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Elizabeth Barber, the author of both Prehistoric Textiles, a comprehensive work on cloth in the early cultures of the Mediterranean, and also of Women's Work, a more general account of early cloth manufacture, is an expert authority on textiles in ancient societies.
(A) also of Women's Work, a more general account of early cloth manufacture, is an expert authority on
(B) also Women's Work, a more general account of cloth manufacture, is an expert authority about
(C) of Women's Work, a more general account about early cloth manufacture, is an authority on
(D) of Women's Work, a more general account about early cloth manufacture, is an expert authority about
(E) Women's Work, a more general account of early cloth manufacture, is an authority on
Concepts tested here: Idioms + Parallelism + Awkwardness/Redundancy• “both A and B" or "A as well as B" are the correct usages; A and B must be parallel and comparable.
• The correct idiomatic construction is "authority on A".
• The correct idiomatic construction is "account of A".
A: This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism between A and B in the idiomatic construction "both A ("
Prehistoric Textiles") and B("of
Women's Work")"; please remember, "both A and B" is the correct idiomatic construction; A and B must parallel and comparable. Further, Option A uses the needlessly wordy phrase "and also", leading to awkwardness and redundancy.
B: This answer choice incorrectly uses the unidiomatic construction "authority about A"; please remember, the correct idiomatic construction is "authority on A". Further, Option B uses the needlessly wordy phrases "and also" and "expert authority", leading to awkwardness and redundancy.
C: This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism between A and B in the idiomatic construction "both A ("
Prehistoric Textiles") and B("of
Women's Work")"; please remember, "both A and B" is the correct idiomatic construction; A and B must parallel and comparable. Further, Option C incorrectly uses the unidiomatic construction "account about A"; please remember, the correct idiomatic construction is "account of A".
D: This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism between A and B in the idiomatic construction "both A ("
Prehistoric Textiles") and B("of
Women's Work")"; please remember, "both A and B" is the correct idiomatic construction; A and B must parallel and comparable. Further, Option D incorrectly uses the unidiomatic construction "account about A"; please remember, the correct idiomatic construction is "account of A". Additionally, Option D incorrectly uses the unidiomatic construction "authority about A"; please remember, the correct idiomatic construction is "authority on A". Besides, Option D uses the needlessly wordy phrase "expert authority", leading to awkwardness and redundancy.
E: Correct. This answer choice correctly maintains parallelism between A and B in the idiomatic construction "both A ("
Prehistoric Textiles") and B ("
Women's Work")". Further, Option E correctly uses the idiomatic constructions "account of A" and "authority on A". Besides, Option E is free of any awkwardness or redundancy.
Hence, E is the best answer choice.All the best!
Experts' Global Team