*Help in Multiple parallelism(very hard and tricky to spot)

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2 qns :

By confronting a devastated economy through actions such as creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, opening the Securities and Exchange Commission, suspending the gold standard, launching massive public works programs, and improving the morale of a demoralized nation through his fireside chats, First Inaugural address, and other motivational speeches, Franklin Roosevelt both lifted the spirits of Americans across the country and set the United States on a course that helped propel it out of the Great Depression.

A) -
B) and launching massive public works programs, and improving the morale of a demoralized nation through his fireside chats
C) and launching massive public works programs, and by improving the morale of a nation demoralized through his fireside chats
D) and through the launch of massive public works programs, and by improving the morale of a demoralized nation through his fireside chats
E) and launching massive public works programs, and by improving the morale of a demoralized nation through his fireside chats.

Answer A versus E

Qn 2:
In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company’s earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions.

(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

Answer C vs E

[gnetiq]

In my opinion:

1.
(E) is correct, because "confronting a devasted economy" and "improving the morale of a demoralized nation" are two separate actions.

The parallelism is between "By confronting..." and "by improving...".

Option (A) distorts the meaning of the sentence because without the "by" - "improving the morale" becomes an example of actions taken for confronting the economy.

2.
(E) is correct.

Option (C) has the parallelism, but it does not convey the true meaning of the sentence. Paying off the debt and making a profit are two separate actions/events. Since the first has been used as an infinitive ("to pay off.."), the second too should be an infinitive ("to profit..").

I'd be interested in knowing what the correct answers are :)

[Kweku.Amoako]

1) I agree with gnetiq

2) C - "using the companies' earnings" and "profiting" are not equivalent. The former is an action whereas the later is a result of the action so they can not be parallel

E - rephrase

Investors...money hoping to payoff debt....earnings and hoping to profit richly ...divisions

this is correct and conveys the correct meaning

[RonPurewal]

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[pawan_chitturu]

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