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Spotting a double rainbow in the sky is widely regarded as a rare occurrence, although weather conditions, in which the twin reflections result, are actually quite common.
A. although weather conditions, in which the twin reflections result,
B. because twin reflections, which are the result of weather conditions,
C. though the twin reflections are the result of weather conditions that
D. although weather conditions, which result in the twin reflections,
E. since the weather conditions that result in the twin reflections
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The sentence correction problem is all about understanding the meaning of the sentence.
Essentially, what the sentence says is that seeing X is rare, EVEN THOUGH X is the result of a common event.
The use of the subordinator words “because” or “since” indicates causation.
Using either because or since in the given sentence would be similar to the following sentence:
“Seeing a celebrity in L.A. is rare BECAUSE many celebrities have houses in the city.”
The fact that many celebrities have houses in the city is not the CAUSE of the rare observances.
If I were to say:
“Seeing a celebrity in L.A. is rare EVEN THOUGH many celebrities have houses in the city.”
The sentence would be logical.
Similarly, this sentence is NOT saying that the common events that create a rainbow are the CAUSE of its rare observance.
What the author is trying to get across to the reader is that it seems almost contradictory that we rarely see rainbows. The events that cause rainbows are common place.
Therefore, using “because” or “since” is incorrect in the problem. They do not convey the author’s intended meaning.
Further, the use of the subordinate “although” indicates contrast. For example:
“Although Mary is a cautious driver, she recently wrecked her car.”
“Although” is used to indicate the contrasting facts/events. On the one hand, Mary is a cautious driver. However, in conflict to this fact, she had a car accident.
The meaning that the original sentence in the problem is trying to convey is that seeing rainbows is not an easy thing to do EVEN THOUGH the circumstances that cause them are pretty common.
DESPITE the fact that the conditions they cause rainbows is common, it is difficult to actually see one. “Although” does not convey the same meaning as “even though”, “despite the fact,” or “though.”
Answer C uses the subordinate word “though”, correctly portraying the intended meaning.
Furthermore, “twin reflections” is a substitute phrase used to refer to “double rainbows” in order to avoid redundancy. Substituting the noun phrase “double rainbows” for “twin reflections” and then re-reading the sentence makes the meaning much clearer.
When a noun modifiers of the type (... , which) is used to refer to the noun, it is NON essential info. to the meaning of the sentence.
In other words, we can drop the Non essential modifier out of the sentence and the intended meaning of the sentence should not change at all.
If the info. provided by the noun modifier is essential to getting the full meaning of the sentence across, we use the relative pronoun “that” following the noun to modify that noun.
In the following 2 sentences, the meaning is changed if we remove the (...,which) Non essential noun modifier from D.
“Spotting a double rainbow in the sky is rare, although weather conditions, which result in twin reflections, are common.”
“Spotting a double rainbow in the sky is rare, although weather conditions are common.”
The sentence is not saying that ALL weather conditions are common. Rather, the intended meaning it is trying to convey is that it is ONLY the weather conditions that CAUSE rainbows that are common.
As you can see, the noun modifier that follows the “comma , which” is actually essential to getting the full meaning of the sentence across.
Therefore, D is incorrect because of its use of a Non essential noun modifier to relay essential, descriptive info. about a noun.
C corrects this issue by using “that”
EDIT: I apologize for any typos. I’m writing this from a phone. Hope it helps even a bit!
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