1000 sc #545

magical cook · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject: 1000 sc #545

545. Of the twin supernovas, the most recently discovered is the largest, but it is the small one that has irrevocably altered astronomists’ ideas about the origins of the universe.
(A) the most recently discovered is the largest, but it is the small one
(B) the one most recently discovered is the largest, but it is the small one
(C) the most recently discovered is larger, but it is the smaller
(D) the more recently discovered one is the large one but the small one
(E) the more recently discovered is the larger, but it is the smaller one

Hi,

The answer is E) but why in E) it says larger instead of larger "one"??

Cybermusings · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:21 am Post subject:

Largest can't be used here since we are comparing 2 things and hence the use of superlative form is wrong. This rules out A&B. For the same reason since we are comparing 2 objects we can't use large (we have to use the comparitive degree). Hence D is out. C violates parallelism clause...

"larger"...."the smaller"...

It should be "the larger" and "the smaller"

Hence E