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08 May 2011, 09:52
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A. The Chinese suan pan is ‘different than’ the European abacus in that the board is split into two decks, with two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads on each in the bottom, representing the digits 0 through 4. -------- Different than --wrong idiom
B. The Chinese suan pan differs from the European abacus ‘because the board’ is split into two decks, having two beads for each rod in the upper deck and five beads, representing the digits 0 and 4, on each in the bottom. ----- Because is wrong; there is no cause and effect in the topic
C. The Chinese suan pan differs from the European abacus in that the board is split into two decks, with two ‘beads on each rod in the upper deck’ and five beads, representing the digits 0 through 4, ‘each in the bottom.’ -------1. On each rod and each in the bottom are not //. 2. Original meaning is lost since 'five beads each' does not clarify what role ‘each.’ plays in the clause
D. The Chinese suan pan differs from the European abacus in that the board is split into two decks, with two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads, representing the digits 0 through 4, on each in the bottom. ----- The correct choice
E. The Chinese suan pan differs from the European abacus due to the fact that the board has been split into two decks, with two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads, which are representative of the digits 0 through 4, on each in the bottom. ----- Use of 'due to' distorts the original intent as if there’s is a cause and effect as in B
B. The Chinese suan pan differs from the European abacus ‘because the board’ is split into two decks, having two beads for each rod in the upper deck and five beads, representing the digits 0 and 4, on each in the bottom. ----- Because is wrong; there is no cause and effect in the topic
C. The Chinese suan pan differs from the European abacus in that the board is split into two decks, with two ‘beads on each rod in the upper deck’ and five beads, representing the digits 0 through 4, ‘each in the bottom.’ -------1. On each rod and each in the bottom are not //. 2. Original meaning is lost since 'five beads each' does not clarify what role ‘each.’ plays in the clause
D. The Chinese suan pan differs from the European abacus in that the board is split into two decks, with two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads, representing the digits 0 through 4, on each in the bottom. ----- The correct choice
E. The Chinese suan pan differs from the European abacus due to the fact that the board has been split into two decks, with two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads, which are representative of the digits 0 through 4, on each in the bottom. ----- Use of 'due to' distorts the original intent as if there’s is a cause and effect as in B
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i with go with C. "representing... 0 to 4" modifies "5 beads".
Moreover, in D, "on each in the bottom" sounds pretty awkward to me..
