Many analysts have predicted that, just as the growth of democracy has

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Many analysts have  predicted that, just as the growth of democracy has generally followed industrial development in other nations, democratic institutions will soon flourish  in China.

A. predicted that, just as the growth of democracy has generally followed industrial development in other nations, democratic institutions will soon flourish

B. predicted, just as democracy has generally grown following other nations' industrial development, that democratic institutions will soon flourish

C. predicted, just as the growth of democracy generally following industrial development in other nations, that democratic institutions will soon be flourishing

D. predicted that, just as democracy has generally grown after other nations' industrial development, that democratic institutions will soon be flourishing

E. been predicting that, just as the general growth of democracy following other nations' industrial development, democratic institutions will soon flourish

sanjitscorps18 · Answer

A. The original statement looks ok

B. That should be followed by predicted otherwise the comparison seems illogical

C. generally following does not give a proper verb to the modifier.

D. Redundant 'that'.

E. Analsysts predicted in the past. It is a concluded action.

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Rakhie · Answer

In Options B, "just as democracy..." modifies analysts and not the prediction, resulting in a meaning that democracy predicted something as well like analysts.

Option C has the same problem as option B, indicating a meaning that "growth" predicted something...

D - redundant "that"

E - use of present perfect continuous is not justified.

Best IMO is option A

neutronstar · Answer

First we will analyse the use of ‘as’. It is followed by phrase in options E & C - so both are wrong

The word predicted is to be followed by ‘that’. Option D makes error by repeating ‘that’. This repeatition is wrong.

Between A & B, clearly A is winner because B places ‘as clause’ before ‘that’. Prediction needs a comparison inside the predication. Prediction itself cannot be comparison (as illogically meant in option B).

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Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

This sentence draws a Comparison between two historical patterns: first, the tendency of democracy to grow after industrial development in various countries, and, second, the corresponding case currently unfolding in China. If the just as… construction is used, the sentence must be constructed so as to compare these two ideas. Finally, the analysts are drawing the whole comparison themselves, i.e., the analysts are predicting the growth of democracy in China by analogy to the historical pattern, so the sentence should be written in a way that indicates that the whole comparison has been predicted by the analysts.

(A) CORRECT. Predicted that… prefaces the entire comparison, correctly portraying the entire comparison as the analysts' thought process. The comparison itself is properly written with two clauses, the first of which is subordinated by just as…

(B) In this version of the sentence, just as… illogically connects the first two clauses, rather than the last two. In other words, this wording suggests a comparison between the analysts' act of predicting and the growth of democracy: an illogical comparison. In addition, in the wording democracy has generally grown following other nations' industrial development, it is unclear whether democracy has grown in the same countries where industrial development has occurred.

(C) In this version of the sentence, just as… illogically connects the first two elements, rather than the last two. In other words, this wording suggests a comparison between the analysts' act of predicting and the growth of democracy: an illogical comparison. In addition, just as is incorrectly followed by a noun phrase, with no verb (the growth of democracy generally following…). This construction is incorrect; just as is a subordinating conjunction, and as such must be followed by a clause, not just a noun.

(D) The repetition of the word that makes the structure of this choice ungrammatical. (If the modifier is excluded, then the resulting core sentence says many analysts have predicted that that…) In addition, in the wording democracy has generally grown after other nations' industrial development, it is unclear whether democracy has grown in the same countries where industrial development has occurred.

(E) This version contains a fragment. Just as is incorrectly followed by a noun phrase, with no verb (the general growth of democracy following…). This construction is incorrect; just as is a subordinating conjunction, and as such must be followed by a clause, not just a noun. In addition, the wording following other nations' industrial development makes it unclear whether democracy has grown in the same countries where industrial development has occurred.

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