277. Europe’s travel industry is suffering as a result of a sluggish economy, a stretch of bad weather, as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persistent.
(A) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persistent
(B) and the chilling effect of terrorist activity that is persistent
(C) but persistent terrorist activity has had a chilling effect too
(D) and the chilling effects of persistent terrorist activity
(E) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that persists
Solution:
Parallelism*
“Suffering as a result of A, B, and C” is the structure and thus, the three elements A, B, and C need to be parallel.
Only choices B and D qualify as they use the correct conjunction ‘and’.
B fails to maintain parallelism as “a sluggish economy”, “a stretch of bad weather”, and “effect of activity that is persistent” are not parallel.
D, the best choice, restores parallelism and is concise.
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(A) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persistent
(B) and the chilling effect of terrorist activity that is persistent
(C) but persistent terrorist activity has had a chilling effect too
(D) and the chilling effects of persistent terrorist activity
(E) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that persists
Solution:
Parallelism*
“Suffering as a result of A, B, and C” is the structure and thus, the three elements A, B, and C need to be parallel.
Only choices B and D qualify as they use the correct conjunction ‘and’.
B fails to maintain parallelism as “a sluggish economy”, “a stretch of bad weather”, and “effect of activity that is persistent” are not parallel.
D, the best choice, restores parallelism and is concise.
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