It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as those that are against a person.
(A) those that are against a
(B) those against a
(C) it is against a
(D) preventing those against a
(E) it is to prevent those against a
Is there any hard & fast rule to identify ellipsis?
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IMO E.crackgmat007 wrote:It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as those that are against a person.
(A) those that are against a
(B) those against a
(C) it is against a
(D) preventing those against a
(E) it is to prevent those against a
Is there any hard & fast rule to identify ellipsis?
Wrong parallelism - A, B and D are out.
C - too short.
I'm not sure about the rule. But I normally plugin the ellipsis word and see if it makes sense.
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What is ellipisis in this sentence & how to identify it? Any rule in general?But I normally plugin the ellipsis word and see if it makes sense.
