Hi,
I have a question in regards to one of the questions in the official review. It's question number 89 in the 12th edition.
"Dirt roads may evoke the bucolic simplicity of another century, but financially strained townships point out that dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads.
A)
B) dirt roads cost twice as much to maintain as paved roads do
I selected A as the correct answer, but it's B.
I have been studying with the Manhattan books and one of the most important principles taught in the sentence correction book, is that you have to look out for answer choices that might change the meaning of the original sentence.
Now in this question, B actually does change the meaning of the original sentence, doesn't it?
It is said that dirt roads cost twice as much as the maintainance of paved roads. The cost of dirt roads could possibly be the construction of them or it could also be the maintainance of them, but it doesn't have to be. The explanation for B as the correct answer is that the sentence tries to compare the costs necessary to maintain the two roads, but how are we supposed to notice such an underlying intention, which isn't explicitly stated?
I have a question in regards to one of the questions in the official review. It's question number 89 in the 12th edition.
"Dirt roads may evoke the bucolic simplicity of another century, but financially strained townships point out that dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads.
A)
B) dirt roads cost twice as much to maintain as paved roads do
I selected A as the correct answer, but it's B.
I have been studying with the Manhattan books and one of the most important principles taught in the sentence correction book, is that you have to look out for answer choices that might change the meaning of the original sentence.
Now in this question, B actually does change the meaning of the original sentence, doesn't it?
It is said that dirt roads cost twice as much as the maintainance of paved roads. The cost of dirt roads could possibly be the construction of them or it could also be the maintainance of them, but it doesn't have to be. The explanation for B as the correct answer is that the sentence tries to compare the costs necessary to maintain the two roads, but how are we supposed to notice such an underlying intention, which isn't explicitly stated?
