To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally

Question

To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally  effective as, and  less addictive than, most sedatives.

a. effective as, and

b. as effective as, while being

c. effectively equal to, but

d. as effective as, and

e. effective, and

billyjeans · Answer

A?

idiom should be "equally effective as" not "equally as effective as"

kyatin · Answer

A for me.

"equally as effective as" is awkward. so B and D are out.

C is ugly.

E is wrong because no "as" after effective...to confirm I removed phrase "less addictive than" and read the whole sentence and it sounds good with A and not as good with E.

for example...E would read.

with A its reads

zhenmaster · Answer

"equally something as" can replace "as something as".

So...(A).

OA?

jingy77 · Answer

I originally liked D, but as you all pointed out, it does not sound right if you say "equally as effective as most sedatives."

I would go with "equally effective as most sedatives."

A

bkk145 · Answer

Where did you get this rule? :wink:

I get D. A doesn't make sense to me. "equally effective as most sedatives"? two as$E$ are better than one!

GMAT TIGER · Answer

A too. "equally as effective as" doesnot sound very good.

kyatin · Answer

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Vavali · Answer

I go for D. You need the as....as idiom plus you cannot say effective as and less addictive than (gramatically wrong). As effective as, and less addictive than

05rose · Answer

Well i think it is D, Please someone tells us the correct one.

vscid · Answer

Why D? Isnt 'equally as effective as' redundant?

axl_oz · Answer

To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally  effective as , and less addictive than, most sedatives.
a. effective as, and
b. as effective as, while being
c. effectively equal to, but
d. as effective as, and
e. effective, and

The "less addictive" phrase in the sentence is compelling us to use "as effective as" in the sentence.

Hence D is the best answer.

vscid · Answer

OA is D.

kyatin · Answer

Wow. Cant believe its D. It just does not sound right....although it may be grammatically correct.

GMAT TIGER · Answer

In fact, I went with D first but thought that "can be equally as effective as" unidiomatic. 
agree with OA.

prasannar · Answer

It is a clear D folks

To relieve anxiety, moderate exercise can be equally  effective as, and  less addictive than, most sedatives.

exercise are being compared with sedatives thus search for "as effective as" and eliminate other options, we have b and d. "while being" makes b crude and redundant thus b is out, now with d-> exercises are as effective as, and is the best usage

a. effective as, and

b. as effective as, while being

c. effectively equal to, but

d. as effective as, and

e. effective, and

vscid · Answer

Well, clearly the question is testing idiomatic usage, so in that sense D is correct, even though 'equally as effective as' is redundant.
Ultimately, it is to the discretion of the test taker to interpret what the question is testing.
In this case, looks like idiomatic usage takes priority over redundancy.

40plusOnVerbal · Answer

A-hmm..clumsy
B-sounds hmm..lets see
C-naa..
D-sounds OK
E-naa...

Between B and E , E sounds better ( idiomatically..both are right on "as XYZ as" ..but "while being " in B is clumsy where as E is concise and effective enough! )

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