916. Warning that computers in the United States are not secure, the National Academy of Sciences has urged the nation to revamp computer security procedures, institute new emergency response teams, creating a special nongovernment organization to take charge of computer security planning.
(A) creating a special nongovernment organization to take
(B) creating a special nongovernment organization that takes
(C) creating a special nongovernment organization for taking
(D) and create a special nongovernment organization for taking
(E) and create a special nongovernment organization to take
Solution:
OG Solution: Parallelism + Grammatical construction
This sentence contains a list of three elements, all of which should be parallel. The last element should be preceded by the conjunction and. In this sentence, the last element must be made parallel to the previous two: (1) to revamp computer security procedures, (2) institute new emergency response teams, and (3) create a special nongovernment organization to take charge of computer security planning. Omitting and causes the reader to anticipate still another element in the series when there is none. Using the participle creating not only violates parallelism but also causes misreading since the participial phrase could modify the first part of the sentence. To does not need to be repeated with institute and create because it is understood.
(A) Creating is not parallel to to revamp and (to understood) institute, and is needed in this series
(B) creating violates the parallelism of the previous two elements; and is needed in this series; since the organization does not yet exist, that takes is illogical
(C) Creating is not parallel to to revamp and (to understood) institute, and is needed in this series; to has the sense of in order to, but for taking is neither precise nor idiomatic.
(D) In the construction create….to take, the sense of to is in order to; for taking is not idiomatically correct
(E) Correct. The three element in the series are parallel in this sentence, and the last is preceded by and.
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(A) creating a special nongovernment organization to take
(B) creating a special nongovernment organization that takes
(C) creating a special nongovernment organization for taking
(D) and create a special nongovernment organization for taking
(E) and create a special nongovernment organization to take
Solution:
OG Solution: Parallelism + Grammatical construction
This sentence contains a list of three elements, all of which should be parallel. The last element should be preceded by the conjunction and. In this sentence, the last element must be made parallel to the previous two: (1) to revamp computer security procedures, (2) institute new emergency response teams, and (3) create a special nongovernment organization to take charge of computer security planning. Omitting and causes the reader to anticipate still another element in the series when there is none. Using the participle creating not only violates parallelism but also causes misreading since the participial phrase could modify the first part of the sentence. To does not need to be repeated with institute and create because it is understood.
(A) Creating is not parallel to to revamp and (to understood) institute, and is needed in this series
(B) creating violates the parallelism of the previous two elements; and is needed in this series; since the organization does not yet exist, that takes is illogical
(C) Creating is not parallel to to revamp and (to understood) institute, and is needed in this series; to has the sense of in order to, but for taking is neither precise nor idiomatic.
(D) In the construction create….to take, the sense of to is in order to; for taking is not idiomatically correct
(E) Correct. The three element in the series are parallel in this sentence, and the last is preceded by and.
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