MGMAT SC 4th edition Chapter 4 Q7

[bkadia]

Can anyone please explain parallelism type/reason in solution to question 7 in problem set, chapter 4.

Question: We were dismayed to learn that our neighbors were untidy, disagreeable, and they were uninterested to make new friends.

Answer: We were dismayed to learn that our neighbors were untidy, disagreeable, and they were uninterested in making new friends.

[RonPurewal]

Can anyone please explain parallelism type/reason in solution to question 7 in problem set, chapter 4.

Question: We were dismayed to learn that our neighbors were untidy, disagreeable, and they were uninterested to make new friends.

Answer: We were dismayed to learn that our neighbors were untidy, disagreeable, and they were uninterested in making new friends.

three things wrong here

* first of all, this question is in the wrong folder. you should post it in the MANHATTANGMAT STRATEGY GUIDES folder, since this is from a strategy guide.

* second, you need to omit "they were" to create true parallelism. this should be done in the solution. (if it's not, then we've got a serious problem)

* third, the difference you've actually mentioned is just IDIOM.
- "uninterested to VERB" is unidiomatic.
- "uninterested in VERBing" is idiomatically correct.
- you just have to memorize this difference. no shortcut, really.