Parallelism

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rseeker2: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 77; Joined: Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:51 am; Thanked: 1 times

by rseeker2 » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:54 pm

The students did poorly on the test more because they hadn't studied than not understanding the material

How do we correct the parallelism error in the above sentence?

Can it be

The students did poorly on the test more because they hadn't studied than because they hadn't understood the material

?

Kindly help.

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mbadrew: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 198; Joined: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:16 am; Location: San Francisco; Thanked: 14 times

by mbadrew » Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:32 pm

Review the idiom more X than Y. The comparison is between the amount of study time and comprehension of material.

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