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When the total weight of a shipment is increased, it is either accompanied by an increase in freight charges, or a delay in delivery time, as shipping companies may choose a slower and cheaper mode of transportation.


(A) When the total weight of a shipment is increased, it is either accompanied by an increase in freight charges, or

(B) When the total weight of a shipment is increased, it is accompanied either by an increase in freight charges or

(C) When the total weight of a shipment is increased, the increase is either accompanied by an increase in freight charges or by

(D) Any increase in the total weight of a shipment is accompanied by either an increase in freight charges, or by

(E) Any increase in the total weight of a shipment is accompanied either by an increase in freight charges or by
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parallelism and structure

Core will be

Increase is accompanied either by X or by Y

E satisfies it.

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Either by X or by Y is the correct construction.
Only option E follows the correct parallelism.

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Co relative conjunction error SC.
EITHER X OR Y
EITHERY BY X OR BY Y

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IMO E
When the total weight of a shipment is increased, it is either accompanied by an increase in freight charges, or a delay in delivery time, as shipping companies may choose a slower and cheaper mode of transportation.

(A) When the total weight of a shipment is increased, it is either accompanied by an increase in freight charges, or --> either it is accompanied by an increase or it is delay

(B) When the total weight of a shipment is increased, it is accompanied either by an increase in freight charges or
----> it is accompanied either by an increase or it is accompanied delay

(C) When the total weight of a shipment is increased, the increase is either accompanied by an increase in freight charges or by
----->is either accompanied by increase or by delay
(D) Any increase in the total weight of a shipment is accompanied by either an increase in freight charges, or by
----> is accompanied by either an increase or by by delay
(E) Any increase in the total weight of a shipment is accompanied either by an increase in freight charges or by
---> either by an increase in freight charges or by delay
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