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The media often hasten to chastise celebrities who have come into sudden and unexpected prominence, whether  they be actors, musicians, or some other high-profile vocation .

A. they be actors, musicians, or some other high-profile vocation

B. Their vocation be acting, music performance, or some other high-profile vocation

C. They be actors, music, or some other high profile vocation

D. Their vocation is that of actor, musician, or otherwise a high-profile one

E. They are actors, are musicians, or in some other high-profile vocation

PTD1995 · Answer

Option B

A) This anwer does not follow parallelism. The 3 items in the underlined clause should be similar in grammatical construction.
Actors and musicians are jobs, meanwhile high profile vocation is not parallel. Wrong

B) Correct

C) Same as A)

D) The word "one" is not clear to what it means. Hence, ambiguous

E) Same as A)

exc4libur · Answer

NOTES: a list of examples must be parallel and make sense.

Ans (B)

shameekv1989 · Answer

The media often hasten to chastise celebrities who have come into sudden and unexpected prominence, whether they be actors, musicians, or some other high-profile vocation.

A. they be actors, musicians, or some other high-profile vocation ->  they be vocation  -  Incorrect

B. Their vocation be acting, music performance, or some other high-profile vocation ->  their vocation be high profile vocation -   Incorrect

C. They be actors, music, or some other high profile vocation ->  celebrities be music  -  Incorrect

D. Their vocation is that of actor, musician, or otherwise a high-profile one ->  Correct ;  whether celebritie's occupation (vocation) is that of actor, musician or some high profile one

E. They are actors, are musicians, or in some other high-profile vocation ->  not parallel  -  Incorrect

Archit3110 · Answer

IMO B

Their vocation be acting, music performance, or some other high-profile vocation

Their vocation refers to celebrities work type ..

The media often hasten to chastise celebrities who have come into sudden and unexpected prominence, whether they be actors, musicians, or some other high-profile vocation.

A. they be actors, musicians, or some other high-profile vocation

B. Their vocation be acting, music performance, or some other high-profile vocation

C. They be actors, music, or some other high profile vocation

D. Their vocation is that of actor, musician, or otherwise a high-profile one

E. They are actors, are musicians, or in some other high-profile vocation

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debjit1990 · Answer

ans:B
a)different kind of nouns are being compared. Actors,musicians can not be parallel with vocation(vocation means a person's employment or occupation..so it can't be actors but can be acting). Acting,music performance can be parallel to vocation. eliminate
b)no error
c)actors..music->parallelism error
d)that of otherwise a high-profile one->wrong..again parallelism error
e)are,are or in-- no parallel

madgmat2019 · Answer

A. they be actors, musicians, or some other high-profile vocation...........lacks parallelism...
actors, musicians....refers to celebrities
some other high-profile vocation- refers to the profession

B. Their vocation be acting, music performance, or some other high-profile vocation.....CORRECT but a little redundant

C. They be actors, music, or some other high profile vocation...........lacks parallelism

D. Their vocation is that of actor, musician, or otherwise a high-profile one...........lacks parallelism

E. They are actors, are musicians, or in some other high-profile vocation...........lacks parallelism

OA:B

AliciaSierra · Answer

Bunuel  what is the official answer of this question.

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

The correct answer is (B).  The original sentence suffers from faulty parallelism. Each of the three items in the underlined clause should be similar in grammatical construction. While  actors  and  musicians  both describe the celebrities themselves,  some other high-profile vocation  does not. Choice (B) establishes a consistent (parallel) grammatical construction among the three items in the series; each of the three items refers clearly to a vocation.

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