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Project SC Butler: Day 32: Sentence Correction (SC2)
For SC butler Questions Click HereWind resistance created by opening windows while driving results in a fuel penalty
as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning.
(A) as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning
(B) that is as great or greater than is incurred using air conditioning
(C) as great as or greater than that of using air conditioning
(D) at least as great as air conditioning's
(E) at least as great as that incurred by using air conditioning
The best/excellent answers get kudos, which will be awarded after the answer is revealed.
There may be no best/excellent answers, or a there may be a few excellent answers!The correct idiom is
as X as Y. A and B can be eliminated.
In C,
of is the wrong preposition: the fuel penalty of using air conditioning makes no sense.
D can be eliminated because the possessive construction implies that the fuel penalty belongs to the air-conditioning. The intended meaning of the sentence is that air conditioning causes a fuel penalty to be incurred.
In E parallelism is maintained- “Wind resistance created by………incurred by...”.
“At least as great as” is idiomatic as well. Hence, E is the best choice.
The correct answer should be E.