Large Hadron Collider

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Large Hadron Collider

by arora007 » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:25 am
Here is a sentence from the.
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The Large Hadron Collider, a circular chamber over seventeen miles in circum-
ference, will accelerate protons to 99.999 percent the speed of light and, scientists
hope, generate new types of matter, uncover hidden dimensions, and recreations
of events at the birth of the universe.

the answer given is,

The Large Hadron Collider, a circular chamber over seventeen miles in
circumference, will accelerate protons to 99.999 percent the speed of
light and, scientists hope, generate new types ofmatter, uncover hidden
dimensions, and recreate events at the birth of the universe.
The list should consist of all verbs: generate, uncover, and
recreate.

my question is, will accelerate is it also not part of the list of parallel verbs ?
if somebody could explain in detail,the how and why...
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by hardik.jadeja » Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:24 am
It looks to me that structure of the sentence is something like this:

X and Y.(Y = A, B and C)

X=accelerate; A=generate; B=uncover; C=recreate;

Just like X and Y, A B and C also need to be parallel with one another.

In the original sentence C was not parallel with A and B.

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by martin.jonson007 » Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:40 am
put complete ques if u want more than one response!