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The woodland sub-species were in isolation from contact with humans longer than either their marsh cousins or the tree-dwelling sub-species. (A) in isolation from contact with humans longer than (B) isolated from contact with humans longer than (C) in isolation from contact with humans longer than were (D) isolated from contact with humans longer than were (E) in isolation and without contacts with humans longer than please explain answers....
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Check This ============= 106．Inuits of the Bering Sea were in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than Aleuts or Inuits of the North Pacific and northern Alaska. (A) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than (B) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than (C) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than were (D) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than were (E) in isolation and without contacts with Europeans longer than Idiom + Logical predication The construction in isolation from is awkward；the idiomatic way to express this idea is isolated from．The comparison is ambiguous；it could mean the Bering Sea Inuits were isolated from Europeans 1onger than they were isolated from Aleuts and other Inuits or that they were isolated from Europeans longer than Aleuts and other Inuits were isolated from Europeans．Adding were after than will solve this problem． A In isolation from is not the correct idiom；the comparison is ambiguous．
B The comparison is ambiguous．
C In isolation from is not the correct idiom．
D Correct．The idiom isolated from is correctly used in this sentence；the comparison is clear and unambiguous．
E In isolation…with is incorrect and confusing；the comparison is ambiguous．The correct answer is D． =============== IMO-->In My opinion OA->Official Answer Kudos-->when you like someone's post, thank him by pressing the [+1] button  Thanks
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Neeshpal, You are taking the question in a wrong way. You are trying to compare the isolation of woodland sub species from other species. However, this question compare the isolation of woodland from human contact with the isolation of other species from human contact. So, it'll be like The woodland sub-species were isolated from contact with humans longer than other species were.That's why the correct ans is D. --------- If someone like my post, consider it for Kudos so that my Kudos account get started neeshpal wrote: OA is D.
but my question here is doesnt it needs a "from" or is it implicit like "they"
The woodland sub-species were isolated from contact with humans longer than (they) were (from) .....
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D Use-WERE parallelism use-Isolated rather than in isolation
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The woodland sub-species were in isolation from contact with humans longer than either their marsh cousins or the tree-dwelling sub-species.
A. in isolation from contact with humans longer than
B. isolated from contact with humans longer than
C. in isolation from contact with humans longer than were
D. isolated from contact with humans longer than were
E. in isolation and without contacts with humans longer than
I shall go with B
A: 'in isolation from contact' seems wrong idiomatically
C: 'in isolation from contact' seems wrong idiomatically
D: Hmm..this was probably the strongest contender but for some reason I think 'were' is not necessary. It is sort of implied because 'were isolated from contact' comes before either..or. It is similar to a question i did on this forum: 'from the sites of the civilization that flourised at the same time as civilization Nigris...' The sentence did not include 'flourished at the same time as did civilization Nigris..'
E: The two points are not separate..hence no need of And.
What is the OA?
Also, what does IMO stand for? Sorry, I am new to this forum lingo!
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Thanks for the briefing Nitya..
I guess we really are poles apart on this one.
Neeshpal, can you give us the official answer?
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Ok brilliant..
The question is exactly similar.
Thanks!
In our case D then
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OA is D.
but my question here is doesnt it needs a "from" or is it implicit like "they"
The woodland sub-species were isolated from contact with humans longer than (they) were (from) .....
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neeshpal wrote: OA is D.
but my question here is doesnt it needs a "from" or is it implicit like "they"
The woodland sub-species were isolated from contact with humans longer than (they) were (from) ..... section after "than" is inverted. You can read it as "either their marsh cousins or the tree-dwelling sub-species were".
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I go with D also. I like the verbal questions so much more than the math...
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I would go with D as well. This problem is a combination off idiom + parallelism in isolation from is not idiomatic to me and the 'were' is required for the parallel structure thus D
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The fight is clearly between C and D. S sounds bit awkward. Generally, we say Prisoner are kept in isolation and from is implicit and not used . But in this case, in order to make the comparison work, from is needed and hence, D.
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Thanks for the reminder about parallelism. I chose B and will remember why I was incorrect - missing "were." Posted from my mobile device 
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Re: The woodland sub-species were in isolation from contact with [#permalink]
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Can anyone explain the ending part of D. I understand why it is isolated from ( originally chose B ) but I do not understand why it is "than were" rather then "than."
"Than were either" sounds real awkward and weird. "Than" is shorter and concise, B has more brevity than D.
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Re: The woodland sub-species were in isolation from contact with [#permalink]
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Good question D must be the answer .But i chhose B thinking it to be correct and concise but it omits were and because of that there is a faulty construction . Need to be more careful to notice these traps
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