Just as more powerful telescopes are penetrating deeper into the secre

Question

Just as more powerful telescopes are penetrating deeper into the secrets of space, so the new colliding-beam machines  help physicists to probe even more deep  into the most basic natural phenomena.

a) help physicists to probe even more deep

b) help physicists in their probing even deeper

c) are helpful for physicists probing even deeper.

d) are of help to physicists because they probe even more deeply

e) are helping physicists probe even more deeply.

I picked c.
My reasoning is...
a) "deep" should be "deeply" because it modifies a verb "probe"

b) "in their probing" is awkward.

c) I picked this.

d) wordy

e) "are helping" GMAT does't like -ing form.

Obviously, my reasoning e is incorrect.
Please, give me your opinion about my reasoning and the reason that d is not correct.

crick20002002 · Answer

This is a parallelism problem.

Spot the parallelism:

Just as 
 Part I :  more powerful telescopes   are penetrating   deeper into the secrets of space, 
so 
 Part II:  the new colliding-beam machines   help   physicists to probe even more deep into the most basic natural phenomena.

The two verbs in bold must be parallel. E fixes it.

Crick

aragonn · Answer

Just as X so Y .... X and Y should be parallel only E has that. E is the best option.

vikas9945 · Answer

daagh  sir 
 GMATNinja

Is it mandatory that in Just as X so Y idiom , both X and Y should be in same tense form as shown in this OE

daagh · Answer

vikas

Although parallelism appears to the most apparent and appealing, yet there are other things too in this topic, but whether verb form is the only criterion of parallelism may not be very correct. After all, an official GMAT question may not be tested on such a narrow spectrum

a) help physicists to probe even more deep --   'more deep' is not the accepted form of comparative degree. 'deeper' is the word choice.

b) help physicists in their probing even deeper --   'in their probing' is awkward.

c) are helpful for physicists probing even deeper. --  'are helpful' is wordier and less dynamic than the active and direct verb 'help'

d) are of help to physicists because they probe even more deeply --  The wordiest of all

e) are helping physicists probe even more deeply --  Now we can see why E is the best. It is also 'more parallel' than other choices.

waytowharton · Answer

Hey experts,

KarishmaB   ExpertsGlobal5   DmitryFarber

Could you help me in understanding the difference between more deep vs deeper vs more deeply and which one is apt here? Moreover, in general can you also explain this concept. Thanks!

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  waytowharton ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "deeply" is an adverb, while "deeper" and "deep" are adjectives, and "deeper" is a more concise and direct version of "more deep".

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

waytowharton · Answer

KarishmaB

Madam would more deep or deeper be incorrect in this sentence? Since we need to modify 'to probe', which is an adverb modifying verb help, an adverb is needed to modify adverb('to probe'). Since more deep and deeper are adjectives; hence their use will not be apt.

Is my understanding incorrect? Please help me this concept.

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  waytowharton ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, yes; your understanding here is correct.

Kudos.

All the best!
Experts' Global Team

KarishmaB · Answer

waytowharton Both 'deep' and 'deeply' act as adverbs while only 'deep' can act as an adjective. 'deeper' is the comparative version of 'deep' when 'deep' is used as an adjective. It is better to use 'deeper' than to use 'more deep' since we have a comparative for it. When we do not have a comparative for certain adjectives such as beautiful, we use 'more' such as 'more beautiful.' Check here: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/deep https://www.dictionary.com/browse/deeply Note that the sentence uses both 'deep' (as deeper) and 'deeply' as adverbs. Just as more powerful telescopes are penetrating deeper into the secrets of space, so the new colliding-beam machines are helping physicists probe even more deeply into the most basic natural phenomena. deeper - to a considerable depth deeply - to a considerable extent

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