zoezhuyan wrote:
dear
AndrewN ,
GMATNinjaTwoare the choice B and C incorrect because of "as".
in my opinion, as in B and C seem to introduce a clause that uses to compare, like I read the book in every morning as he did.
wha't your thoughts ?
Hello,
zoezhuyan. How about we take a look at the original sentence and answer choices (B) and (C) to see what we can tease out?
Quote:
Books in European libraries last longer than books in libraries in the United States because, although the climate in Europe is fairly humid, libraries there are not subjected to the extremes of temperature and humidity that damage collections in the United States.
B. because, although the climate in Europe is fairly humid, libraries there are not subject of the extremes of temperature and humidity as those that
C. because, although the climate in Europe is fairly humid, libraries there are not subjected to the extremities of temperature and humidity as
We have three splits we can talk about here.
1.
subjected to/subject of—No case can be made for the latter without an article ahead of
subject. That is, you could say that something was
the subject of a painting or a novel, but not just
subject of. The latter option is unidiomatic, so we could eliminate (B) already.
2.
the extremes/the extremities—Again, the latter option loses out. Extremes of temperature are its highs and lows, but
extremities are more like the ends of some physical entity. We call our fingers and toes our extremities, and it is acceptable to say that the poles of the Earth are its extremities, but I cannot reach out and touch
temperature. In this case, (C) can be eliminated.
3.
that/as those that/as—A three-way split is interesting, but two of the options do not work. Test:
A)
extremes that damage collections √B)
extremes as those that damage collections X (We would need the idiomatic construct
as _____ as for the presence of the comparative
as to be justified.)
C)
extremes as damage collections X (This one is even harder to find a context that allows it to work. I am not up to the task.)
So, to answer your question, yes, you can eliminate (B) and (C) on the basis of
as. Just appreciate that you can also eliminate either option by some other means. Anything you can use against an answer choice should be considered, after all.
I hope that helps address your concern. Thank you for thinking to ask.
- Andrew
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