RBBmba@2014 wrote:Understood the intended meaning. BUT could you please shed light on how the ACTUAL SC would look like with ELLIPSIS at play ?
One purpose of ellipsis -- the omission of words whose presence is understood -- is to convert a sentence into a MODIFIER.
Once the sentence has been converted to a modifier, it might not be possible to reinsert the omitted word(s).
An example from GMAC:
In Hungary, an overwhelming proportion of women work.
Many work in middle management and light industry.
To convert the second sentence into a modifier, the OA omits the verb in red:
In Hungary, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many in middle management and light industry.
In the OA, we cannot reinsert the omitted verb.
The result would be a run-on sentence.
The SC above combines the following two sentences:
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark.
Fewer have been killed by the great white shark than have been killed by bee stings.
To convert the second sentence into a modifier, the OA omits the words in red:
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, fewer than have been killed by bee stings.
As with the first example, we cannot reinsert the omitted words.
The result would be a run-on sentence.
Take-away:
When evaluating an answer choice, we may not be able to insert words that are omitted but implied.
In many cases, the result will be an invalid sentence structure.
Rather than worrying about the omitted words, we should focus on identifying concrete errors of grammar and/or meaning.
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