OG11-26

26.   Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the water as a person standing on land.

(A) water as a

(B) water as to a

(C) water; just as it would to a

(D) water, as it would to the

(E) water; just as to the

Idiom + Parallelism

The second part of this sentence is a comparison. The correct, parallel, and idiomatic structure makes the comparison clear. In this case, a phenomenon appears the same to x as to y, or the same to someone... as to a person. The two parts of the comparison must be parallel.

A     The omission of the preposition to violates both the idiom and the parallelism

B      Correct. The sentence uses the correct idiom ... the same to someone ... as to a person. The two parts of the comparison are parallel.

C     The use of a semicolon creates a sentence fragment

D     The idiom is the same to x as to y, but this change would make it incorrect: the same to x, as it would be to y

E      The use of a semicolon introduces a sentence fragment

The correct answer is B.

这题困惑的是为什么介词to不能省略。to什么时候可以省，什么时候不能省，哪位大侠能提供一下思路？万分感谢！！！！！！！！

不但不能省略 这里必须要补出介词to, the same to ... as to...

请问LS，是不是当to作介词时都不能省，只有不定式时，在不影响理解的情况可以省略呢？

多谢多谢～～～

我觉得应该如此

嗯！我刚总结到OG11-47，介词by也不能省，否则就不平行了，如题：

The correct answer is E.

多谢LS，看来介词的确不能省！～

41题也是～

41.   While larger banks can afford to maintain their own data-processing operations, many smaller regional and community banks are finding that the cost associated with upgrading data-processing equipment and with the development and maintenance of new products and technical staff are prohibitive.

(A) cost associated with

(B) costs associated with

(C) costs arising from

(D) cost of

(E) costs of

Agreement + Parallelism

What are prohibitive? For the sake of subject‑ verb agreement, the plural noun costs must be used rather than the singular cost. the costs ... are prohibitive. The phrase associated with is required to complete the parallel construction

costs associated with upgrading ... and with the development of....

A     The singular cost does not agree with the plural verb are

B      Correct. The plural noun costs agrees with the plural verb are; using costs associated with means that with upgrading is parallel to with the development.

C     From upgrading is not parallel to with the development of

D     The singular cost does not agree with the plural verb are; of upgrading is not parallel to with the development of

E      Of upgrading is not parallel to with the development of

The correct answer is B.

The correct option must offer a noun that agrees in number with the plural verb are, the second-to-last word in the sentence, to produce the grammatical sequence costs ... are prohibitive. Also, the best answer will use the preposition with to complete the parallel construction costs associated with upgrading ... and with the development.... Choice
    B, the best answer, is the only option that meets both requirements.　（OG10的解释）