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Citing hard-to-predict sudden changes to the Earth's environment, a panel of advisors has urged the nation to implement an early warning system, conduct further research of threats, and  building a capability to respond  to these disruptions.

A. building a capability to respond

B. building a capability that respond

C. building a capability that for responding

D. and build a capability for responding

E. and build a capability to respond

EncounterGMAT · Answer

This question is clearly testing parallelism. if you notice- a panel of advisors......to  implement  an early warning system,  conduct  further research of threats, and  building  a capability to respond to these disruptions.

Usage of 'building' here is a gerund and incorrect and must be replaced by build. After skimming through options, cancel out option A,B & C immediately.

A)  building a capability to respond 
B)  building a capability that respond 
C)  building a capability that for responding 
D)  and build a capability for responding  -> usage of 'capability for' is incorrect idiom
E)   and build  a capability to respond -----and usage of 'capability to' is also correct here---ANSWER!

Ilishar · Answer

Citing hard-to-predict sudden changes to the Earth's environment, a panel of advisors has urged the nation to implement an early warning system, conduct further research of threats, and building a capability to respond to these disruptions.

A. building a capability to respond  (intended parallel list is disturbed)

B. building a capability that respond  (intended parallel list is disturbed)

C. building a capability that for responding  (intended parallel list is disturbed)

D. and build a capability for responding  (capability for is an incorrect idiom)

E. and build a capability to respond  (Correct parallel list and idiom)

Archit3110 · Answer

Citing hard-to-predict sudden changes to the Earth's environment, a panel of advisors has urged the nation to implement an early warning system, conduct further research of threats, and building a capability to respond to these disruptions.

A. building a capability to respond

B. building a capability that respond

C. building a capability that for responding

D. and build a capability for responding

E. and build a capability to respond

IMO E ; llism based question ..

MayankSingh · Answer

IMO-E

Check: Parallelism

Citing hard-to-predict sudden changes to the Earth's environment, a panel of advisors has urged the nation to  implement  an early warning system,  conduct  further research of threats,  and building a capability  to respond to these disruptions.

A.  building a  capability to respond :  Incorrect -   Not parallel

B.  building  a capability that respond :  Incorrect -  Not parallel

C.  building  a capability that for responding :  Incorrect -   Not parallel

D. and  build  a capability  for  responding :  Incorrect -   Sense of purpose missing by use of "Capability for "

E. and  build  a capability  to  respond :  Correct-  - Parallel & "Capability to" correctly used to show purpose.

exc4libur · Answer

meaning: panel has urged the nation {list} to implement…,   conduct…, and   build…"
rule: a list must be parallel
intent: "capability to" because the panel is advising the nation to build something with an intent (for a reason)

Answer (E).

unraveled · Answer

Citing hard-to-predict sudden changes to the Earth's environment, a panel of advisors has urged the nation to implement an early warning system, conduct further research of threats, and building a capability to respond to these disruptions.

Sentence consists of a list which includes implement something, conduct research and build responding capability where verbs implement, conduct and build must be in base form with ‘to’ in the non underlined part.

A. building a capability to respond – WRONG. ‘Building’ is not parallel to other verbs in the list.

B. building a capability that respond – WRONG. Same as ‘A’ above.

C. building a capability that for responding – WRONG. Same problem as ‘A’ plus ‘for responding’ is also wrong.

D. and build a capability for responding – WRONG. ‘For responding’ is wrong.

E. and build a capability to respond – CORRECT. ‘Build’ in base form is parallel to other verbs.

IMO Answer (E).

unraveled · Answer

Citing hard-to-predict sudden changes to the Earth's environment, a panel of advisors has urged the nation to implement an early warning system, conduct further research of threats, and building a capability to respond to these disruptions.

Sentence consists of a list which includes implement something, conduct research and build responding capability where verbs implement, conduct and build must be in base form with ‘to’ in the non underlined part.

A. building a capability to respond – WRONG. ‘Building’ is not parallel to other verbs in the list.

B. building a capability that respond – WRONG. Same as ‘A’ above.

C. building a capability that for responding – WRONG. Same problem as ‘A’ plus ‘for responding’ is also wrong.

D. and build a capability for responding – WRONG. ‘For responding’ is wrong.

E. and build a capability to respond – CORRECT. ‘Build’ in base form is parallel to other verbs.

IMO Answer (E).

rishab0507 · Answer

For sake of parallelism we need choice D, E.

Further coming down between them,  capability for  is incorrect idiom : 
Correct Option is E

Peddi · Answer

The answer is e, first three options can be eliminated easily because building capability doesn't make any sense, in d responding should not be used,so the answer is e

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rishinric · Answer

Imo a,b,c out not parallel
E is right answer showing purpose.

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Sayon · Answer

Considering "and" to be a part of the underlined section in the SC.

Going via options:

A) building a capability to respond
 Not in parallel to "implement....", "conduct....".

B. building a capability that respond
 Not in parallel to "implement....", "conduct....".

C. building a capability that for responding
 Not in parallel to "implement....", "conduct....".

D. and build a capability for responding
 "capability for" is unidiomatic.

E) and build a capability to respond
  Has everything correct.

Answer E

BeingHan · Answer

E
The parallelism is maintained.
As for To vs For, the usage of to respond shows the reason to make that warning system.

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santorasantu · Answer

Answer is E IMO

Citing hard-to-predict sudden changes to the Earth's environment, a panel of advisors has urged the nation to implement an early warning system, conduct further research of threats, and building a capability to respond to these disruptions.

A.  building  a capability to respond

B.  building   a capability that respond

C.  building  a capability that for responding

D. and build a  capability for  responding

E. and build a capability to respond

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

Creating a filter: The basic structure of the sentence is that this "panel has urged the nation to A, B, and C," where A, B, and C are all verbs. In a compound predicate - a list of verbs joined by conjunctions such as "and" - the verbs must all take on parallel form. And they don't: "building" is not parallel with "implement" and "conduct."

Applying the filter: We look for "build" in the answer choices and narrow them down to (D) and (E).

Finding objective defects: Generally, the infinitive wins and the gerund loses, favoring (E). Furthermore, "capability for" is not a proper idiom.

The correct answer is (E).

siddharthkapoor · Answer

Error Analysis:

1. "building" is not parallel to "implement" and "conduct".

Process of Elimination:

A. Wrong. As explained above.
B. Wrong. Same error as in option A.
C. Wrong. Same error as in option B.
D. Wrong. "for responding" is incorrect. We should use "to respond" instead of "for responding" as "to"-verb phrases are generally used to present the intent/purpose of another action in the sentence.
E. Correct.

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