SAT QOTD: A little redundant??

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<p>Wynton Marsalis (emerged as) one of the great<br>
A
trumpeters (of) the late twentieth century, (winning)<br>
B C<br>
Grammy awards for both his jazz (and even)<br>
D
classical works. No error<br>
E </p>

<p>A. (A)
B. (B)
C. (C)
D. (D)
E. (E)</p>

<p>Why is it D? Parallel structure in this case would make the sentence redundant considering the “his” that should follow “and…” is already implied. Explain please.</p>

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<p>It’s the “even” that makes the “his” required.</p>

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<p>“even” is an adjective in the sentence, and none of the definitions of the adjectival sense of “even” fit logically in the sentence.</p>

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<p>Yes, this is another factor: “his” is necessary for parallelism when a modifier intervenes.</p>

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<p>^What? That doesn’t make any sense. Even with the “even” there, the “his” is still implied–hence, unnecessary.</p>

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<p>In following with silverturtle’s words,</p>

<p>To the OP: If it were to be parallel, the “even” would have to be taken out, leaving only “and” so D is the correct answer even if you look at it in terms of parallelism.</p>

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<p>“even” is an adjective in the sentence, and none of the definitions of the adjectival sense of “even” fit logically in the sentence. </p>

<p>What does that have to do with parallel structure?</p>

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<p>Oh i understand now. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I believe what silverturtle means is that if you read the sentence(I’m not too familiar with rules and such), you would notice that, logically, the “even” seems out of place.</p>

<p>EDIT:
Oh ok, you understand lol</p>

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<p>The lack of semantic appropriateness of “even” as an adjective aside…One should generally be very careful about putting modifiers in correlative conjunctions unless a similar modifier appears in both parallel phrases.</p>

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<p>Similar sentence:</p>

<p>I applied to both Harvard and even Yale.</p>

<p>The ‘even’ makes no sense.</p>

<p>Somehow, I just ‘get’ whether a sentence is right or not. I don’t know if others feel the same way - I have never had to learn grammar rules or anything, so I don’t know why ‘even’ is out of place :)</p>

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<p>

Same exact thing for me haha.</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

<p>Would:
…awards for both his jazz and classical works. </p>

<p>be correct?</p>

<p>Or can it only be:
…awards for both his jazz and his classical works. </p>

<p>I’m kind of confused with the parallelism thing…</p>

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<p>Yes, they have to be parallel: “both his X and his Y.”</p>

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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition</p>

<p>If you read the whole excerpt, you will learn that each entity is treated individually. If you say “both men weigh 150 pounds,” you mean that one weighs 150, and the other weighs 150. Since the entities are treated individually, the articles should be constant. You cannot bunch them together and refer to them as “both his jazz and classical works.”</p>

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<p>thanks so much bandit</p>