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SC: a decline in the blue fish population

by pmal04 Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:19 pm

source: made up myself

The committee urged the state government to undertake a number of measures to reverse a decline in the blue fish population, including the establishment of limits to the size of blue fish that are caught, the closing of state waters for fishing during breeding season, and
requiring commercial fishers to have government fish permits.

a) same
b) including the establishing of limits to the size of blue fish that are caught, the closing of
c) including establishing size limits for blue fish catches, closing

I have seen people use pretty much all 3 forms. I am not sure which one is correct in GMAT world and why. Can anybody please explain?
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Re: SC: a decline in the blue fish population

by mazhar.hussain Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:45 am

I will go for "A"
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Re: SC: a decline in the blue fish population

by cfaking Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:59 pm

all three measures taken have to form ||-ism

B is partially correct but not parallel

all 3 options have prob


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Re: SC: a decline in the blue fish population

by Ben Ku Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:28 pm

The committee urged the state government to undertake a number of measures to reverse a decline in the blue fish population, including the establishment of limits to the size of blue fish that are caught, the closing of state waters for fishing during breeding season, and
requiring commercial fishers to have government fish permits.

a) same
b) including the establishing of limits to the size of blue fish that are caught, the closing of
c) including establishing size limits for blue fish catches, closing



I'm not sure this is the question you're asking. Because the last item of the list is "requiring commercial fishers..." the other two items need to be parallel, and should be participial phrases. Your answer choice (C) would make all three items parallel ("establishing size limits ..., closing state waters ..., requiring commercial fishers ...")
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