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ravigupta2912
14 Nov 2020, 07:58
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IanStewart
Thanks Ian. So to summarise, we are dismissing "the result of" because "the result of" is not idiomatic in itself, which is what is creating the parallelism error. I mean first "as" is for comparison and "as a result of" (and not "the result of") is the idiomatic usage. Correct? At least when used in the comparative form.
14 Nov 2020, 08:03
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Yes, I think that's right - "as a result of" is already its own idiom, so answer there's an "as" missing in answer B that would be needed to complete the comparison.
It's also true that there's no reason to use "because of" in the first half of the sentence, and "as a result of" in the second, when you could just use the same "because of" phrase twice (to make the parallelism clearer), but that's not as important an issue here.
It's also true that there's no reason to use "because of" in the first half of the sentence, and "as a result of" in the second, when you could just use the same "because of" phrase twice (to make the parallelism clearer), but that's not as important an issue here.
14 Nov 2020, 08:25
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ravigupta2912
Hello, ravigupta2912. I agree with the excellent analysis IanStewart has provided above. I do not like to fall back on idiomatic constructs to derive an answer, but we cannot ignore the not so much [A] part in the non-underlined portion: we need an as to complete that comparison. Only (B) and (C) use the keyword in question, but (B) does, in fact present a problem. If we keep in mind that as is to be used as the parallel marker, we get a nonsensical comparison. Compare (B) to (C):
(B) [science moves forward not so much] because of the insights of great thinkers AS
[science moves forward] the result of more mundane developments...
(C) [science moves forward not so much] because of the insights of great thinkers AS
[science moves forward] because of more mundane developments...
(C) is a clear winner. To answer your questions, what follows as in both (B) and (C) is a phrase. Finally, concerning parallelism, the GMAT™ prefers it any time to a non-parallel construct. This split presents a bigger issue, but that is to be expected, since parallelism is not a primary concern on SC questions. (It is more of a secondary or even tertiary concern.)
I hope that helps. I know I was beaten to the punch, but I thought I would chime in, nonetheless.
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