A recent poll indicates that many people in the United States hold a combination of conservative and liberal political views; i.e., they denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting many specific government programs for health care, education, and the environment.


(A) they denounce the big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting Correct answer. Parallelism is maintained between "saying" and "supporting". No other apparent errors.


(B) they denounce big government- they say that government is doing too much and has become too powerful-but supporting at the same time Because "say" is put into a non-essential modifier, "denounce" and "support" must be parallel - not the case here. Eliminate


(C) they denounce big government, say that government is doing too much and it has become too powerful, while they support at the same time "they denounce", "say" and "they support" are not parallel. Also, "at the same time" needs to come before "support", else it implies that they support two things at the same time. Eliminate.


(D) while they denounce big government, saying that government is doing too much and has become too powerful, at the same time supporting "while" at the beginning after the semi colon here makes what follows a dependent clause. Eliminate.


(E) while they are denouncing big government- they say that government is doing too much and it has become too powerful-supporting at the same time Same error as in (C). Eliminate.