Multiple choice

Directions: In the following sentence a part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence four ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.

Having gone through the total exercise and analyzing the whole situation, Meera felt that it was time to act.

  1. Having gone through the total exercise and analysing the whole situation, Meera felt that it was time to act.

  2. Having gone through the total exercise and having analysed the whole situation, Meera felt that it was time to act.

  3. Meera, having gone through the total exercise and having analysed the whole situation, felt that it was time to act.

  4. Meera who had not only gone through the total exercise but also had analysed the whole situation felt that it was time to act.
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Explanation

This is the case of parallelism, which says that all the parts of a sentence must follow a single-similar pattern of speech. Thus, 'having gone' is to be followed by 'having analysed'.

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