Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great

Question

Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great Depression, was  as present as the weather, and as much discussed .

(A) as present as the weather, and as much discussed
(B) present like the weather was, and it was also discussed as much
(C) as present amd was discussed as the weather was
(D) so present as to be discussed like weather
(E) present and discussed as often as the weather was

ak_idc · Answer

"was as much discussed" is needed in A?

E seems better to me.

GMATT73 · Answer

Nope, that's trap. As...as...as... used three times to compare two things?

This one is (E)

Edited by Matt.

ps_dahiya · Answer

E says

Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great Depression, was present and discussed as often as the weather was  . 

How can weather be present sometimes and sometime not. IMO, weather is always present.

I still stand by my answer i.e A

GMATT73 · Answer

Darn good point. I stand corrected. The omited portion does distort the meaning. I will edit my bolface post so as not to confuse other members.

ak_idc · Answer

was the author trying to say that baseball was as present as weather? 

something like: weather was always present and so was baseball..

we are talking about this after a long time..so can we say weather was?

Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great

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