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Now even directors of off-Broadway productions,

desperate for actors who are talented, charismatic,

and aspiring more to a solid career in the theater than

to the lucrative rewards and stardom proffered by

movie moguls and studios, are turning to independent

casting directors for guidance in assembling

their casts.

 

are talented, charismatic, and aspiring

 

are talented, who have charisma, and who are

aspiring

 

have talent and are charismatic and aspire

 

are talented and have charisma, and whose

aspirations are

 

are talented and charismatic, and who aspire

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Now even directors of off-Broadway productions,

desperate for actors who are talented, charismatic,

and aspiring more to a solid career in the theater than

to the lucrative rewards and stardom proffered by

movie moguls and studios, are turning to independent

casting directors for guidance in assembling

their casts.

 

are talented, charismatic, and aspiring--->Keep it

 

are talented, who have charisma, and who are

aspiring--------->Parallel structure broken by part in red

have talent and are charismatic and aspire------>Parallel structure broken by part in red

are talented and have charisma, and whose

aspirations are--->Parallel structure broken by part in red

 

are talented and charismatic, and who aspire---->Use of 'and' here is n ot justified

 

 

Will go with A

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Now even directors of off-Broadway productions,

desperate for actors who are talented, charismatic,

and aspiring more to a solid career in the theater than

to the lucrative rewards and stardom proffered by

movie moguls and studios, are turning to independent

casting directors for guidance in assembling

their casts.

 

are talented, charismatic, and aspiring--->Keep it

 

are talented, who have charisma, and who are

aspiring--------->Parallel structure broken by part in red

have talent and are charismatic and aspire------>Parallel structure broken by part in red

are talented and have charisma, and whose

aspirations are--->Parallel structure broken by part in red

 

are talented and charismatic, and who aspire---->Use of 'and' here is n ot justified

 

 

Will go with A

 

I saw who are talented and charismatic, and who aspire.

'and' can link two adjectives

the second and is linking who.... who....

 

What do you think?

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I saw who are talented and charismatic, and who aspire.

'and' can link two adjectives

the second and is linking who.... who....

 

What do you think?

Hey Mitzi:

 

Talented,Charismatic and Aspiring seems to be more parallel.Doesn't it?

All three are adjectives.After all The actors who aspire=aspiring actors

 

I hope 'aspiring' is not used as verb here.If it is,then Ur option is better.

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Hey Mitzi:

 

Talented,Charismatic and Aspiring seems to be more parallel.Doesn't it?

All three are adjectives.After all The actors who aspire=aspiring actors

 

I hope 'aspiring' is not used as verb here.If it is,then Ur option is better.

 

vikram_k51,

 

your answer choice was on my final lists because all of them are perfectly parallel. but I could not help myself getting ride of my option too.

 

Do you see anything wrong about my option? in terms of grammar.

Your comments are welcome!

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Imo C

 

 

are talented, charismatic, and aspiring ---> and aspiring could refer to directors

 

are talented, who have charisma, and who are ---> who have charisma, and who are aspiring could refer to directors

 

have talent and are charismatic and aspire

 

are talented and have charisma, and whose ---> and whose aspirations are could refers to directors

 

are talented and charismatic, and who aspire ---> and who aspire refers to directors

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aspiring is an adjective (source long man ) or verb

 

though the usage is different

 

aspiring + noun ( adjective)

aspiring + to + verb ( verb )

aspire to + noun is also correct

 

I am not quite sure whether aspiring to noun ) is correct

 

I suspect it is wrong

 

here charismatic and talented are adjectives

 

sample this:

 

He is young , talented boy

 

the part( boy) stands equally for young

 

Hence if i were to separate them I would say :

 

he is a young boy and he is a talented boy

 

rt?

 

a) actors who are talented

actors who are charismatic

 

actors who are aspiring to solid career

 

if aspiring is used as intransitive verb and followed by to , verb is required after to

 

ASPIRING AFTER TO + NOUN IS CORRECT ????

