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04 Jan 2015, 10:17
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I am looking for tips or tricks on recognizing when to use or not use subordinates across all elements.
In the MGMAT Sentence Correction book (Guide 8), in Chapter 4 it talks about Parallel Elements.
"Some verbs or forms derived from verbs have more than one word: was opening, can lose, to increase. You can often split apart these expressions, so that the first word or words count across all of the elements.
1. The division WAS opening offices, hiring staff, and investing in equipment.
2. The railroad CAN EITHER lose more money OR solve its problems.
3. They wanted TO increase awareness, spark interest, AND motivate purchases.
Two parallel clauses often both start with subordinators in order to remove ambiguity.
Wrong: I want to retire to a place WHERE I can relax AND I pay low taxes.
Right: I want to retire to a place WHERE I can relax AND WHERE I pay low taxes."
When do I use was/to/where only at the beginning vs. across all elements.
Based on what I am reading and the questions I have reviewed, it seems purely based on what is logical in the given sentence. Does anyone have any tips or tricks on how to identify which option to pursue? Am I missing something? Or is it purely what creates the clearest statement?
In the MGMAT Sentence Correction book (Guide 8), in Chapter 4 it talks about Parallel Elements.
"Some verbs or forms derived from verbs have more than one word: was opening, can lose, to increase. You can often split apart these expressions, so that the first word or words count across all of the elements.
1. The division WAS opening offices, hiring staff, and investing in equipment.
2. The railroad CAN EITHER lose more money OR solve its problems.
3. They wanted TO increase awareness, spark interest, AND motivate purchases.
Two parallel clauses often both start with subordinators in order to remove ambiguity.
Wrong: I want to retire to a place WHERE I can relax AND I pay low taxes.
Right: I want to retire to a place WHERE I can relax AND WHERE I pay low taxes."
When do I use was/to/where only at the beginning vs. across all elements.
Based on what I am reading and the questions I have reviewed, it seems purely based on what is logical in the given sentence. Does anyone have any tips or tricks on how to identify which option to pursue? Am I missing something? Or is it purely what creates the clearest statement?
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05 Jan 2015, 02:45
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Yes, you are right .Parallelism (which elements need to be in parallel) is purely based on logic in the given sentence. But make sure the elements that relate logically are grammatically // too.
you can use or drop was/to/where/ etc depending on the ambiguity and length factors. If you see the OG the long sentences with long modifiers in // repeat the parallel elements to eliminate ambiguity. Otherwise on short sentences, lists , etc you can easily drop the repetitive words.
Just one thing do not split the infinitives in //m .Repeat the word if necessary. If you observe Official answers dont have split infinitives
eg: to NOT ONLY do X BUT ALSO do Y (to--do X -infinitive is split)
Instead repeat : NOT ONLY to do X BUT ALSO to do Y
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