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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?

  1. A. By comparison,Correct
  2. B. Consequently,
  3. C. For instance,
  4. 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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