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06 Aug 2021, 06:30
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The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is because it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with their personal problems.
A. The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is because it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with
B. The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is that it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with
C. The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is that it provides an escape rather than to confront
D. People are drawn into substance abuse because they escape rather than a confrontation with
E. People are drawn into substance abuse because it provides an escape rather than confronting
A. The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is because it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with
B. The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is that it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with
C. The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is that it provides an escape rather than to confront
D. People are drawn into substance abuse because they escape rather than a confrontation with
E. People are drawn into substance abuse because it provides an escape rather than confronting
06 Aug 2021, 06:56
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My attempt:
The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is because it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with their personal problems.
A.The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is because it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with (Wrong- the use of the reason and because is redundant )
B. The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is that it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with
C.The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is that it provides an escape rather than to confront (not parallel)
D.People are drawn into substance abuse because they escape rather than a confrontation with (They escape is referring to people but it is the substance abuse that provides escape)
E.People are drawn into substance abuse because it provides an escape rather than confronting (not parallel)
Answer: B
The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is because it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with their personal problems.
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B. The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is that it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with
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Answer: B
08 Aug 2021, 06:30
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is because it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with their personal problems.
A. The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is because it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with
This answer is stylistically flawed. Using both the reason and because is redundant.
What helps us identify this question as a Redundancy question as well as identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: the reason + because
B. The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is that it provides an escape rather than a confrontation with
Using both the reason and because is redundant. This answer choice removes the word because, and maintains parallelism while using the structure A rather than B.
C. The reason that people are drawn into substance abuse is that it provides an escape rather than to confront
This answer choice repeats the original mistake and is grammatically incorrect. The construction A rather than B requires that A and B belong to the same part of speech. If A and B are verbs, they should both be of the same type. In this answer choice, however, provides is a conjugated verb whereas to confront is unconjugated.
What helps us identify this question as a Parallelism question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A rather than B
D. People are drawn into substance abuse because they escape rather than a confrontation with
Although this answer choice corrects the original Redundancy mistake by getting rid of because which is redundant when we already have the reason, it is grammatically incorrect. The construction A rather than B requires that A and B belong to the same part of speech. In this answer choice, A is a verb (escape) whereas B is a noun (confrontation).
What helps us identify this question as a Parallelism question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A rather than B
E. People are drawn into substance abuse because it provides an escape rather than confronting
Although this answer choice corrects the original Redundancy mistake by getting rid of the reason which is redundant when we already have because, it is grammatically incorrect. The construction A rather than B requires that A and B belong to the same part of speech. In this answer choice, A is a noun (escape) whereas B is an unconjugated verb (confronting).
What helps us identify this question as a Parallelism question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A rather than B
