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While five years ago, only 10 percent of women said they kept a handgun for home security, today that figure is 35 percent, making handguns the most popular type of home security for women as well as men.

A. as well as men
B. as well as for men
C. and men too
D. and men as well
E. and also men



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Is the answer B just to tick the parallelism "for" on both sides?
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The "for" is necessary for parallelism. Am I right...?
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While five years ago, only 10 percent of women said they kept a handgun for home security, today that figure is 35 percent, making handguns the most popular type of home security for women as well as men.

A. as well as men
B. as well as for men
C. and men too
D. and men as well
E. and also men



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B

This sentence contains a comparison that’s not parallel. The correct construction is for women as well as for men.

(A) No. This is not parallel. Handguns are the most popular for women, and so they should be the most popular for men, too.

(B) Yes. This sentence contains the correct idiom as well as and uses parallel construction to compare how popular handguns are for women and for men.

(C) No. This choice is not parallel, and and … too is redundant.

(D) No. This is not parallel. Also, and … as well is redundant.

(E) No. This is not parallel, and and also is redundant.
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