Kaplan SC#1

[karmayogi]

Archaeologists have shown that ingesting lead in drinking water was a significant health hazard for the ancient Romans, like that of modern Americans.

A. like that of modern Americans.
B. as that for modern Americans
C. just as modern Americans do.
D. as do modern Americans.
E. as it is for modern Americans.

[niraj_a]

E for me

the practice of drinking lead water is a health hazard. modern americans are in the present. 'do' in other choices is incorrect because the focus is on the fact that it was a 'hazard' and still is a 'hazard'.

[sudhir3127]

Archaeologists have shown that ingesting lead in drinking water was a significant health hazard for the ancient Romans, like that of modern Americans.

A. like that of modern Americans.
B. as that for modern Americans
C. just as modern Americans do.
D. as do modern Americans.
E. as it is for modern Americans.

I go for E as well... Shud be in present tense. hence usage of "is" is necessary. As vs Like . we need "As"

[karmayogi]

Why not B?

Expecting some more elaboration...

[scoobydooby]

agree with sudhir and niraj

we are saying A was bad for ancient X as it (A) is (bad) for modern Y. A continues to be bad at present. this is evident by the use of "modern". it requires a present"is"

[karmayogi]

OA is E.

Thanks all. I understood parallelism and present tense part. But, still I haven't got the answer for "Why not B?"

[pbanavara]

"As that for " in this context is missing a pronoun for indicating 'as what for Americans' .. there has to be a pronoun to indicate the 'what' and choice E has the 'it' to indicate the lead in drinking water.

- pradeep

[vittalgmat]

I was able to reduce the sentence to

A was X for Y as THAT for Z.

But I am not able to understand what does "that" refer??

Pls let me know.

TIA

[vittalgmat]

Archaeologists have shown that ingesting lead in drinking water was a significant health hazard for the ancient Romans, like that of modern Americans.

A. like that of modern Americans.
B. as that for modern Americans
C. just as modern Americans do.
D. as do modern Americans.
E. as it is for modern Americans.

I go for E as well... Shud be in present tense. hence usage of "is" is necessary. As vs Like . we need "As"

Hi Sudhir,
Can u pls elaborate on "As vs Like. we need 'as' ". Is it coz u need 'as' to refer to the
independent clause "ingesting lead in drinking water was a significant health hazard"

And 'as' is used to refer to clauses Vs 'like', which is used to refer to objects/nouns

Thanks

[logitech]

Why not B?

Expecting some more elaboration...

B does not have a VERB. Remember we are comparing phrases here and this is why we need AS rather than like.

[ronniecoleman]

in option B:

as construction cannot start a phrase...

[iamcste]

Why not B?

Expecting some more elaboration...

B does not have a VERB. Remember we are comparing phrases here and this is why we need AS rather than like.

@Logitech-

Did you mean clauses here?

[iamcste]

Issues with B

When we have to exactly refer the same antecedent -"ingesting lead in drinking water" in this case, usage of personal pronouns such as "It", "they" is preferred for demonstrative pronouns such as "That, those, these, this"

At first, it may sound greek but try to learn more on demonstrative pronouns and check if "that " still makes sense

This is my take. May be some one has a crisp solution

[logitech]

Why not B?

Expecting some more elaboration...

B does not have a VERB. Remember we are comparing phrases here and this is why we need AS rather than like.

@Logitech-

Did you mean clauses here?

Yeap. Clauses.

[karmayogi]

So answer of "why not B?" is:

1. It misses a verb
2. Use of demonstrative pronoun is wrong.

Thanx Iamcste and Logitech.