Hello, I got so many helpful answers here and thank you all for the discussion.
Here comes another question.
While the two differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the gross domestic product of the state of New Jersey in the United States is roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.
A)While the two differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the gross domestic product of the state of New Jersey in the United States is roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.
B)While the two differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the gross domestic product of the state of New Jersey in the United States is roughly equivalent to that of the entire country of Pakistan.
C)While the two differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the state of New Jersey in the United States has a gross domestic product roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.
D)While they differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the state of New Jersey in the United States has a gross domestic product roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.
E)While the two differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the state of New Jersey in the United States and the country of Pakistan have gross domestic products that are roughly equivalent.
I chose B but the correct answer is E.
And here's the explanation of the correct answer in Princeton Review:
In the sentence, the gross domestic products of the two entities are being compared, and that comparison must be parallel. In the original version, the gross domestic product is literally being compared to the actual country(not the GDP of that country). Eliminate choice A, C and D repeat that same parallelism error. Choice B corrects the parallelism error but contains a misplaced modifier error that existed in the original sentence. Choice E corrects both errors and is the best answer.
I looked the original sentence and choice B over, over, over and over and over... again. I just couldn't find the misplaced modifier. Where is it? Which word is it? Please help me to point out and tell me why.
Appreciate your help!
Here comes another question.
While the two differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the gross domestic product of the state of New Jersey in the United States is roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.
A)While the two differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the gross domestic product of the state of New Jersey in the United States is roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.
B)While the two differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the gross domestic product of the state of New Jersey in the United States is roughly equivalent to that of the entire country of Pakistan.
C)While the two differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the state of New Jersey in the United States has a gross domestic product roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.
D)While they differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the state of New Jersey in the United States has a gross domestic product roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.
E)While the two differ greatly in size, population, and geography, the state of New Jersey in the United States and the country of Pakistan have gross domestic products that are roughly equivalent.
I chose B but the correct answer is E.
And here's the explanation of the correct answer in Princeton Review:
In the sentence, the gross domestic products of the two entities are being compared, and that comparison must be parallel. In the original version, the gross domestic product is literally being compared to the actual country(not the GDP of that country). Eliminate choice A, C and D repeat that same parallelism error. Choice B corrects the parallelism error but contains a misplaced modifier error that existed in the original sentence. Choice E corrects both errors and is the best answer.
I looked the original sentence and choice B over, over, over and over and over... again. I just couldn't find the misplaced modifier. Where is it? Which word is it? Please help me to point out and tell me why.
Appreciate your help!
