In Britain, "pig" refers to any member of the class of domes

This question is based on Comparison rules (and by extension, Parallelism rules). We need an answer that compares "like" things AND does so in the same "format."

The first half of the sentence states "In Britain, pig refers to…."

The second half of the sentence (the comparison) has to match the first half and be in the same format. To start, we'd need the phrase "in the United States…." Eliminate A, B and E.

Next, we need to complete the second phrase so that it matches the first: "In Britain, PIG REFERS TO…." is matched by "the term refers….to…." Eliminate D. As an aside, the word "to" appears after the underlined portion, so that's why it's not in the answer choices.

Final Answer: C

In Britain, "pig" refers to any member of the class of domestic swine, but the United States uses the term when referring only to younger swine not yet ready for market and weighing less than 82 kilograms (180 pounds).

(A) the United States uses the term when referring - Parallelism issue - the phrase "in the United States is needed
(B) the United States term refers - Parallelism issue same as A
(C) in the United States the term refers - Correct
(D) in the United States they use the term as it refers - Pronoun 'they' reference, Parallelism issue
(E) it is used in the United States when referring - Parallelism issue same as A

Answer C

"the united states term" is totally not logical. no "united state term " appears at the beginning for us to use "THE united states term ".

because "the" appear, "the united states term" refers syntactically/grammatically to " pig". in this way, the sentence meaning is

"pig ' in britain refer to XXX
"pig" is YYY
we dont have "in US" in the second part of comparison. meaningless.

regarding choice A.

"United states uses " has inferior meaning and non parallelism pattern is also inferior , so, choice A can be official answer if there is no better choice. choice C, however, offer better expression. so, choice A must go.

In Britain, "pig" refers to any member of the class of domestic swine, but the United States uses the term when referring only to younger swine not yet ready for market and weighing less than 82 kilograms (180 pounds).

(A) the United States uses the term when referring "In Britain" is incorrectly compared with "the US". Eliminate.

(B) the United States term refers "In Britain" is incorrectly compared with "the US term". Eliminate.

(C) in the United States the term refers Correct answer.

(D) in the United States they use the term as it refers Antecedent of "they" is missing. Eliminate.

(E) it is used in the United States when referring "In Britain" is incorrectly compared with "it". Also, wordy compared to option (C). Eliminate.

Hope this helps.

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