Parallelism : From where to break down the sentence

[lafs26]

Nice explanation though I have few more where I need some lightings :)

I was going through one sentence in MGMAT SC book in Parallelisn Strategy Chapter. It was like
Wrong : Ralph likes both THOSE WHO are popular and WHO are not
Right : Ralph likes both THOSE WHO are popular and THOSE WHO are not.
I agree to the fact that second one is right but I also see there is nothing wrong with the first one if we see the same sentence like this
Ralph likes both those WHO are popular and WHO are not.
I just want to know how we actually divide this sentence. Why can't this sentence be right
Ralph likes both those WHO are popular and WHO are not.
"those " can be common for both the relative clauses.

[lafs26]

Hi there.

Sorry if this is sounding rude but does nobody over here is clear about this concept. Even the instructor ??

[RonPurewal]

I was going through one sentence in MGMAT SC book in Parallelisn Strategy Chapter. It was like
Wrong : Ralph likes both THOSE WHO are popular and WHO are not
Right : Ralph likes both THOSE WHO are popular and THOSE WHO are not.
I agree to the fact that second one is right but I also see there is nothing wrong with the first one if we see the same sentence like this
Ralph likes both those WHO are popular and WHO are not.

if you have "both ... and ...", then you don't have to "divide" anything. just look after "both" and after "and".
if the things match, you're good. if not, you're not.

in the first sentence, "both" is followed by those who are popular, but "and" is followed only by who are not. those don't match.

Sorry if this is sounding rude but does nobody over here is clear about this concept. Even the instructor ??

... well, at least you recognized that it's rude. that's better than a lot of what we see around here.

by the way, you know, it took us longer to reply to your post because you posted this.
we answer posts strictly in order from oldest to newest. so, if you do something like this, you're making your post into the newest -- and therefore the last -- post in the entire folder. so, yeah, don't do it, unless you want to wait longer.