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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:57 pm
Just as listening to Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous fireside chats helps students of history understand the 1930s, an era marked by incredible domestic economic distress and unparalleled foreign conflict, so Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the immense strife and challenge America faced in the post-Civil War era.
A) so Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the immense strife and challenge America faced in the post-Civil War era.
B) Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the post-Civil War era, a time of immense domestic challenge and strife.
C) reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the post-Civil War era, a time of immense domestic challenge and strife
D) so reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the post-Civil War era, a time of immense domestic challenge and strife
E) so reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp a time of immense domestic challenge and strife--the post-Civil War era

please explain me the answer

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by neoreaves » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:09 pm
First thing to note is that the right idiom is Just as ...so

This leaves us with D and E


E) so reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp a time of immense domestic challenge and strife--the post-Civil War era --> the way time is described seems awkward ....the construction in D is better


So IMO D
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by vivek1110 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:13 pm
Yeah I'm gonna go with D too.

"helps students grasp a time of immense domestic challenge", in E is wordy.
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by akhpad » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:20 pm
Yes. Only D maintain the parallelism and proper Idiom.

Just as listening to Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous fireside chats helps students of history understand the 1930s, an era marked by incredible domestic economic distress and unparalleled foreign conflict,

so reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the post-Civil War era, a time of immense domestic challenge and strife
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by Balrog1978 » Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:48 pm
While D does sound better - doesn't it change the meaning of the sentence?

The original sentence states:
"Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the immense strife and challenge America faced in the post-Civil War era"

(D) states
"so reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the post-Civil War era"
While
(E) states (at least logically):
"students grasp a time of immense domestic challenge and strife--the post-Civil War era "

Students grasping the (concept) of immense strife and challenge America faced in post-Civil War era
vs
Students grasping the post-Civil War Era!!! (D)
vs
Students grasping the time of immense strife and challenge (E)
Why does (D) come out as trumps when its altering the meaning - While (E) seems more true to the original statement?
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by BastiG » Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:22 pm
Just as listening to Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous fireside chats helps students of history understand the 1930s, an era marked by incredible domestic economic distress and unparalleled foreign conflict, so Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the immense strife and challenge America faced in the post-Civil War era.
A) so Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the immense strife and challenge America faced in the post-Civil War era.
B) Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the post-Civil War era, a time of immense domestic challenge and strife.
C) reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the post-Civil War era, a time of immense domestic challenge and strife
D) so reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the post-Civil War era, a time of immense domestic challenge and strife
E) so reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp a time of immense domestic challenge and strife--the post-Civil War era
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by BastiG » Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:32 pm
BastiG wrote:Just as listening to Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous fireside chats helps students of history understand the 1930s, an era marked by incredible domestic economic distress and unparalleled foreign conflict, so Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the immense strife and challenge America faced in the post-Civil War era.
A) so Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the immense strife and challenge America faced in the post-Civil War era.
B) Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the post-Civil War era, a time of immense domestic challenge and strife.
C) reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the post-Civil War era, a time of immense domestic challenge and strife
D) so reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp the post-Civil War era, a time of immense domestic challenge and strife
E) so reading Abraham Lincoln's famous Second Inaugural Address helps students grasp a time of immense domestic challenge and strife--the post-Civil War era
Please underline the sentence!!!!!!!!

After so should come "verb+ing" --> parallel
Just as listening
so Abraham Lincoln's -->wrong
A is out

the idiom is:
just as ... so -->
B and C are out

E is also out because of parallelism
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