(aspiring as adjective)

 

 

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c) have talent and are charismatic and aspire

 

Actors who have talent

actors who are charismatic

actors who aspire

 

aspire is a verb while charismatic is adjective

 

not parallel

 

eliminate C

----------------------------------------------------------------------

 

e)

 

actors who are x and Y and actors who aspire

 

here the first part is fine . however , the second part i.e. actors who aspire is not parallel with the first part

 

actors who are x and Y

 

here x and y are adjectives

 

aspire after second is a verb

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------

IMO A ( on the condition that aspiring to noun is correct ) ( aspiring as adjective )

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aspiring is an adjective (source long man ) or verb

 

though the usage is different

 

aspiring + noun ( adjective)

aspiring + to + verb ( verb )

aspire to + noun is also correct

 

I am not quite sure whether aspiring to noun ) is correct

 

I suspect it is wrong

 

here charismatic and talented are adjectives

 

sample this:

 

He is young , talented boy

 

the part( boy) stands equally for young

 

Hence if i were to separate them I would say :

 

he is a young boy and he is a talented boy

 

rt?

 

a) actors who are talented

actors who are charismatic

 

actors who are aspiring to solid career

 

if aspiring is used as intransitive verb and followed by to , verb is required after to

 

ASPIRING AFTER TO + NOUN IS CORRECT ????

(aspiring as adjective)

 

 

-------------------------

c) have talent and are charismatic and aspire

 

Actors who have talent

actors who are charismatic

actors who aspire

 

aspire is a verb while charismatic is adjective

 

not parallel

 

eliminate C

----------------------------------------------------------------------

 

e)

 

actors who are x and Y and actors who aspire

 

here the first part is fine . however , the second part i.e. actors who aspire is not parallel with the first part

 

actors who are x and Y

 

here x and y are adjectives

 

aspire after second is a verb

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------

IMO A ( on the condition that aspiring to noun is correct ) ( aspiring as adjective )

 

hi b&b, could you explain how to determine that ", aspiring" is referring to actors and not directors?

 

thanks

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aspiring is an adjective (source long man ) or verb

 

though the usage is different

 

aspiring + noun ( adjective)

aspiring + to + verb ( verb )

aspire to + noun is also correct

 

I am not quite sure whether aspiring to noun ) is correct

 

I suspect it is wrong

 

here charismatic and talented are adjectives

 

sample this:

 

He is young , talented boy

 

the part( boy) stands equally for young

 

Hence if i were to separate them I would say :

 

he is a young boy and he is a talented boy

 

rt?

 

a) actors who are talented

actors who are charismatic

 

actors who are aspiring to solid career

 

if aspiring is used as intransitive verb and followed by to , verb is required after to

 

ASPIRING AFTER TO + NOUN IS CORRECT ????

(aspiring as adjective)

 

 

-------------------------

c) have talent and are charismatic and aspire

 

Actors who have talent

actors who are charismatic

actors who aspire

 

aspire is a verb while charismatic is adjective

 

not parallel

 

eliminate C

----------------------------------------------------------------------

 

e)

 

actors who are x and Y and actors who aspire

 

here the first part is fine . however , the second part i.e. actors who aspire is not parallel with the first part

 

actors who are x and Y

 

here x and y are adjectives

 

aspire after second is a verb

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------

IMO A ( on the condition that aspiring to noun is correct ) ( aspiring as adjective )

 

 

Amen!! I take E back and sneak A in as my choice.

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Mission ,

 

 

WHY IS A WRONG . In fact why is C wrong . Please explain

 

Thanks

 

Now even directors of off-Broadway productions,

desperate for actors who are talented, charismatic,

and aspiring more to a solid career in the theater than

to the lucrative rewards and stardom proffered by

movie moguls and studios, are turning to independent

casting directors for guidance in assembling

their casts.

 

(a) are talented, charismatic, and aspiring --> parallelism error: "talented,charismatic" are adjectives, "aspiring" goes into verb form.

 

© have talent and are charismatic and aspire --> again parallelism error: "have talent" "are charismatic" and "aspire" are just thrown into the sentence without consideration to parallelism

 

"talented and charismatic" are two adjectives that can be put together, "aspire/aspiring" is an action form, so to separate it from the adjectives, "comma-and-who" is placed in E

 

(e) are talented and charismatic, and who aspire

 

^ can you see how (e) corrected that issue ?

 

another thing: read the sentence as it is given in 3 parts seperated by commas:

 

(1)directors, (2)desperate for actors *of some kind*, (3)are turning to casting ppl ...

 

so (1) directors --> (3) are turning to casting ppl

 

and

 

(2) is ok as an independant statement and is not running into (1) or (3)

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B&B, i just read your explanation, and you've got it clear, i dont see y there should be a confusion, in your explanation of point (e), you've clearly stated that they are not parallel, that is exactly why we had to introduce comma-and-who again, and we could not use those two adjectives and the verb together.

they're not parallel --> cant use them together --> to separate them, we introduced a break and justified parallelim

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