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05 Feb 2021, 00:56
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Although the Olympic athlete’s mother was at home watching her son on television, the competition was as exciting to her as the royal attendees sitting in the first row.
A) was as exciting to her as the royal attendees sitting in the first row
B) was as exciting to her than the royal attendees sitting in the first row
C) was as exciting to her as to the royal attendees sitting in the first row
D) was as exciting to her than to the royal attendees sitting in the first row
E) was exciting to her as to the royal attendees sitting in the first row
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
→ The level of excitement created by the competition that two parties experience—a mother watching on TV and attendees sitting in the front row.
The levels of excitement are equal.
• AS X AS Y
→ sear the AS . . . AS construction into your memory.
The word as has many meanings.
→ If as is used to compare things, you must see AS X AS Y
NOT: As . . . than
NOT: As . . . that
NOT: So . . . as [There is one exception to this last pairing that involves negation. We can say NOT SO MUCH X AS Y. Take a look at this question, here, and at my explanation here.]
THE OPTIONS
Otherwise, the sentence says that the mother was as excited to see her son as she was excited to see the royal attendees sitting in the front row.
ELIMINATE A
• Like option A, this option needs the word "to" placed before "the royal attendees" to maintain parallelism, meaningful comparison of similar things, and correct meaning
ELIMINATE B
• This option appropriately compares the level of excitement created by the competition between the two parties, and the word to is inserted after the second as
KEEP
Wrong: As exciting to X than to Y
Correct: As exciting to X as to Y
ELIMINATE D
ELIMINATE E
The correct answer is C.
COMMENTS
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Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC2)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
• What two things are being compared?
→ The level of excitement created by the competition that two parties experience—a mother watching on TV and attendees sitting in the front row.
The levels of excitement are equal.
• AS X AS Y
→ sear the AS . . . AS construction into your memory.
The word as has many meanings.
→ If as is used to compare things, you must see AS X AS Y
NOT: As . . . than
NOT: As . . . that
NOT: So . . . as [There is one exception to this last pairing that involves negation. We can say NOT SO MUCH X AS Y. Take a look at this question, here, and at my explanation here.]
THE OPTIONS
Quote:
→ in order to create a parallel and thus grammatical comparison, the word to must be placed before "the royal attendees."
Otherwise, the sentence says that the mother was as excited to see her son as she was excited to see the royal attendees sitting in the front row.
ELIMINATE A
Quote:
• AS must be paired with AS, not than.
• Like option A, this option needs the word "to" placed before "the royal attendees" to maintain parallelism, meaningful comparison of similar things, and correct meaning
ELIMINATE B
Quote:
• I do not see any errors
• This option appropriately compares the level of excitement created by the competition between the two parties, and the word to is inserted after the second as
KEEP
Quote:
• In a comparison, we cannot pair as with than.
Wrong: As exciting to X than to Y
Correct: As exciting to X as to Y
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
• The first as in AS X AS Y is missing. The sentence is gibberish.
ELIMINATE E
The correct answer is C.
COMMENTS
Color me impressed.
Most of these answers do an outstanding job of explaining the errors.
Answers that contain explanations get kudos.
Nicely done.
In the actual sentence -
Although the Olympic athlete’s mother was at home watching her son on television, the competition was as exciting to her as the royal attendees sitting in the first row.
Note : The possessive pronoun "her" can refer to both athlete's and athlete's mother; however this pronoun ambiguity is not an issue in their problem as neither we know the gender of athlete nor the problem is concerned in testing it by providing many antecedents.
The correct construction is : AS ... to X as to Y.
Only C fits the bill.
Although the Olympic athlete’s mother was at home watching her son on television, the competition was as exciting to her as the royal attendees sitting in the first row.
Note : The possessive pronoun "her" can refer to both athlete's and athlete's mother; however this pronoun ambiguity is not an issue in their problem as neither we know the gender of athlete nor the problem is concerned in testing it by providing many antecedents.
The correct construction is : AS ... to X as to Y.
Only C fits the bill.
