begin” vs.“begins” (future tense, therefore “will”). Parallel construction (begin and continue). “Until” vs. “as long as”: “until”is followed by the end point whereas “as long as” shows a continuity.

1. ...This is not the intended meaning. 'as long as' and not 'until' is required. This seems to stay that the show will stop if audience interest lasts.
2. ...begins......continuing...... - Wrong transition. The action ‘continuing’ is not a subordinate action to ‘begins’.
3. ….will begin......... and will continue – May seem parallel at first, but note that the choice is wordier. Choice E, the correct answer gives just ‘one’ ‘will’ as common to both actions ‘begin’ and ‘continue’.
4. ....., it continues..... - The pronoun ‘it’ is avoidable and is wordy.
5. CORRECT

Answer: E.

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

I am confused about option E. Here is my analogy to support option A.
 I'll boil water until rice is cooked. 
>>if rice is cooked, then i'll stop boiling.

I'll boil water as long as rice is cooked. 
>> after rice is cooked, i'll STILL boil the water. Every work has objective. Here, my objective is to cook rice. If my objective is successful, why will I carry on my works--Experts?
Thanks...

chetan2u · Answer

Hi( AryamaDuttaSaikia , may i request you to kindly share your views..),
i donot feel the reasons given to eliminate A are valid.

1)   “until”is followed by the end point whereas “as long as” shows a continuity. ---
'until' also means the following
1.  Up to the time that : We walked until it got dark.
2.  Before : You cannot leave until your work is finished.
3.  To the point or extent that : I talked until I was hoarse
the meaning here is that the show will continue till the audience have interest in it.. so the end point has ofcourse been given " till audience interest lasts"...

2)  This is not the intended meaning. 'as long as' and not 'until' is required.  This seems to stay that the show will stop if audience interest lasts . 
I do not think the meaning by using until is-- This seems to stay that the show will stop if audience interest lasts ..
it means show will stop if the audience does not have any further interest in it... 
And A also conveys the same meaning and E too conveys the same thing...

Now 'A' is conveying a logical meaning and you say that it is not the  intended meaning ...
The original sentence, if it is logical, will ofcourse take priority over any other meanings..

If one says that "although both A and E are correct, E is slightly better"-- it can be agreed to..
but if you say that A is wrong for various reasons mentioned by the Source, i am afraid they are wrong..

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