Schachfreizeit wrote:
Thanks! But that still doesn't explain the parallelism error...
Hey
SchachfreizeitI'm sorry for the delay in response. Allow me to explain this further.
Let's start with an analysis of the Sentence Structure of Choice A:
A: Medicare, the United States government’s health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, covers the full cost of home health care, but not with other nonhospital services where 20 percent of the costs must be paid by beneficiaries.
Sentence Structure:- Medicare,
- the United States government’s health insurance program for the elderly and disabled,
- covers the full cost
- but not
- with other nonhospital services
- where 20 percent of the costs must be paid by beneficiaries.
Observations:Two observations stand out from the Sentence Structure above:
1. The phrase "of home health care" is not parallel to the phrase "with other nonhospital services".
2. The connector "where" has been incorrectly used to describe "services". "Services" is not a place. "Which" would have been more appropriate (as seen in the correct choice, C).
Now, one could ask the question:
why use "with" at all?
Why not delete it altogether? Let's look at the Sentence Structure without "with":
Medicare, the United States government’s health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, covers the full cost of home health care, but not
with other nonhospital services where 20 percent of the costs must be paid by beneficiaries.
Sentence Structure:- Medicare,
- the United States government’s health insurance program for the elderly and disabled,
but notother nonhospital services
- where 20 percent of the costs must be paid by beneficiaries.
Observation:1. Without the "with", "other nonhospital services" now becomes parallel to the subject "Medicare", and this illogically implies that "non hospital services" also cover costs of kinds of health care.
Conclusion:
1. We need a preposition before "other nonhospital services" to imply that these services are health care services.
2. That preposition needs to be "of" and not "with".
I hope this answers all your questions. Please revert if you still have questions.
Happy Learning!
Abhishek
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