It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as those that are against a person.
(A) those that are against a
(B) those against a
(C) it is against a
(D) preventing those against a
(E) it is to prevent those against a
OA: E
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we can expand this sentence to the full sentence:
It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as to prevent those(crimes) against a person. right?
my question is: "to prevent" can be omitted since "it is to prevent" is the same as the first half of the original sentence? so why b is wrong?
ellipsis:prevent crimes against property
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It is as difficult to prevent crimes as those ..syflysun wrote:It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as those that are against a person.
(A) those that are against a
(B) those against a
(C) it is against a
(D) preventing those against a
(E) it is to prevent those against a
OA: E
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we can expand this sentence to the full sentence:
It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as to prevent those(crimes) against a person. right?
my question is: "to prevent" can be omitted since "it is to prevent" is the same as the first half of the original sentence? so why b is wrong?
means that 'those'(the crimes) are compared to 'it' -- wrong
So, It is as difficult to prevent crimes as is to prevent those against a person -- is right coz here 'it' is in parallel with 'it' and the pronoun 'those' is referring to clear noun - crimes
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E
comparison is between difficulty of crime here
full expanded wordy sentence would be
It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as [it is difficult to prevent crimes] against a person.
comparison is between difficulty of crime here
full expanded wordy sentence would be
It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as [it is difficult to prevent crimes] against a person.
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I had another look at the problem, and now E seems to be a better option
as X as Y, where X and Y should be parallel.
as X as Y, where X and Y should be parallel.
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