smartguy595 wrote:
Hi,
Original sentence says "Different from owners of German shepherds, some town ordinances do not require confinement or being leashed for owners controlling collies or sheep dogs. "
IMO - owners of german shepards require X
Some ordinaces do not require
But option D says "Though some town ordinances require owners of German shepherds to keep their dogs confined or leashed, few such regulations exist requiring owners to control"
Some ordinances require x
Owners to control
I feel this changes the meaning..please advise where am I going wrong. why option C is incorrect!
Yes, I agree with you. "some ordinances do not require" is not same as "few such regulations exist" - "
some does not require" means "
some require", and "some" does not mean "few". However since other options have other serious grammatical error, we have to accept this slight change in meaning.
Why is option C wrong?
1. "confined" and " on leashes" are not parallel - better is "confined" and "leashed".
2. Option C states that "no " such regulations.....implying there is not a single regulation about collies or sheep dogs. However it is mentioned in the original sentence that there are "some" regulations that do not apply to collies and sheep dogs, implying that there are at least "some"regulations that apply to collies and sheep dogs. This change in meaning is big enough to render option C unacceptable.
Option D is better than option C because " few" is closer to "some" than "none" is.