Unlike the steam locomotive, which required an hour or two of firing up before it was possible to move under its own power, nearly full power could be summoned almost instantly from the cold engine of a diesel locomotive.
(A) it was possible to move under its own power, nearly full power could be summoned almost instantly from the cold engine of a diesel locomotive
(B) it was possible to move under its own power, the diesel locomotive's engine, when cold, could produce nearly full power almost instantly
(C) it could move under its own power, the diesel locomotive could summon nearly full power from a cold engine almost instantly
(D) moving under its own power, the cold engine of the diesel locomotive could produce nearly full power almost instantly
(E) moving under its own power, almost instantly a diesel locomotive could summon nearly full power from a cold engine
like "almost instantly a diesel locomotive could summon nearly full power from a cold engine" is different from the "the diesel locomotive could summon nearly full power from a cold engine almost instantly"
does some differences exists in meaning about C and E here?
(A) it was possible to move under its own power, nearly full power could be summoned almost instantly from the cold engine of a diesel locomotive
(B) it was possible to move under its own power, the diesel locomotive's engine, when cold, could produce nearly full power almost instantly
(C) it could move under its own power, the diesel locomotive could summon nearly full power from a cold engine almost instantly
(D) moving under its own power, the cold engine of the diesel locomotive could produce nearly full power almost instantly
(E) moving under its own power, almost instantly a diesel locomotive could summon nearly full power from a cold engine
understand. but I have another problem, -->focus on meaning CE ,Ron said once for this SC
the original comparison starts with "Unlike the steam locomotive, ...", followed by a modifier. you can kill this modifier in your consideration of the basic structure of the sentence, as modifiers don't count as part of basic structure.
the next part is the main clause. because the comparison is to the steam locomotive, you MUST start the main clause with "the diesel locomotive". you shouldn't precede that with anything - such as the adverb (almost instantly) in choice (e). in order for the comparison to be clear, you MUST begin the main clause with the item that provides the other half of the comparison.
like "almost instantly a diesel locomotive could summon nearly full power from a cold engine" is different from the "the diesel locomotive could summon nearly full power from a cold engine almost instantly"
does some differences exists in meaning about C and E here?
