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18 Jun 2021, 08:30
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By employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage, one can accelerate the growth of one's small business as more time will be available for important decisions, creating partnerships, and planning campaigns.
A. By employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage, one can accelerate the growth of one's small business as more time will be available for important decisions, creating partnerships, and planning campaigns
B. One can accelerate the growth of one's small business by employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage as more time will be available for the making of important decisions, creating of partnerships, and the planning of campaigns
C. By employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage, one can accelerate the growth of their small business as more time will be available for making important decisions, creating partnerships, and planning campaigns
D. By employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage, one can accelerate the growth of his small business as more time will be available for important decisions, creating partnerships, and planning campaigns
E. One can accelerate the growth of one's small business by employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage because more time will be available for creating partnerships, planning campaigns, and making important decisions
A. By employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage, one can accelerate the growth of one's small business as more time will be available for important decisions, creating partnerships, and planning campaigns
B. One can accelerate the growth of one's small business by employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage as more time will be available for the making of important decisions, creating of partnerships, and the planning of campaigns
C. By employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage, one can accelerate the growth of their small business as more time will be available for making important decisions, creating partnerships, and planning campaigns
D. By employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage, one can accelerate the growth of his small business as more time will be available for important decisions, creating partnerships, and planning campaigns
E. One can accelerate the growth of one's small business by employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage because more time will be available for creating partnerships, planning campaigns, and making important decisions
20 Jun 2021, 05:15
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
By employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage, one can accelerate the growth of one's small business as more time will be available for important decisions, creating partnerships, and planning campaigns.
A. By employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage, one can accelerate the growth of one's small business as more time will be available for important decisions, creating partnerships, and planning campaigns
This answer choice commits a Parallelism error and is grammatically incorrect. The last two items in the list at the end of the sentence are unconjugated verbs (creating, planning), but the first item is a noun (important decisions). The items must be of the same part of speech.
What helps us identify this question as a Parallelism question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A list of 3 items or more, separated by commas and and/or before the last item.
B. One can accelerate the growth of one's small business by employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage as more time will be available for the making of important decisions, creating of partnerships, and the planning of campaigns
Although this answer choice corrects the original Parallelism error by placing three verbs in the list at the end of the sentence, it is not the most concise of the grammatically correct answer choices.
C. By employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage, one can accelerate the growth of their small business as more time will be available for making important decisions, creating partnerships, and planning campaigns
Although this answer choice corrects the original Parallelism error by placing three verbs in the list at the end of the sentence, it creates a Pronoun error. The pronoun their refers to one but does not agree with it as one is singular and their is plural.
The pronoun one agrees with itself only.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: Every pronoun in the underlined part of the sentence or after it
D. By employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage, one can accelerate the growth of his small business as more time will be available for important decisions, creating partnerships, and planning campaigns
Although this answer choice corrects the original Parallelism error by placing three verbs in the list at the end of the sentence, it creates a Pronoun error. The pronoun his can refer to human male nouns, but there's no such noun in the sentence.
The pronoun one agrees with itself only.
E. One can accelerate the growth of one's small business by employing workers for the right positions and at the appropriate stage because more time will be available for creating partnerships, planning campaigns, and making important decisions[/quote]
This answer choice corrects the original Parallelism error by placing three verbs in the list at the end of the sentence.
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22 Jun 2021, 07:27
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This answer choice corrects the original Parallelism error by placing three verbs in the list at the end of the sentence.[/quote]
Hi Bunuel.
I think the explanation given for option B is incorrect.
The parallelism error is not corrected. The option makes two complex gerunds (the making of important decisions & the planning of campaigns)
and a simple gerund (creating of partnerships) parallel. Simple gerunds and complex gerunds cannot be made parallel. Moreover, a better noun 'creation' can be used instead of the gerund 'creating'.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
