Although we were sitting in the bleachers, the baseball game was as exciting to us as the people sitting behind home plate.
Underlined portion is replaced with 'as to the people"
Can we use this " as it is to the people"?
What is the difference if any?
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Hi vinay1983,
Notice the language "WAS as exciting to us...."
So, we need a sentence that stays in the past and correctly parallels the first phrase.
"...as it IS to the people" doesn't use a parallel verb. To be fair, we don't really need to repeat the verb at all because that would be redundant.
The phrase: "was as exciting to us as to the people sitting behind home plate" parallels *people in the bleachers* with *people behind home plate*, which is why it is correct.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Notice the language "WAS as exciting to us...."
So, we need a sentence that stays in the past and correctly parallels the first phrase.
"...as it IS to the people" doesn't use a parallel verb. To be fair, we don't really need to repeat the verb at all because that would be redundant.
The phrase: "was as exciting to us as to the people sitting behind home plate" parallels *people in the bleachers* with *people behind home plate*, which is why it is correct.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
