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In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years,"  a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a  new set of technological advances.

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a

(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also his visualizing of a

(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and visualizing as well

(D) forecasting fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of

(E) forecasting fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of

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This sentence addresses modifier use and parallelism. After a quick glance over the options, there are a few key things we can focus on:

1. The underlined portion of the sentence is a modifier, and it explains the article. We need to make sure the modifier is describing the right thing.
2. Forms of the words “forecast” and “visualization” need to be the same to make the sentence parallel.

Let’s take a look at each option and eliminate any problematic options:

(A)  a forecast  of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as  a visualization  of a
This is  correct.  This sentence is parallel; it uses “a forecast” and “a visualization.” It also clearly modifies the previous part of the sentence by explaining the article.

(B)  a forecast  of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also  his visualizing  of a
This is  incorrect.  The use of “a forecast” and “his visualizing” are not parallel.

(C)  a forecast  of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and  visualizing  as well
This is  incorrect . The use of “a forecast” and “visualizing” are not parallel.

(D)  forecasting  fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of
This is  incorrect.  It does not modify the previous part of the sentence correctly. Verb+ing is only used to modify people.

(E)  forecasting  fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of
This is  incorrect.  It does not modify the previous part of the sentence correctly. Verb+ing is only used to modify people.

Quarantinedguy · Answer

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years," a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a new set of technological advances.

According to the meaning, the words 'forecast' and 'visualize' are supposed to modify the article 'What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years' and that too parallely. "A" correctly reflects that.

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a

Correct answer for reasons stated above.

(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also his visualizing of a

1st Problem -----> Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'.
2nd Problem -----> 'and also' is redundant

(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and visualizing as well

Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'. Changes meaning, henceforth

(D) forecasting fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of

1st Problem -----> Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'.
2nd Problem -----> 'and also' is redundant

(E) forecasting fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of

Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'. Changes meaning, henceforth

Hence answer should be 'A', IMO

AshutoshB · Answer

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years," a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a new set of technological advances.

According to the meaning, the words 'forecast' and 'visualize' are supposed to modify the article 'What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years' and that too parallely. "A" correctly reflects that.

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a

Correct answer for reasons stated above.

(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also his visualizing of a

1st Problem -----> Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'.
2nd Problem -----> 'and also' is redundant

(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and visualizing as well

Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'. Changes meaning, henceforth

(D) forecasting fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of

1st Problem -----> Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'.
2nd Problem -----> 'and also' is redundant

(E) forecasting fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of

Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'. Changes meaning, henceforth

Hence answer should be 'A', IMO

NischalP · Answer

IMO E
A B C use the wrong modifier, a forecast- which cannot refer to the prediction.
D and E differ by the use of and vs as well as.
Author intends to give importance to event 1 over 2, prompting the use of "As well As"
for that reason- I go with E.

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years," a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a new set of technological advances.

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a

(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also his visualizing of a

(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and visualizing as well

(D) forecasting fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of

(E) forecasting fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of

NiftyNiffler · Answer

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years,"  a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a  new set of technological advances.

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a  -- CORRECT, the underlined part is an appositive modifying his article and has noun parallelism (creation.. as well as visualization)

(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone  and also  his  visualizing  of a  -- creation and visualizing (a gerund) don't usually go together, all the more since visualization is a better choice. "and also" is redundant as well.

(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and  visualizing  as well  -- same as B

(D) forecasting fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward  and also  a visualization of  -- wrong IDIOM. It should have been "from X to Y"
 
(E) forecasting fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own  visualizing  of  -- same as B

So, correct answer should be  A

Anuragjn · Answer

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years," a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a new set of technological advances.

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a
  Run On

(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also his visualizing of a
  Run-on

(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and visualizing as well
 Run on

(D) forecasting fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of
  Awkwardly worded

(E) forecasting fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of
  Correct - cause (predicted) - effect (forecasting)

MayankSingh · Answer

IMO A

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years," a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a new set of technological advances.

(A)  a forecast of  fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as  a visualization of a   - Correct -

(B)  a forecast  of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also  his visualizing of  a  - Incorrect -   Parallelism, "Visualizing" should be "Visualization"

(C)  a forecast  of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and  visualizing   as well   - Incorrect -   Parallelism, as well + as missing- Wrongly placed..

(D)  forecasting  fourteen inventions  from  the creation of the telephone forward  and  also a  visualization  of  - Incorrect -   From X to Y correct Idiom; Modifier error- JEW didn't forecast ....Forecasting -Visualization isn't parallel.

(E)  forecasting  fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of  - Incorrect -   Modifier error- JEW didn't forecast

1BlackDiamond1 · Answer

A humble request – please give kudos if the explanation helps.
The answer is E.
First lets dissect the sentence.
1) In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years," 
This is an independent clause 
SV pair – JFW(Subject) Predicted (verb)
2) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a new set of technological advances.
This part of the sentence acts as a modifier and is a phrase.

