GMATT73 wrote:
OA is A.
Spot the Concept being tested:
Comparison between the frustration the men experienced and the frustration the children experienced
Rule and Fix:
Items that are compared to one another must be balanced and must be of the same or similar items (structurally and logically parallel).
POE:
C lacks the it used to imply frustration.
Chunk and Compare:
B, C, and D all introduce pronouns place of the men. The pronoun them could refer to men or children and is therefore ambiguous.
Reread your choice:
Choose A
How could them refer to "children" in this context? Let's say we replace the pronoun with "children" the underlined portion would read as:
the children waiting in line as it would to the
children
and the entire sentence would read as
The men refused to acknowledge that the frustration they [implicit --> the men] experienced waiting in line would be the same to the children waiting in line just as it would to
children.
This sentence would imply that we are comparing the "level of frustration" of children with the "level of frustration" of children? It would be silly to compare something to itself, No?
The OA seems dubious to me. GMATT73 what is the source of this question? Also as a suggestion: Would you please underline the original question in all your posts going forward.
General question to others: Did you feel the same way about the OE? Or am i missing something here?
regards,
gmataquaguy