peeranutpika wrote:
Dunbar argues that gossip is important in human societies in the maintenance of social cohesion, just as social grooming does for other primates.
A. gossip is important in human societies in the maintenance of social cohesion, just as social grooming does for other primates
B. gossip is important in the maintenance of social cohesion in human society, just as social grooming does for other primates
C. in human societies gossip is important in social cohesion like social grooming for other primate societies
D. similar to social grooming in primates, human gossip is important in maintaining social cohesion
E. gossip is important in human societies in the maintenance of social cohesion, just as social grooming is in other primate groups
We should look for a structure that is similar to "Dunbar argues that X is important in Y, just as A is important in B".
A. gossip is important in human societies in the maintenance of social cohesion, just as social grooming does for other primates - Incorrect. Parallelism error.
B. gossip is important in the maintenance of social cohesion in human society, just as social grooming does for other primates - Incorrect. Same error as in A.
C. in human societies gossip is important in social cohesion like social grooming for other primate societies - Incorrect. usage of 'like' is incorrect.
D. similar to social grooming in primates, human gossip is important in maintaining social cohesion - Incorrect. Comparison error.
E. gossip is important in human societies in the maintenance of social cohesion, just as social grooming is in other primate groups - Correct.
Answer: E