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For example:
(1) The Kingdom requires its subjects to abide by its laws, adhere to its moral doctrine and pay taxes.
(A) to abide by its laws, adhere to its moral doctrine and pay
(B) to abide by its laws, to adhere to its moral doctrine and to pay
Here the answer is A, and B is eliminated because it's considered wordy to add "to" in front of each word
(2) Among the members of the company lauded for their notable effort were those from the Midwest division who were either actively involved in improving the customer service experience or developing new approaches to long term customer relationship management.
(A) in improving the customer service experience or developing new approaches to long term customer relationship management.
(B) in improving the customer service experience or in developing new approaches to long term customer relationship management.
Here A is wrong because it's not considered parallel because it's missing the "in" after the or and B is correct because it has the "in" after the or in "in developing"
Confused about this topic. When is it considered redundant and wordy and when is it considered required and considered not parallel without.
(1) The Kingdom requires its subjects to abide by its laws, adhere to its moral doctrine and pay taxes.
(A) to abide by its laws, adhere to its moral doctrine and pay
(B) to abide by its laws, to adhere to its moral doctrine and to pay
Here the answer is A, and B is eliminated because it's considered wordy to add "to" in front of each word
(2) Among the members of the company lauded for their notable effort were those from the Midwest division who were either actively involved in improving the customer service experience or developing new approaches to long term customer relationship management.
(A) in improving the customer service experience or developing new approaches to long term customer relationship management.
(B) in improving the customer service experience or in developing new approaches to long term customer relationship management.
Here A is wrong because it's not considered parallel because it's missing the "in" after the or and B is correct because it has the "in" after the or in "in developing"
Confused about this topic. When is it considered redundant and wordy and when is it considered required and considered not parallel without.
03 Aug 2019, 20:21
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Hi jackdanielsb
In your first example, both are correct in terms of meaning and grammar.
Yes, the second had less words, so theoretically more concise, but this one never real GMAT. There must be something more worthy that this to eliminate a choice.
In the second example,
If you are focusing only on the verb "improving", presence or absence of "in" will be similarly correct and will both be parallel.
But if you looked at the sentence as a whole, you will find another verb competing with "involved in", which is "involved".
This causes an ambiguity, because the reader may be confused about the intended meaning of the sentence:
Is "developing" intended to be parallel to "improving"?? --> ... improving the customer service experience or developing new approaches.
Or "developing is intended to be parallel to "involved"?? --> the Midwest division who were involved in ... or (were) developing new approaches.
"In" is necessary to convey that "developing" is parallel to "improving" , not "involved".
so B is correct because of lack of ambiguity (besides parallelism)
In your first example, both are correct in terms of meaning and grammar.
Yes, the second had less words, so theoretically more concise, but this one never real GMAT. There must be something more worthy that this to eliminate a choice.
In the second example,
If you are focusing only on the verb "improving", presence or absence of "in" will be similarly correct and will both be parallel.
But if you looked at the sentence as a whole, you will find another verb competing with "involved in", which is "involved".
This causes an ambiguity, because the reader may be confused about the intended meaning of the sentence:
Is "developing" intended to be parallel to "improving"?? --> ... improving the customer service experience or developing new approaches.
Or "developing is intended to be parallel to "involved"?? --> the Midwest division who were involved in ... or (were) developing new approaches.
"In" is necessary to convey that "developing" is parallel to "improving" , not "involved".
so B is correct because of lack of ambiguity (besides parallelism)
You do not need to include multiple "to" to denote actions. Wordiness is one reason.
The second example is very different. Pay careful attention to the action word preceding the "in" word. It is "involved".
You have to be involved -in- something. So you need parallel structures to correctly match the action phrase. This you need to include the "in" in each separate phrase.
Wordiness is a secondary consideration to correct grammar.
The second example is very different. Pay careful attention to the action word preceding the "in" word. It is "involved".
You have to be involved -in- something. So you need parallel structures to correctly match the action phrase. This you need to include the "in" in each separate phrase.
Wordiness is a secondary consideration to correct grammar.
