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12 Dec 2016, 21:18
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Art is a visual way for some people to reflect upon what is going on in their cultural and natural environment, and allows a way to see how people perceive their natural world.
The sentence above mimics the following sentence structure:
Independent Clause, (and) Independent Clause.
but the part allows a way to see how people perceive their natural world doesn't have a subject.
A) and allows a way to see how people perceive their natural world
B) while allowing a way to see how people perceive their natural world
C) while allowing another way to see how people perceive their natural world
D) and allows others a way for seeing how people perceive their natural world
E) while allowing others a way to see how people perceive their natural world
Left with:
B) while allowing a way to see how people perceive their natural world
C) while allowing another way to see how people perceive their natural world
No other way has been presented in the sentence. Thus, the use of 'another' is incorrect.
E) while allowing others a way to see how people perceive their natural world
E appears better than B.
The sentence above mimics the following sentence structure:
Independent Clause, (and) Independent Clause.
but the part allows a way to see how people perceive their natural world doesn't have a subject.
B) while allowing a way to see how people perceive their natural world
C) while allowing another way to see how people perceive their natural world
E) while allowing others a way to see how people perceive their natural world
Left with:
B) while allowing a way to see how people perceive their natural world
C) while allowing another way to see how people perceive their natural world
No other way has been presented in the sentence. Thus, the use of 'another' is incorrect.
E) while allowing others a way to see how people perceive their natural world
E appears better than B.
23 Nov 2020, 06:30
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AndrewN would love to hear your take on this question, I narrowed it down to C and E but at the last moment chose C. Why is E a better option than C??
23 Nov 2020, 12:40
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Hello, kntombat. I considered the same two answers before settling on (E). Why? It has to do with expressed meaning. Consider each sentence:
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Choice (C) holds a visual way as a like entity to another way. If we think of the latter as something other than a visual way, we run into a problem:
Art is a visual way for some people to reflect upon [something], while allowing a non-visual way to see how people perceive their natural world.
Granted, a non-visual way is one interpretation of another way, but I think you will agree that it places the description to see in an awkward position, not to mention that the latter part of the sentence could be addressing us or an understood you directly. Even though to see is synonymous with to understand, the sentence is not immediately clear in its usage of another way to see. That takes some sorting out. Meanwhile, choice (E) holds some people parallel to others, or other people. And this comparison makes more sense: some people believe that art offers insight into the goings on of their cultural and natural environment, while others focus more on the artists and how those creators perceive their natural world. Unlike the earlier sentence that seemed to break the fourth wall and speak to us, the readers, this latter option keeps matters simpler by comparing some people to other people. Choice (E) is harder to argue against, which is why I chose it in the end.
I hope that helps. Thank you for thinking to ask me.
- Andrew
