Google Glass is basically a small computer, with a camera and

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Google Glass is basically a small computer, with a camera and a display screen above the wearer’s right eye and  sits roughly at eyebrow level, high than  where eyeglasses would go. 
 
A. sits roughly at eyebrow level, high than

B. roughly sits at eyebrow level, higher than

C. roughly sits at the level of the eyebrows, higher than

D. at a level higher than the eyebrow roughly, it sits

E. sits roughly at eyebrow level, higher than

Abhi077 · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Rhetorical Construction

As the sentence employs a certain additional, information in terms of comparison. ‘higher’ is a better choice than any other degree of ‘high’.

(A) The comparative degree of ‘high’ i.e., ‘higher’ is to be preferred.

(B) ‘roughly’ is an adverb that modifies ‘sit’. It should be placed before it.

(C) too wordy.

(D) ‘roughly’ is misplaced.

(E) CORRECT.

Choice (E) is the correct answer

ravigupta2912 · Answer

Not very convinced with the OA. The placement of “roughly” in E can also be construed to be ambiguous (modifying sits) or (at eyebrow level).

Had the adverb “roughly” been inserted after “at eyebrow level” in E, then we would have a clear meaning.

Thoughts  AndrewN ?

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AndrewN · Answer

Hello, Ravi. I think the sentence could benefit from either the addition or deletion of a comma, specifically around the prepositional phrase. Either change would add clarity to the sentence.

1)  Google Glass is basically a small computer, with a camera and a display screen above the wearer’s right eye, and sits

2)  Google Glass is basically a small computer with a camera and a display screen above the wearer’s right eye and sits

In the first sentence, the extra comma denotes that the phrase is non-essential, more or less interrupting the main clause; in the second, which I think would cause students a little more trouble (who might want to call the sentence a run-on), the lack of commas marks the phrase as essential, and the two parallel parts follow a somewhat different construct:  is  something and  sits . But with a single comma, the sentence is left open to interpretation (and criticism).

- Andrew

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