A forecast of … modifies the article” what may..years”

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a

A forecast of … modifies the article” what may..years” This is incorrect since this part of the sentence should modify the act of predicting and not the article itself.

A forecast of fourteen inventions a visualization of a …. – is incorrect.
(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also his visualizing of a
A forecast of … modifies the article” what may..years” This is incorrect since this part of the sentence should modify the act of predicting and not the article itself.
A forecast of fourteen inventions also his visualization of a …. – is incorrect.
(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and visualizing as well
A forecast of … modifies the article” what may..years” This is incorrect since this part of the sentence should modify the act of predicting and not the article itself.
A forecast of fourteen inventions visualizing as well …. – is incorrect.
(D) forecasting fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of

Forecasting correctly modifies the action of predicting.
from the creation of the telephone forward – forward is incorrect.
From…. And is not a correct idiom. The correct idiom is from… to …..

(E) forecasting fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of

This is the correct choice.

The answer is E.

Archit3110 · Answer

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years,"  a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a  new set of technological advances.

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a ; correct a forecast of ... of a new set are ll

(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also his visualizing of a ; his visualizing is in correct

(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and visualizing as well ; not ll structure

(D) forecasting fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of ; not ll structure

(E) forecasting fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of ; visualizing of 'a' would be correct sentence as given in option a

uc26 · Answer

This sentence primarily tests parallelism. The underlined portion is a modifier that describes the article by John Elfreth Watkins by mentioning two of the major features of the article. And these two features should be parallel to each other.

A) Sets up the parallelism perfectly by putting the two noun phrases parallel to one another. Correct.
B) "A forecast" is not parallel to "his visualizing of". Incorrect.
C) "A forecast of" which is a noun phrase is not parallel to a Verb-ing modifier "visualizing". Incorrect.
D) "Forecasting" which is a verb-ing modifier that modifies the entire previous clause is not parallel to the noun modifier " a visualization of". Incorrect.
E) "Forecasting" which is a verb-ing modifier that modifies the entire previous clause is not parallel to the noun phrase " his own visualizing of". Also his own visualizing is incorrect since there is a direct noun form available in "visualization". Incorrect.

Answer: A

SiffyB · Answer

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years,"  a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of  a new set of technological advances.

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a 
  - 'a forecast...' is a noun+noun modifier that modifies the article. 'since' is the correct word to use here to denote time elapsed. There is no error in this sentence.

(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also his visualizing of a -  the incorrect part of this sentence is 'his visualizing of'. It should have been 'his visualization of'.

(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and visualizing as well -  The parallelism is off since the entities on either side of parallelism marker 'and' are not parallel. Also, I'm skeptical of the usage of the word 'after' instead of 'since'.

(D) forecasting fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of -  'verb-ing' modifier used here shows the how aspect of the preceeding clause. How did Watkins predict the future? By forecasting 14 inventions and visualizing a new set of tech. But the word 'from' is incorrect. It should be since. Parallelism is also off in this sentence.

(E) forecasting fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of -  'his own visualizing of' is incorrect. Should have been visualization of instead.

jaisonsunny77 · Answer

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years,"  a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a new set of technological advances.

(A)  a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a  - the noun that immediately precedes the underlined portion is the article of John Watkins. The underlined portion is an entire modifier clause that modifies this article.

If you split the underlined portion, this is what you get:

The article " WMHNHY " is a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone
and
The article " WMHNHY " is a visualization of a new set of technological advances

Both these isolated parts make complete sense. hence, IMO,   (A) is the right answer.

(B)  a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also his visualizing of a  - if you isolate the clauses just like you did in (A), you would get this two parts:

The article " WMHNHY " is a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone 
and
The article " WMHNHY "  is also his visualizing  of a new set of technological advances.

In the second isolated clause, we have a super awkward collision of words (is also his visualizing), which don't make any sense.

Hence,  eliminate (B)

(C)  a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and visualizing as well  - There's a parallelism error here: the first clause begins with a noun whereas the second clause begins with a verb. Hence,  eliminate (C)

(D)  forecasting fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of  - there's a parallelism error here as well: According to (D), the forecasting includes the 14 inventions and also a visualization. How does it make sense to forecast a visualization?  Eliminate (D)

(E)  forecasting fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of  - similar error here as in (D) - How can you forecast your own visualization?  Eliminate (E) .

adstudy · Answer

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years,"  a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of  a new set of technological advances.

According to the meaning, the words 'forecast' and 'visualize' are supposed to modify the article 'What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years' and that too parallely. "A" correctly reflects that.

(A)  a forecast  of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone  as well as a visualization  of a

Correct answer for reasons stated above.

