Multiple choice

Directions: The following question presents a sentence, part of which or all of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Lawmakers are examining measures that would require banks to disclose all fees and account requirements in writing, provide free cashing of government checks, and to create basic savings accounts to carry minimal fees and require minimal initial deposits.

  1. provide free cashing of government checks, and to create basic savings accounts to carry

  2. provide free cashing of government checks, and creating basic savings accounts carrying

  3. to provide free cashing of government checks, and creating basic savings accounts that carry

  4. to provide free cashing of government checks, creating basic savings accounts to carry

  5. to provide free cashing of government checks, and to create basic savings accounts that carry
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E Correct answer
Explanation

E is correct because it maintains proper parallelism: 'to disclose...to provide...and to create' - all three items use the infinitive form 'to + verb.' A breaks parallelism by using 'provide' (base form) instead of 'to provide,' and uses 'to create' which doesn't match 'provide.' B uses 'provide' and 'creating' which are not parallel to 'to disclose.' C uses 'to provide' and 'creating' which are not parallel. D uses 'to provide' and 'creating' which are also not parallel - 'creating' would need to be 'to create' or 'to be creating' to match.

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