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Hi,

I just have a curious concern regarding parallelism in the correct answer.

Unlike the other major planets, Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is for 20 years out of every 230-year cycle, even though it is commonly described as the remotest planet in the solar system.

Here the following two sentences are parallel
1) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit
2) Pluto is thus closer to sun than Neptune is are parallel.
According to the rules of parallelism cause and effect cant be parallel and thus cant be connected by "and".(Here and thus also has a similar structure. CAuse and thus Effect.)

Please correct me if I am wrong. What am I missing here?
daagh do help.
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According to the rules of parallelism cause and effect can't be parallel and thus can't be connected by "and"

I am not clear about such a rule. If they cannot be connected by 'and' what else is the connector?

Why do you think the cause and effect can be both be nouns but not parallel and thus cannot be connected by an 'and'?

The injury was just a scratch and thus the treatment was only a band-aid bandage

He passed out after a couple of pegs and vomited profusely. Passed out was the cause and vomited is the result, both of them perfectly parallel.

Probably you are getting confused with the sentence structure wherein the cause is represented by an IC while the effect is represented by a modifier. AS the modifier spot unlikely to be a, you may feel the effect part is a fragment on the whole.

But please note that Choice B is a simple sentence with tow predicates. The second one is not an IC, It is a predicate without a subject and the subject of the first class is the subject of the second predicate.

Hope I am clear and you are also clear.
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Hi daagh,

Ron has mentioned in his March 1st, 2012 video(@09:55 min) that the following sentence is incorrect.

A truck crashed in front of me on the highway, and I was late to work.

According to him, those are two related actions and hence they cant be conected via "and". The sentence implies that I was late to work for some reason other than the accident.

However he did mention that "A truck crached in front of me on the highway, and hence/thus I was late to work" is correct.
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Unlike the other major planets, Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is for 20 years out of every 230-year cycle, even though it is commonly described as the remotest planet in the solar system.

A) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
B) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
C) Pluto's orbit is highly eccentric and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune
D) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric and thus closer to Sun than Neptune
E) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric, thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
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Unlike the other major planets, Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is for 20 years out of every 230-year cycle, even though it is commonly described as the remotest planet in the solar system.

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A) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
Here the comparison is between "other major planets" and "some planet". A does this clearly. but "which" refers to the orbit, and the orbit cannot be compared to Neptune. So A is out.
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B) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
Clear comparison between other planets and pluto. and again it says "pluto is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is" . Clear comparison.
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C) Pluto's orbit is highly eccentric and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune
Planets cannot be compared to orbit.
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D) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric and thus closer to Sun than Neptune
Same reason as in D.
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E) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric, thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
Same reason as in D.
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Unlike the other major planets, Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is for 20 years out of every 230-year cycle, even though it is commonly described as the remotest planet in the solar system.

A) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is "which" refers to "eccentric orbit". Thus, the orbit is being compared to the Planet Neptune. Eliminate.

B) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is Correct answer - "thus" tells us the eccentric orbit is the reason for Pluto being X, and hence Pluto is then compared to Neptune.

C) Pluto's orbit is highly eccentric and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune "Pluto's orbit" is being compared to "Neptune". Eliminate.

D) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric and thus closer to Sun than Neptune Same comparison error as in (A) and (C). Eliminate.

E) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric, thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is Same comparison error as in (A), (C) and (D). Eliminate.

Hope this helps.
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Unlike the other major planets, Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is for 20 years out of every 230-year cycle, even though it is commonly described as the remotest planet in the solar system.

Comparison Unlike the other major planets is with Pluto. Eliminates C, D & E
In choice A, which is thus closer to the Sun gramatically modifies eccentric orbit.
ANS B

A) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
B) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
C) Pluto's orbit is highly eccentric and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune
D) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric and thus closer to Sun than Neptune
E) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric, thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
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Unlike the other major planets, Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is for 20 years out of every 230-year cycle, even though it is commonly described as the remotest planet in the solar system.

An easy question .


A) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
Intended meaning of the sentence, Pluto’s orbit is closer to the sun than Neptune, is wrong. We need to talk about Pluto, not Pluto’s orbit.

B) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
Intended meaning of the sentence is correct

C) Pluto's orbit is highly eccentric and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune
Major planets are being compared with orbit . Wrong

D) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric and thus closer to Sun than Neptune
Same error as in C

E) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric, thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is
Same error as in C

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