rnn wrote:
hi - I am not sure why E is incorrect. Can I get some clarity on this please?
Quote:
(E) Despite its attractiveness, investing abroad can still pose big risks, ranging from the potential for political instability in some countries to the shortage of regulations to protect investors in others and a serious lack of information about investments.
Simplifying that a bit, we get, "Investing abroad can pose risks, ranging from (X) in some countries to (Y) in others
and a lack of information..."
The big problem here is that the very last bit of the sentence ("and a lack of information...") is just dangling there, and it's really tough to understand what it's doing. Because the phrase begins with "and", it needs to be parallel to something, and I can't quite figure out what it's parallel to.
Put another way: the intent of the sentence is clearly to say that there are big risks to investing abroad, and that the risks range "
from (X) in some countries
to (Y and Z) in others..." In (E), it's not clear that "a lack of information about investments" is among the risks in "other countries", just because the phrase "in others" is misplaced.
Notice that (A) solves that problem nicely:
Quote:
(A) Despite its attractiveness, investing abroad can still pose big risks, ranging from the potential for political instability in some countries to the shortage of regulations to protect investors and a serious lack of information about investments in others.
Now, it's clear that the risks range from "political instability" in some countries to "the shortage of regulations... and a lack of information..." in others. The improved placement of "in others" clarifies the sentence enormously.
I hope this helps a bit!
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