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Hi VeritasKarishma

why are C & D wrong?

Isn't the parallelism correct In D?
Assuming the average wage (noun) of $200 a day as a value of workers’ time and (assuming -though we omit it) the fact (noun) that people who could ask more questions
and ı guess analyst can assume both to make the calculations?
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Hi VeritasKarishma

why are C & D wrong?

Isn't the parallelism correct In D?
Assuming the average wage (noun) of $200 a day as a value of workers’ time and (assuming -though we omit it) the fact (noun) that people who could ask more questions
and ı guess analyst can assume both to make the calculations?

Here is what the sentence is telling us:
(E) Using A as B and assuming C, the analyst estimated ...
This is correct.

Now look at (D)
(D) Assuming A as B and the fact C, the analyst estimated ...

If we say that these two are parallel:
- assuming A as B
- the fact C
then it is not correct. Both parallel elements should work with the rest of the sentence. But "the fact C, the analyst estimated ..." doesn't make sense.

If we say that these two are parallel:
Assuming
- A as B
- the fact C
then again it is not correct. We cannot assume a fact. A fact is a fact. We need to assume something we don't know. But a fact is something we know to be true.


(C) Assuming A as B and C, the analyst estimated ...
Average wage is $200/day. He used this as the value of worker's time. This wage wasn't assumed. It is the average wage. It was used as the value of worker's time.
Hence (E) is much better.
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