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Question
Although the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales have increased dramatically, its sales at restaurants open for more than a year have declined.
Option A:
the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales have increased dramatically, its
Option B:
the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales increased dramatically, its
Option C:
many new restaurants have recently been opened across the country and its sales increased dramatically, the restaurant company’s
Option D:
having recently added many new restaurants across the country and with its sales increasing dramatically, the restaurant company’s
Option E:
recently adding many new restaurants across the country and having its sales increase dramatically, the restaurant company’s
Difficulty Level
MediumSolution
Option A is the correct answer.
Option Analysis
Concept tested: Parallelism.
A) Correct Answer
B) Not parallel; “…has recently added” and “..sales increased….”
C) Not parallel; “…has recently added” and “..sales increased….”
D) Not parallel; “…has recently added” and “..sales increased….”
E) Not parallel; “…has recently added” and “..sales increased….”
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