TommyWallach wrote:
Hey Kaja,
It's actually about how the meaning changes based on the change in the modifier:
A. an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications
PROBLEM: The modifier here is the relative clause starting with "that." It's modifying "problem". But the problem is not "a reaction to certain medications...". That's supposed to be an example of a similar problem, not the problem itself.
C. so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction
ANSWER: See how here, the clause modifying "problem" is COMPARING the problem to these other issues, instead of equating them? That's what we want.
Hope that makes sense!
-t
hi!well....
about A
I think the that clause in choice A could modify "symptom" , as we can hardly break "of another problem" from"a symptom" I mean, if we wanna have a clause modify another sysptom, we can just put it right after "another problem", is it true?
But i agree that readers may think that clause is modifying "problem", where a little ambiguity raised,but we cannot help it.
about C
the when clause is not parallel with the non-underlined part,(anxiety ....,and stress from ....) is this a good choice?
about E
the problem of C is fixed in this choice, however, "systomatic of" is not parallel with "illness"........
Seems every choice has imperfection....which can we tolerate?