The Sanskrit word yoga, which has many meanings and which is derived

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The Sanskrit word yoga, which has many meanings and  which is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and  "means".

A. which is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and

B. which is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and as

C. derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and

D. deriving from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and

E. which is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", as "union", "conjunction", and

DHRJ0032 · Answer

The Sanskrit word yoga, which has many meanings and which is derive

There are two lists in this question:

1. has many meanings and derived from the Sanskrit root yuj,

2. "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and "means".

Only A correctly depicts the correct structure..

A it is

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NawalDwivedi · Answer

A is correct imo.

Split 1:  which  is required after  and,  to maintain parallelism.
Eliminate C and D.

Split 2: "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", "means" must be parallel.
Only A does that. So A wins.

harvardforsure · Answer

C)

Reason : which repetition is not required and given the general rule that it modifies a nearest noun one should avoid repeating which to make it unambiguous.

NawalDwivedi · Answer

harvardforsure 
I think relative clause modifiers can only be parallel to another relative clause modifier. Here in option C  which has many meanings  is a relative clause and  derived from sanskrit root yuj  is participial modifier.

winterschool · Answer

The Sanskrit word yoga, which has many meanings and which is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and "means".

A.  which is derived  from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and  Incorrect

The Sanskrit word yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj - is not happen in present that already happened, so i think present form is wrong

B.  which is derived  from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English  as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and as   Incorrect

same as A and has parallelism error - .......as....., ...., ...., ......and as......

C.  derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and   Correct

D.  deriving  from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and  Incorrect

participle form is wrong

E.  which is derived  from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English  as "joining", "uniting", as "union", "conjunction", and   Incorrect

same as A and parallelism error - ....as....., ....., as......, and ......

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

The Sanskrit word yoga, which has many meanings and  which is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and  "means".

A. which is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and

There are two lists in this question.

1. which has many meanings and which is derived from the Sanskrit  root yuj ,

2. "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and "means".

These lists can be identified through the following respective Stop Signs:

A and/or/but B

A list of 3 items or more, separated by commas and and/or before the last item.

In this answer, all items are correctly of the same part of speech in both lists.

B. which is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and as

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. There are two lists in this question.

1. which has many meanings and which is derived from the Sanskrit root  yuj ,

2. "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and as "means".

These lists can be identified through the following respective Stop Signs:

A and/or/but B

A list of 3 items or more, separated by commas and and/or before the last item.

In this answer choice, the first list is correct. However, in the second list, the first 4 items are nouns whereas the fifth begins with the preposition  as .

C. derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. There are two lists in this question.

1. has many meanings and derived from the Sanskrit root  yuj ,

2. "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and "means".

These lists can be identified through the following respective Stop Signs:

A and/or/but B

A list of 3 items or more, separated by commas and and/or before the last item.

In this answer choice, the second list is correct as all the items in it are nouns. However, in the first list, there is a Parallelism mistake:  has  is a conjugated verb whereas  derived  is an unconjugated verb (V3).

D. deriving from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. There are two lists in this question.

1. has many meanings and deriving from the Sanskrit root  yuj ,

2. "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and "means".

These lists can be identified through the following respective Stop Signs:

A and/or/but B

A list of 3 items or more, separated by commas and and/or before the last item.

In this answer choice, the second list is correct as all the items on it are nouns. However, in the first list, there is a Parallelism mistake:  has  is a conjugated verb whereas  deriving  is an unconjugated verb (Verb+ing).

E. which is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", as "union", "conjunction", and

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. There are two lists in this question.

1. which has many meanings and which is derived from the Sanskrit root  yuj ,

2. "joining", "uniting", as "union", "conjunction", and "means".

These lists can be identified through the following respective Stop Signs:

A and/or/but B

A list of 3 items or more, separated by commas and and/or before the last item.

In this answer choice, the first list is correct. However, in the second list, most items are nouns whereas the third item begins with the preposition  as .

Archit3110 · Answer

we have llism in option A,B & E ; ( which ....and which)
among these options option A stands correct because in option B we have 'as' usage which is incorrect and in option E "joining", "uniting",  as  "union", "conjunction" are not parallel 
option A is correct 
   which is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, can be translated into English as "joining", "uniting", "union", "conjunction", and

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