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Do not agree with OA :pls help.: Florida

by himu » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:52 pm
Even in places in which the average temperature is as warm as Florida, snowfall is sometimes possible.

places in which the average temperature is as warm as

a place with an average temperature as warm as

a place as warm as

places as warm as it is in

a place that is as warm a
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by himu » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:53 pm
[spoiler]My Ans : D

OA : C.

This sentence is testing mainly concision, but the wordiness in the original sentence also causes a misplaced modifier, making it sound as if temperature is intended as a direct comparison to Florida. The correct answer will be the most concise version of the underlined portion that keeps the sense of the sentence and eliminates ambiguity.
This phrase is unnecessarily wordy, and temperature is incorrectly paralleled to Florida.

Temperature is incorrectly parallel to Florida, and the phrase is wordy.

This option both provides a more concise rewording of the original underlined portion and eliminates ambiguity, making warm an appropriate modifier for Florida.

Ambiguity has been eliminated, but the phrase as warm as it is in is unnecessarily wordy.

The words that is are redundant and unnecessary.


The correct answer is C[/spoiler]
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by [email protected] » Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:36 pm
Hi himu,

I'm not sure if you have a specific question, but here's some insight into comparisons and parallelism.

The rule with comparisons is this: you must compare LIKE things, the number doesn't matter.

eg. I can compare a bottle of water to a bottle of juice
eg. I can also compare a bottle of water to several bottles of juice
The reason WHY is that they're like things (bottles of liquid) and the number doesn't matter (a bottle can be compared to several bottles)

Any time your sentence does a comparison, it must ALSO follow parallelism rules.

For this SC, the second part of the sentence is "Florida", so the first part can be 1 place or several places. If you modify one part of the comparison, then you'd have to modify the other part too.

Answer C is correct. Answer D changes the second part of the comparison but doesn't change the first.

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