(B)  a forecast  of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone  and also his visualizing  of a

1st Problem -----> Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'.
2nd Problem -----> 'and also' is redundant

(C)  a forecast  of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone  and visualizing  as well

Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'. Changes meaning, henceforth

(D)  forecasting  fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward  and also a visualization  of

1st Problem -----> Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'.
2nd Problem -----> 'and also' is redundant

(E)  forecasting  fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone  as well as his own visualizing  of

Parallelism distorted of 'forecast' and 'visualization'. Changes meaning, henceforth

Hence answer should be   'A'  , IMO

urshi · Answer

Answer : E

First, Let us check for splits in the answer choices.

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a - INCORRECT
Reason : 2 independent clauses without proper conjunction. Run-on sentence

(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also his visualizing of a -INCORRECT
Reason : 2 independent clauses without proper conjunction. Run-on sentence

(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and visualizing as well -INCORRECT
Reason : 2 independent clauses without proper conjunction. Run-on sentence

(D) forecasting fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of - INCORRECT
Reason: Corrects the run-on sentence error by using the Verb-ing modifier. It presents the result of writing the book.
But, From A to B is the correct idiom. Here it is From A and B. Parallelism error: forecasting & visualization

(E) forecasting fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of -  CORRECT 
E-Verb-ing modifier presents the result of writing the book.

Raxit85 · Answer

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years," a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a new set of technological advances.

1n 1900, JEW predicted the future in his article 'x', a forecast of 14 inventions since the creation (noun) of the A as well as visualization (noun) of B. Absolute noun structure is preferred by the GMAT test makers. Maintained parallelism on both side of 'as well as'.

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a - hold it.

(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone  and also his visualizing of a  - violates parallelism. and also structure is redundant although not deterministic error.

(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions  after  the creation of the telephone and visualizing  as well  - Usage of after changes the meaning of original sentence. and breaks the parallelism.

(D)  forecasting fourteen inventions from  the creation of the telephone forward  and also  a visualization of - Incorrect usage of -ing modifier incorrectly modifying preceding immediate action.

(E)  forecasting  fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone  as well as his own visualizing of  - - Incorrect usage of -ing modifier incorrectly modifying preceding immediate action & breaches parallelism.

Imo. A

mrinaljindal · Answer

I’m not baffled by the grammar use in option a and e than other options available, hence I think either a or e could be the answer.

I would pick A

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ashwini2k6jha · Answer

correct answer

ption A B:And- Also redundant.Visualizing is not parallel to "a Forecast" C:Visualizing is not parallel to "a Forecast".Also intended meaning is "since" not "after" D:And- Also redundant. Forecasting not parallel to visualization Also Comma-verb-ing changes meaning .Now it indicates cause n effect relationship or how to predict,same is not intended meaning. E: Comma-verb-ing changes meaning .Now it indicates cause n effect relationship or how to predict,same is not intended meaning.

MeBossBaby · Answer

This question tests parallelism and modifiers.

(A)  a forecast  of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as  a visualization  of a
this acts as a modifier of the article and give more information about it. It also follows parallelism as well. Lets hold this here and analyze other options.

(B)  a forecast  of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also  his visualizing  of a
this acts as a modifier of the article and give more information about it, but the bolded phrases are not parallel  - Incorrect

(C)  a forecast  of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and  visualizing  as well
this acts as a modifier of the article and give more information about it, but the bolded phrases are not parallel  - Incorrect

(D)  forecasting  fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also  a visualization  of
this acts as a modifier of the action "predicted" in the non-underlined part. But the bolded words are not parallel. 
predicted _____ , forecasting __ and visualizing __ would have been correct.
 - Incorrect

(E)  forecasting  fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as  his own visualizing  of
this acts as a modifier of the action "predicted" in the non-underlined part. Here, "his own visualizing" breaks the parallelism
 - Incorrect

Thus, Option A is the correct answer.

rishab0507 · Answer

In 1900, civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins predicted the future in his article "What May Happened in the Next Hundred Years," a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a new set of technological advances.

(A) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as a visualization of a
 no error, Keep it

(B) a forecast of fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone and also his visualizing of a
  " and also  "is not symmetrical with 1st phrase. Also ing modifier is referring to his and HIS is not clearly referring to John. 
Eliminate
(C) a forecast of fourteen inventions after the creation of the telephone and  visualizing as well 
ing modifier in visualizing is not parallel , not does it is changing meaning of former sentence. Incorrect
(D)  forecasting  fourteen inventions from the creation of the telephone forward and also a visualization of
we are talking in present for a past event, which has already happened. Forecasting : present participle cannot be used. Incorrect
(E)  forecasting  fourteen inventions since the creation of the telephone as well as his own visualizing of
Same as D

IMO A :

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