Expression of IdeasVery hardTransition comparing two editions
Expression of Ideas practice question
The dictionary's first edition took seventy years to complete. ____ the second, with computers and a staff of hundreds, took twenty.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
- A. By comparison,Correct
- B. Consequently,
- C. For instance,
- D. In addition,
Answer: A. By comparison,
Seventy against twenty: a comparison.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Consequently,
- The second edition's speed is not caused by the first's slowness.
- C. For instance,
- Not an example.
- D. In addition,
- Not an added point but a contrast.
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