aragonn wrote:
An automobile’s transmission allows for both wheel rotation rates lower than the engine and for higher torque at lower speeds.
A. for both wheel rotation rates lower than the engine and for higher torque
B. for both wheel rotation rates that are lower than that of the engine and for higher torque
C. both for wheel rotation rates lower than that of the engine and for higher torque
D. both the wheels to turn more slowly than that of the engine and the torque to be higher
E. both a rate of wheel rotation lower than the engine and higher torques
1) Comparison Structure
Both A and E suffer from an illogical comparison. Eliminate A and E.
“….wheel rotation rates lower than the engine…”
“….a rate of wheel rotation lower than the engine…”
Both structures convey an improper comparison between “rates” and a part of a car (the engine itself)
2) Parallelism
You can then eliminate answer B for broken parallelism.
“…..allows FOR both wheel rotation rates…..and FOR higher torque…”
If you were to apply the root phrase to just The 2nd entity, you would have:
“….allows for for higher torque…”
Can eliminate B.
D) Meaning
If you focus on the meaning of D, it is a bit illogical.
“An automobile’s transmission allows for……the torque to be higher….”
Idiomatically, one would say that “x allows for higher torque”.
Saying the “transmission allows for the torque to be higher” suggests that the torque itself has the ability “to be higher.”
Instead, “higher” is an adjective describing an inanimate object.
C would be the “best” answer out of the bunch. However, it is questionable whether GMAC would allow the singular “that” to refer to a plural noun.
Based on prior questions, the answer would seem to be No, GMAC would not.
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