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"That" Parallelism

by AustinW193 Tue May 10, 2016 9:05 pm

I've seen a GMAT question that uses the parallelism format of "{verb} that {subject}...and that {subject}"

How is this parallel? Shouldn't the format be "that A and B" without the second "that?"

Anybody, please help. Thank you.


This topic is from a restricted question, hence the format without example.
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Re: "That" Parallelism

by RonPurewal Mon May 16, 2016 6:41 pm

well, that's an awfully generic formula, but, the way you've written it, both parts are EXACTLY the same (they're both "that + xxxx"). that's the definition of parallelism.

your point seems to be "there's also another way the sentence could possibly be written"... but, so what? almost any sentence could be written in a whole bunch of different ways.