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To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally [#permalink] New post   01 Mar 2006, 17:15
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To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally effective as, and less addictive than, most sedatives.

A) effective as, and
B) as effective as, while being
C) effectively equal to, but
D) as effective as, and
E) effective, and



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Re: To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally [#permalink] New post   01 Mar 2006, 20:32
Yes it should be A. We don't need 'as effective as', equally effective is correct.
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Re: To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally [#permalink] New post   01 Mar 2006, 21:35
I think "equally" should also be included in the underlined part. If it is included, I would choose B. Else, I would choose A.
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Re: To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally [#permalink] New post   01 Mar 2006, 22:40
If "equally" is actually supposed to be underlined, then I choose (D).

If not, then (A) is the lesser of the evils.
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Re: To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2006, 00:22
D it is!

If you ignore the "and less addictive than" part, the sentence is comparing the effectiveness of moderate exercise and sedatives. Therefore you need "as" between equally and effective.

i.e It is incorrect to say that "something is good as something else". You must say "something is as good as something else".

Therefore its either B or D. "while being" in B is unnecessarily wordy.
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Re: To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2006, 08:54
To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally effective as, and less addictive than, most sedatives.

A) effective as, and
>> If you ignore the comma separated "and less addictive than" part, it gives u "moderate exercise can be equally effective as most sedatives". It doesnt sound right to me. As effective as most sedatives , IMO, should be used.

B) as effective as, while being
>> My answer. As effective as works and while being can be used here. (yes, while being sounds slightly awkward but this is my best answer)

C) effectively equal to, but
>> totally awkward

D) as effective as, and
>> equally as effective as is awkward/wordy.

E) effective, and
>> if you remove the comma separated desc, it becomes equally effective most sedatives . Incorrect grammatical construction.

B it is.
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Re: To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2006, 09:39
@ et......you said " equally as effective as is awkward/wordy." but you have it as part of your answer too.
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Re: To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2006, 11:32
OA is ^ D ^

Well, being confused by "equally" i chose A when i answered this question while studying.
But later i understood that whatever it is, we should not neglect the rules: "as ... as" is the correct usage here and "equally" is the adverb modifying this comparison.
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Re: To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2006, 21:06
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To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally effective as, and less addictive than, most sedatives.

A) effective as, and
B) as effective as, while being
C) effectively equal to, but
D) as effective as, and
E) effective, and


for question like this one, always choose => AC with as .........as, and less..........than. none of the choices are complete idiom except D.
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Re: To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally [#permalink] New post   03 Mar 2006, 11:35
Professor wrote:
selene wrote:
To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally effective as, and less addictive than, most sedatives.

A) effective as, and
B) as effective as, while being
C) effectively equal to, but
D) as effective as, and
E) effective, and


for question like this one, always choose => AC with as .........as, and less..........than. none of the choices are complete idiom except D.



You are right Professor :good



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