Under the provisions of the United States Constitution and

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Under the provisions of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States, the Federal government cannot detain an American citizen indefinitely without cause and is required either to bring charges against the individual being held, in which case he is entitled to a lawyer, or that the government must release him.

A) that the government must release him
B) release him
C) to proceed in releasing him
D) the government must release him
E) they must release him

Confused over the OA.

A) that the government must release him
B) release him
C) to proceed in releasing him
D) the government must release him
E) they must release him

In my opinion, Answer should be C as it correctly follows the rule of Parallelism

"either to bring.....or to proceed..."

But to my surprise the answer is B, i am not clear why is that so as it violates the rule of parallelism

either to bring....or release.."

Request to please throw some light on this, if anyone has a clear explanation ?

S.R.

daagh · Accepted Answer

As Whiplash has pointed out, ‘ to bring charges .... or release’  is still perfectly parallel. It’s a legitimate version of ‘ to bring charges .... or (to) release , where the ‘ to’  is understood. Similarly, in the given sentence.

The judge ordered the convict, either to pay the fine  or undergo  imprisonment.

‘ To pay or(to) undergo’  is a valid and parallel statement.

metallicafan · Answer

Yes, wordiness is the reason. However, which is more important parallelism or wordiness?

gauravnagpal · Answer

I saw the question and did not post a reply as I was not sure... I am still not sure but I guess " proceed in " is not idiomatic .. I guess it proceed to or precedd with I have see all the lists that we have on the club but not able to find it ....

sachinrelan · Answer

request someone to please throw some light on this...as i am not clear...what was the error with the option i chose !!

dokiyoki · Answer

The idiom "Proceed In" is wrong. May be thats the reason why Option C is wrong even though it ensures parallelism.

The Correct idiom is "Proceed with".

muks · Answer

If you remove all the words/modifiers in between then the following makes sense:
 
i.e. Ans is B.

q10nik · Answer

I will go with C. But I think there is a typo in the question and it should be:

...to either bring chrages.. or..release.

The way it is written right now it is definitely C.

whiplash2411 · Answer

I don't think you're choosing one over the other here. "To bring charges .... or release" is still correct in terms of parallelism. It's like saying "The government mandated that small companies must comply with the rules, and that all companies must file taxes" vs. "The government mandated that small companies must comply with the rules and all companies must file taxes". The second "that" is unnecessary. This sentence isn't the best example, really, but just to prove a contention

MBAhereIcome · Answer

either to bring or to release
either to bring or (to) release

both are acceptable.

the issue with C is wordiness. 'to proceed in releasing him' is just too wordy. always remember the precedence.

1. grammar
2. meaning
3. concision

Gian · Answer

Under the provisions of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States, the Federal government cannot detain an American citizen indefinitely without cause and is required either to bring charges against the individual being held, in which case he is entitled to a lawyer, or that the government must release him.

A) that the government must release him
B) release him
C) to proceed in releasing him
D) the government must release him
E) they must release him

Confused over the OA.

A) that the government must release him
B) release him
C) to proceed in releasing him
D) the government must release him
E) they must release him

Confused over the OA.

Zarrolou · Answer

Under the provisions of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States, the Federal government cannot detain an American citizen indefinitely without cause and is required either to bring charges against the individual being held, in which case he is entitled to a lawyer, or that the government must release him.

A) that the government must release him
B) release him
C) to proceed in releasing him
D) the government must release him
E) they must release him

Confused over the OA.

The parts after "either" and "or" MUST match to mantain parallelism.
  is required either X or Y 
the first part is "to bring" so I would normally expect to find a "to + VERB" to the other.

I really don't see B as a good answer as well.

If the question were:   is required   TO   either X or Y , then B would be correct because now the X and Y part match (bring==release)

B) release him
C) to proceed in releasing him

But given the current construct, C has the correct structure but it's not very idiomatic (proceed in releasing)...

I suggest you to use only reliable sources for SC, or you'll get confused

dave785 · Answer

take out some of the fluff and you get: "The government is required either to bring charges against him or  release him "

makes perfect sense, and is only sentence that's grammatically correct

zarolou - here we don't need a second "to" because it carries over due to parallelism. It's attached to "required" and although the "either" is in the middle it's still effective.

"required to" is the parallelism that carries over

Bluelagoon · Answer

I don't think their is a problem with the sentence construction here. The crux of the sentence is :

The federal government is required to  bring charges against the individual  or  release him .

You don't need to repeat to in the second action. Ex:

He is required to act and (to) dance. 
He is required to act and to dance.

Both are correct.

Countdown · Answer

Think the same way out C has the correct construction but is very unidiomatic.

mbmanoj · Answer

B says.
Fed gvmt is required release him........not sensible , so it need "required to .... as in C

shubham496 · Answer

EITHER and OR absolutely "lock in" the words that follow them. so, if "either" is followed by an entire infinitive, including to, then "or" must likewise be followed by an entire infinitive, with to.

Ans is C

nidhi12 · Answer

Hi

this sentence is correct :

Faustus fails to understand why he should be required  either to accept or reject the New Testament as a whole , while the Catholics accept or reject the various parts of the Old Testament at pleasure. Augustin denies that the Catholics treat the Old Testament...
So B is correct. I agree better would have been :
either to bring...or to release him. But this is OK as well!

gauravkaushik8591 · Answer

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/par ... t8628.html According to Ron it's wrong.

PiyushK · Answer

Why maker trying to make difficult question ends up making such erroneous question, with over intentions to make lives difficult ?

OA is wrong.

C is the best choice.

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