akhp77 wrote:Archaeological excavations of Roman ruins on the Greek island of Crete show that securing control over the maritime trade routes of the Eastern Mediterranean was a primary goal of the Romans, as it was of the Greeks in preceding centuries.
A. as it was of the Greeks
B. like that of the Greeks
C. as that of the Greeks
D. just as the Greeks did
E. as did the Greeks
Can some explain that how to arrive at answer?
this is a ripoff of an official guide problem -- the original is #73 in OG11, #82 in OG12. you can look at that problem for additional information.
this is one of those situations in which ellipsis (the omission of repeated instances of specific words) is used in parallel structures. here are the parallel structures:
securing control ... was ... a primary goal ... of the Romans
VS
it ... was ... (a primary goal -- omitted) ... of the Greeks
there are your parallel structures.
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two notes:
(1) problems like this annoy me -- they skate dangerously close to copyright violation, and, more importantly from a student's perspective, they provide absolutely zero utility above what you would learn from the corresponding official guide problem.
(2) someone is probably bound to ask when, exactly, you can omit words, as you can in this structure.
unfortunately, the best answer i can give to that question is simply to state that you should
recognize the types of structures in which you can eliminate words, by simply noticing what they look like when they appear in official problems.
Ron has been teaching various standardized tests for 20 years.
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