(A) by using the company’s earnings and to profit
(B) by using the companies’ earnings and by profiting
(C) using the companies’ earnings and profiting
(D) with the company’s earnings, profiting
(E) with the companies’ earnings and to profit
Solution:
Parallelism
A and D: “companies” changes from plural to singular.
B and C: “profiting” is not parallel to “to pay off”.
E: The best choice. “hoping to pay off…and to profit” is parallel.
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