steven7dong wrote:Please help me with this question because it looks like a very simple question but I got it wrong. I do not understand the explanation.
One of the duties of the Securities and Exchange Commission is to guarantee that individual or small investors have the same information about the financial heath of a company as do the large,institutional investors.
A)as do the large, institutional investors
B)as does the large, institutional investors
C)like the large, institutional investors have
D)in addition to the large, institutional investors
E)as the large, institutional investors
I chose A but the correct answer is E. Could anyone explain to me why?
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When one clause is compared to another, it is common to omit the verb in the second clause if its presence is clearly understood.
Mary runs as fast as John.
Implied comparison:
Mary runs as fast as John {runs].
The verb in brackets is omitted, but its presence is clearly understood.
The omission of words whose presence is clearly understood is known as ELLIPSIS.
The OA here employs ellipsis:
One of the duties of the Securities and Exchange Commission is to guarantee that individual or small investors HAVE the same information about the financial heath of a company as the large, institutional investors [HAVE].
Here, the verb in brackets is omitted, but its presence is clearly understood.
However, it is not REQUIRED that the verb be omitted.
In A,
do is standing in for
have:
One of the duties of the Securities and Exchange Commission is to guarantee that individual or small investors have the same information about the financial heath of a company as DO the large, institutional investors.
This answer choice is also free of errors.
Since both A and E are free of errors, either is a viable answer choice.
If forced to make a choice, I would opt for E, since it's more concise.
But the GMAT will never force us to make a choice based on concision alone.
I would ignore this SC.
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