27. As virtually all the nation’s 50 busiest airports are, New York’s were built for an age of propellers, before jet planes weighing 800,000 pounds needed over two miles of runway.
(A) As virtually all the nation’s 50 busiest airports are
(B) As with virtually all of the nation’s 50 busiest airports
(C) Like virtually all of the nation’s 50 busiest airports
(D) Like the cities where virtually all the nation’s 50 busiest airports are
(E) Like other cities where virtually all the nation’s 50 busiest airports are
The answer is (C). However, I prefer (A) here.
In my understanding, "like" means something similar but not the same. Since New York's airport is one of the nation’s 50 busiest airports, we cannot say that New York's airport is LIKE all the nations's 50 businest airport. We can say that Student A is LIKE student B, because A is not B. But if we know that A is in class 1, we cannot say that student A is like students in class 1. Thus, (C) is not correct.
Answer (A) avoid this issue, so it can be the right answer. |