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What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize，in better sound than was ever before possible，some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era．
(A) What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc
(B) The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc
(C) No less remarkable than the development of the compact disc
(D) Developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than
(E) Development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as
Parallelism + Rhetorical construction
This sentence compares the development of the compact disc with the use 0fthe new technology；
these two phrases must use parallel grammatical structures to make the comparison clear．
Unnecessary words disrupt the parallelism and clutter the meaning；they must be omitted．The
correct idiom for comparison must be used．
A What was is awkward and unnecessary；construction uses a verb tense that does not agree with has been．
B The thing that was is wordy and unnecessary, and it introduces a verb tense that does not agree with has been．
C Correct．No less remarkable than、s the clearest，most concise and idiomatically correct wav for this sentence to introduce the comparison between the development and the use．
D Developing is not parallel to the use；nonetheless followed by than is not a correct idiom for comparison．
E Without its article，development is not parallel to the use；no less．．．as is not a correct idiom
for comparison．
The correct answer is C．
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