617. School desegregation has worked well in Buffalo, New York, in part because parents and teachers were given major roles in designing the city’s magnet schools, because extra federal funds were allocated to make each school unique, and because the federal judge enforced desegregation orders.

(A) because extra federal funds were allocated to make each school unique
(B) because of the allocation of extra federal funds that make each school unique
(C) because each school is made unique by allocating it extra federal funds
(D) extra federal funds were allocated in order to make each school unique
(E) extra federal funds were allocated for making each school unique

Solution:

Parallelism

A is parallel because of “…desegregation has worked well… because funds were allocated…, and
because the judge enforced orders.” Even the tense is correct. Hence, A is the best choice.
In B, “because of X, and because Y did Z” is not parallel. Moreover, tense in “that make each school unique” is incorrect. It must be “made” instead of “make”.
In C, “is made” is incorrect tense. It must “was made” because “desegregation has worked well” (it
has worked well in past).
A conjunction is required before “extra” in “…desegregation has worked well… b federal…” hence, D
and E are incorrect.

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