Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the water as a person standing on land.
(A) water as a
(B) water as to a
(C) water; just as it would to a
(D) water, as it would to the
(E) water; just as to the
Can someone explain why choice C creates a Fragment, can't we use would as the main verb here?
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hello vineet,
As we know that "just as it would..." is an independent clause because it is started after semicolon. But now the point here is "just as X so Y" is an idiomatic usage. Here "just as X" is placed but it's conjugated part is not placed, causing the sentence fragment.
As we know that "just as it would..." is an independent clause because it is started after semicolon. But now the point here is "just as X so Y" is an idiomatic usage. Here "just as X" is placed but it's conjugated part is not placed, causing the sentence fragment.
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This question tests whether you know the idiom.
"the same to X as to Y"
Here, in this sentence,
...the same to "someone"(X)......as to "a person"(Y)... (X and Y are parallel, meaning If X is noun, then Y is also noun. If X is a gerund, then Y is also a gerund. If X is an adjective, Y is also an adjective."
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"the same to X as to Y"
Here, in this sentence,
...the same to "someone"(X)......as to "a person"(Y)... (X and Y are parallel, meaning If X is noun, then Y is also noun. If X is a gerund, then Y is also a gerund. If X is an adjective, Y is also an adjective."
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