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SC Practice question #23

by missionmba » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:40 am
Unlike the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States is chosen in an election separate from that which determines the majority party in the legislative branch.


Unlike the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States

Unlike the United Kingdom party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament and chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States

Unlike that of the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the United States has a chief executive that

In comparison with the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States

In the United Kingdom, the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, but in the United States the chief executive



E
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by reachac » Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:13 am
IMO E
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by jsl » Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:34 am
This is a great question for practising your parallelism skills as the question seems to test this concept solely. Basically, ensure that like items are compared - in this case, United Kingdom needs to be parallel with United States.
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by Stockmoose16 » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:49 pm
what's OA?
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Re: SC Practice question #23

by drgmatIL » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:45 am
missionmba wrote:Unlike the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States is chosen in an election separate from that which determines the majority party in the legislative branch.


Unlike the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States

Unlike the United Kingdom party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament and chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States

Unlike that of the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the United States has a chief executive that

In comparison with the United Kingdom, where the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, the chief executive in the United States

In the United Kingdom, the party that wins a majority of seats in Parliament chooses the head of the government, but in the United States the chief executive



E
IMO B
C - Unlike that
E - in... buttt
A -I think we have problem to compage The Uk and the CEO of USA
D - we have comparison here but the structrue looks strange for me
OA?
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by drgmatIL » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:46 am
jsl wrote:This is a great question for practising your parallelism skills as the question seems to test this concept solely. Basically, ensure that like items are compared - in this case, United Kingdom needs to be parallel with United States.
now I understand the answer, great question!
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by mksreeram » Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:01 am
Every answer choice has modifier error. Only E doesn't have any error. I go with E.

A. Chief executive modifies United Kingdom
B. Chief executive modifies United Kingdom party (there is no clear mention of United Kingdom itself only party is mentioned).
C. where the party doesn't refer to United Kingdom (only that of the united kingdom is discussed not the UK itself)
D. the chief executive is compared with United Kingdom

E --> also the parallel structure is absolutely fine.
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by missionmba » Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:48 am
Stockmoose16 wrote:what's OA?
OA: E

BTW
The Black spot in my original post is a spoiler i.e when u move the cursor over that balck spot it shows the answer.(for those who dont know)
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