Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great Depression, was as present as the weather, and as much discussed.
A) as present as the weather, and as much discussed
B) present like the weather was, and it was also discussed as much
C) as present and was discussed as the weather was
D) so present as to be discussed like weather
E) present and discussed as often as the weather was
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IMO Erahulg83 wrote:Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great Depression, was as present as the weather, and as much discussed.
A) as present as the weather, and as much discussed
B) present like the weather was, and it was also discussed as much
C) as present and was discussed as the weather was
D) so present as to be discussed like weather
E) present and discussed as often as the weather was
As - Compare clauses
Like - Compare Nouns.
As often as Correct idiom.
A) as present as the weather, and as much discussed - Absence of verb.
B) present like the weather was, and it was also discussed as much - Like cannot compare clauses
C) as present and was discussed as the weather was - Awkward
D) so present as to be discussed like weather - Awkward
E) present and discussed as often as the weather was [present and discussed] - Ellipsis , Correct
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Hi Piyush, I too chose E, but the explanation given was it is illogical that weather is present as often as baseball. Weather is not likely to be present for some days and absent for another... OA is A, butt frankly, i couldn't understand why it should be the correct choice..piyush_nitt wrote:IMO Erahulg83 wrote:Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great Depression, was as present as the weather, and as much discussed.
A) as present as the weather, and as much discussed
B) present like the weather was, and it was also discussed as much
C) as present and was discussed as the weather was
D) so present as to be discussed like weather
E) present and discussed as often as the weather was
As - Compare clauses
Like - Compare Nouns.
As often as Correct idiom.
A) as present as the weather, and as much discussed - Absence of verb.
B) present like the weather was, and it was also discussed as much - Like cannot compare clauses
C) as present and was discussed as the weather was - Awkward
D) so present as to be discussed like weather - Awkward
E) present and discussed as often as the weather was [present and discussed] - Ellipsis , Correct
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The reason y E is wrong is :
it says "present and discussed as often as the weather was"
Break the sentence and you'll get:
"baseball was discussed as often as the weather was"
which is correct.
"baseball was present as often as the weather was"
which is incorrect.
it says "present and discussed as often as the weather was"
Break the sentence and you'll get:
"baseball was discussed as often as the weather was"
which is correct.
"baseball was present as often as the weather was"
which is incorrect.
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I chose A and will explain my reason for this. First of all, I found all the choices bad but the best among all was A.rahulg83 wrote:Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great Depression, was as present as the weather, and as much discussed.
A) as present as the weather, and as much discussed
B) present like the weather was, and it was also discussed as much
C) as present and was discussed as the weather was
D) so present as to be discussed like weather
E) present and discussed as often as the weather was
POE --> We cant use "like" here because the comparison is in clauses. So B and D are out.
A, C and E are with us now.
Lets see C --> as present and was discussed as" is not correct idiom. Correct idiom is "as .... as" without any "and was discussed" etc.
E --> "Baseball was present and discussed as often as the weather was." This somehow didn't make sense to me. "As often as the weather was present" or "as often as weather was discussed" OR Both???? When I compare this sentence with choice A, then I found A better than this because of the clarity of meaning. In A, two as...as are given correctly. "As present as weather" and "As much discussed". So this is definitely more clear than E and also unambiguous.