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Northern Alaska receives more sunlight than does any other place, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels would rise 245 feet and submerge cities.
Error AnalysisThis sentence test knowledge of
- idiom "So that"
- parallelism
- conditional sentence.A.
is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,
Parallelism is missing in this option. The temperatures
are so cold and the ice
is so reflective could have been better.
Sentence after (;) should be independent.
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B. is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,
Parallelism is maintained in this option. Sentence after (;) is independent. This option looks good to me.
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C. so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else
"is" is missing before "so reflective" . This option has broken parallelism.
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D. is reflective, that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, additionally
"so" is missing between "is reflective" . This option has broken parallelism. Later part of sentence changes intended meaning of sentence.
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E. reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the e summer; if it did
This option has broken parallelism. "If it did" is wrong for condition.
IMO Answer: BPosted from my mobile device