effective_factor Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzi Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 My pick is E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikram_k51 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzi Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikram_k51 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzi Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjd00d Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I'll go with E, use of participle aspiring isn't parallel with other adjectives...a minor correction in A, "aspire" would have made it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartera Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raj_Gmat Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Imo E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearbull Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 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 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartera Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john333 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Imo A... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjd00d Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manasdas Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 prefer E to A.. 'Aspiring more' okay or 'aspiring for more' is fine ''aspire more than' is better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmater-1 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Doesn't looks like GMAT quality question, Is it from Kaplan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effective_factor Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Doesn't looks like GMAT quality question, Is it from Kaplan? nope its from PR OA is E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzi Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 nope its from PR OA is E :tup: I got it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearbull Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 nope its from PR OA is E Please post the explanation if you have any Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission800 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 imo E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearbull Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 imo E Mission , WHY IS A WRONG . In fact why is C wrong . Please explain Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effective_factor Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Please post the explanation if you have any Thanks i have just the OA not the explanation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearbull Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 :tup: I got it!!! Please explain Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission800 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission800 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission800 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 also, "actors who aspire more" is idiomatically correct over "actors who are aspiring more" , agree ? "actors who are aspiring more" points that they are still aspiring more, its becoming clearly discernible as im reading more into it, so thanks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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