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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Comparative--Earthquake

Because the Earth’s crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.

(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West

(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West

(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of the comparable magnitude occurring in the West

(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West

(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West

Guys, I am stumped ... Please help me to find the correct sentence..

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pokh ... find the correct sentence. Because the Earth’s crust is more solid there and ....

— CalifJim

  • pokh ...
  • find the correct sentence.
  • Because the Earth’s crust is more solid there and ....
  • I think the key word is there .
  • The sooner you introduce the phrase that solves the puzzle of where there is, the better.
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pokh... find the correct sentence.
Because the Earth’s crust is more solid there and ....

I think the key word is there. The sooner you introduce the phrase that solves the puzzle of where there is, the better.

Given a choice between two sentences that are almost equally good, choose the one with the more parallel struct
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