Idiom + Parallelism This sentence is based on the comparative construction just as x, soy, x and y must be grammatically parallel elements. The underlined portion of the sentence makes up most of the y element, which must be revised to make it parallel to the x element. The first part of the comparison is about reading a diary, and the second part is about listening to a narrator. Reading Samuel Pepys's diary gives a student ... is parallel to listening to Jane Freed's ... narrator takes the operagoer ... A When listening to is omitted, the second element is not parallel to the first B Correct. In this sentence, all the elements of the comparison are parallel. C Omission of listening to and replacement of the possessive Jane Freed's with ofJane Freed prevent the second element from being parallel to the first D So completes the comparison and must be included E Jane Freed's guileless child ... is not parallel to reading Samuel Pepys's diary The correct answer is B. |