Nez wrote:
In no other industry would firms resort to such an idiosyncratic idea as that it is good to milk their best suppliers dry as would western retail-food sector do.
as that it is good to milk their best suppliers dry as would western retail-food sector do.
such as that it is good to milk their best suppliers dry as would retail-food sector in the west.
as that it is good to milk their best suppliers dry as retail-food sector in the west does.
such as that it is good to milk their best suppliers dry as retail-food sector of the west.
such as that it is good to milk their best suppliers dry as in retail-food sector of the west.
How is that sentence correct? the OA. Help.
First consider the following sentence:
In no other industry would firms resort to such an idiosyncratic idea
as (firms) in retail-food sector of the west (would resort to).
The green font portion is compared to blue font portion using
such..... as.
The parallelism marker is :
such.... asThe parallel elements are:
1.
Firms in no other industry would resort to (words rearranged for easy understanding).
2.
(firms) in retail-food sector of the west (would resort to)Omitting the repeated words in the second part of the comparison, the sentence becomes:
In no other industry would firms resort to such an idiosyncratic idea as in retail-food sector of the west.
Now introduce an example of an idiosyncratic idea using
such as (the example is in orange font):
In no other industry would firms resort to such an idiosyncratic idea
such as that it is good to milk their best suppliers dry as in retail-food sector of the west.
There are 2
such as constructions in the sentence:
1. such.... as.. is used to compare activities in 2 industries.
2. such as is used to introduce an example of an idiosyncratic idea.
Is the above explanation clear?