Studies that have compared the different types of insects in

we can discard B and E due to "of"
D is not a correct comparison.
but what is the issue with "A" .

Can an expert reply....
Thanks.

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We need those to refer back to insects

We need to maintain parallelism

Hence correct answer choice is C

The main error (well, at least an important error) in the incorrect answer options is the faulty parallelism in the "either-or" construction.

In A and E, you need "or finding". In B and D, you need "or reported finding".


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Studies that have compared the different types of insects in coffee plantations with those in tropical forests have reported finding either a similar or a greater variety in plantations.

Compared with is used to state the differences between the two objects of comparison, hence answer will be (C)

Comparison between types of insects IN coffee plantation and IN tropical forests. Only C survives.

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Ruchi

The only answer that maintains proper ‘either X … or Y’ X || Y parallelism is C - ‘either a similar or a greater’. All the other options are clearly not parallel.

C: Correct

The answer is C

Split Correct idiom is compared with to compare two similar entities .
Split 2 Use and in original sentence is wrong

Studies that have compared the different types of insects in coffee plantations and tropical forests have reported either finding a similar or a greater variety in plantations.

(A) and tropical forests have reported either finding a similar or a - Either finding a similar or a greater variety - not parallel
(B) with those of tropical forests have either reported finding a similar or - either reported finding a similar or a greater variety
(C) with those in tropical forests have reported finding either a similar or a - Correct
(D) to tropical forests have either reported finding a similar or - either reported finding a similar or a greater variety
(E) to those of tropical forests have reported either finding a similar or - either findinga similar or a greater variety

Answer C

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