ssandeepan wrote:
According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults,
like that of earlier generations.
(A)
like that of earlier generations
(B)
as that for earlier generations
(C) just as earlier generations
did(D)
as have earlier generations
(E)
as it was of earlier generations
First GlanceThe underline is very short; compare the answer choices before reading the original sentence. The first answer uses
like while others use
as; a comparison is being tested.
Issues(1) Comparison: like that; as that; did; haveThe
like versus
as split in the answers indicates that the sentence contains a comparison. What is the comparison? Also check the comparison for parallelism.
The sentence compares two groups:
young adults today and those of
earlier generations. The heart of the comparison is the fact that
owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is a goal of both groups. In other words, the full comparison itself is a clause, so
as should be used to make the comparison (
like is used to compare nouns). Further,
as is used to compare two clauses but the second half of the comparison in answer (B) does not include a verb. Eliminate answers (A) and (B).
Answers (C), (D), and (E) all correctly use
as and include a verb in the second half of the comparison. Which is correct? Parallelism still rules the day.
Owning and living is a goal today
as owning and living was a goal in the past.
Answer (C) uses the verb
did; the
earlier generations did a goal?
Answer (D) uses the verb
have;
owning and living have earlier generations?
Neither makes sense. Eliminate answers (C) and (D).
Note that
was and
is are different tenses, but the clauses are still parallel. The simple past tense
was is appropriate for something that
was a goal of young adults in past generations, just as the simple present
is reflects something that
is a goal of young adults now.
The Correct AnswerCorrect answer
(E) offers a parallel structure for the comparison. The pronoun
it refers to the noun phrase
owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land, the verb
was is parallel to the verb
is.
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