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by sana.noor » Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:26 pm
Acid rain is considered not yet so serious a problem in the West as in the East, where hundreds of lakes have been rendered sterile by increased acidity.
(b) considered not so serious a problem yet in the West as
(c) not yet considered so serious a problem in the West as it is
(d) not considered as yet the serious problem in the West that it is
(e) not as yet considered that serious a problem in the West as

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by hemant_rajput » Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:40 am
sana.noor wrote:Acid rain is considered not yet so serious a problem in the West as in the East, where hundreds of lakes have been rendered sterile by increased acidity.
(b) considered not so serious a problem yet in the West as
(c) not yet considered so serious a problem in the West as it is
(d) not considered as yet the serious problem in the West that it is
(e) not as yet considered that serious a problem in the West as

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The key for this problem is knowing the usage of idiom, "yet"/"not yet"
a. misplaced not yet. it should be "not yet considered".
b. you can't compare a problem to someplace.
c. correct.
d. same as a.
e. same as a.

I think this link may help you more with the usage of yet.

https://www.engvid.com/grammar-already-yet/
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by Tommy Wallach » Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:31 pm
Hey Sana,

Hemant's response here is pretty great. I can add a couple other things.
Acid rain is considered not yet so serious a problem in the West as in the East, where hundreds of lakes have been rendered sterile by increased acidity.
(b) considered not so serious a problem yet in the West as
(c) not yet considered so serious a problem in the West as it is
(d) not considered as yet the serious problem in the West that it is
(e) not as yet considered that serious a problem in the West as
(A) "not yet" error. Missing "it is" for the comparison.
(B) the "not" needs to go before considered, rather than after it. Missing "it is" as well.
(C) correct.
(D) The "the" before "serious problem" makes it sound like there's a specific problem in the West. "not yet error".
(E) "that" doesn't set up the comparison (we need "so" or "as")

Hope that helps!

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by rajatvmittal » Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:46 am
Hi t

I have a question on answer choice B.

Is there any issue regarding comparison (as hemant indicated in a previous post)

I dint see any because of the use of 'in'.

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by sana.noor » Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:51 am
in B it seems the sentence is comparing the intensity of problem in two different regions. considered not so serious a problem in the west YET as in the east...it means that the problem isnt serious in west yet but it is serious in the east.
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by Tommy Wallach » Thu Feb 14, 2013 4:37 pm
Hey Rajat,

It's hard to separate out what is an idiom or comparison error here, as they get mashed together. (B)'s comparison is pretty bad, because it seems to be comparing "Acid rain" to "in the East". As if "in the East" is another kind of problem. See what I mean? Sana's point is also good. (B) is just all around icky.

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