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Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative
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Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative to butter, recent studies suggest it is as harmful or worse than butter.
A. it is as harmful or worse than butter
B. it is just as harmful or even worse than butter
C. that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
D. it is as harmful as if not worse than butter
E. that it is as harmful if not worse than butter
A. it is as harmful or worse than butter
B. it is just as harmful or even worse than butter
C. that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
D. it is as harmful as if not worse than butter
E. that it is as harmful if not worse than butter
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27 Aug 2013, 10:28
GetThisDone wrote:
Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative to butter, recent studies suggest it is as
harmful or worse than butter.
• it is as harmful or worse than butter
• it is just as harmful or even worse than butter
• that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
• it is as harmful as if not worse than butter
• that it is as harmful if not worse than butter
harmful or worse than butter.
• it is as harmful or worse than butter
• it is just as harmful or even worse than butter
• that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
• it is as harmful as if not worse than butter
• that it is as harmful if not worse than butter
that always follows reporting verbs such as suggest, hence only c and e are real contenders. E is incorrect because for comparison the correct usage is as...as. C is the answer.
Ex: My cat is as playful as the cat of my aunt.
: Coke is as harmful as Pepsi.
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Re: Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative
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Suggests means subjunctive form of statement. So that is needed.
Between C and E... C is correct as As harmful if is incorrect. As harmful as should have been correct
Between C and E... C is correct as As harmful if is incorrect. As harmful as should have been correct
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Elimimated A, B and D - lack of "that" after "suggest"
eliminated E because of missing "as" after "harmful"
Elimimated A, B and D - lack of "that" after "suggest"
eliminated E because of missing "as" after "harmful"
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Re: Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative
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GetThisDone wrote:
Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative to butter, recent studies suggest it is as
harmful or worse than butter.
• it is as harmful or worse than butter
• it is just as harmful or even worse than butter
• that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
• it is as harmful as if not worse than butter
• that it is as harmful if not worse than butter
harmful or worse than butter.
• it is as harmful or worse than butter
• it is just as harmful or even worse than butter
• that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
• it is as harmful as if not worse than butter
• that it is as harmful if not worse than butter
Option C.
Here "that" should follow "suggest"
Option E is idiomatically incorrect.
Hence option C is correct option
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28 Aug 2013, 21:10
+1 for C. Agree with explanations above
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Re: Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative
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GetThisDone wrote:
Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative to butter, recent studies suggest it is as
harmful or worse than butter.
• it is as harmful or worse than butter
• it is just as harmful or even worse than butter
• that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
• it is as harmful as if not worse than butter
• that it is as harmful if not worse than butter
harmful or worse than butter.
• it is as harmful or worse than butter
• it is just as harmful or even worse than butter
• that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
• it is as harmful as if not worse than butter
• that it is as harmful if not worse than butter
The following are the Subjunctive Verbs -
ask
propose
demand
recommend
desire
request
insist
require
prefer
suggest
urge
The structure of Subjunctive Mood is -
Quote:
subject + verb + that + subject + verb in simple form. . .
Further option (C) uses the correct Idiomatic usage
as x as y ( highlighted in green above)
So, Correct answer will be (C)
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Re: Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative
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09 Sep 2016, 12:37
I understand that this question has the correct usage of the "as....as" idiom, however, I chose E, because I interpreted the meaning of the question to say that margarine is "as harmful as, if not worse than butter" I would almost say that in spoken English that's an expression used in a context like this. So while C used the correct idiom, I thought the intended meaning was E.
Could someone help me understand this?
Could someone help me understand this?
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Re: Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative
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that___As ________As.
Only one choice states that, hence the answer.
Only one choice states that, hence the answer.
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Re: Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative
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26 Apr 2020, 09:04
26 Apr 2020, 09:04
GetThisDone wrote:
Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative to butter, recent studies suggest it is as harmful or worse than butter.
A. it is as harmful or worse than butter
B. it is just as harmful or even worse than butter
C. that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
D. it is as harmful as if not worse than butter
E. that it is as harmful if not worse than butter
A. it is as harmful or worse than butter
B. it is just as harmful or even worse than butter
C. that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
D. it is as harmful as if not worse than butter
E. that it is as harmful if not worse than butter
sentence with suggest refers to subjunctive error type
so left with option c & e
amongst them c would be correct as it has right use of comparison as harmful as ... where as in option e 'if' which makes conditional statement is wrong
hence option C is correct..
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