Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 61, Jan 8th 2011

To speak habitually of the “truly needy” is gradually instilling the notion that many of those who are just called “needy” actually have adequate resources; such a conclusion is unwarranted.

(A) To speak habitually of the “truly needy” is gradually instilling the notion
(B) To speak habitually of the “truly needy” is instilling the notion gradually
(C) To speak habitually of the “truly needy” is gradually to instill the notion
(D) Speaking habitually of the “truly needy” is to instill the gradual notion
(E) Speaking habitually of the “truly needy” is instilling the gradual notion


Solution (Posted on Jan 9th): 

X is Y parallelism. C and E remain. Speaking ...is instilling seems as though the noun speaking is doing an action. C is correct. 

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