Standard English ConventionsHardParallelism in a comparison
Standard English Conventions practice question
Repairing the old boiler would cost almost as much as ____
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. replacing it.Correct
- B. to replace it.
- C. its replacement would be.
- D. if it were replaced.
Answer: A. replacing it.
'Repairing … as much as replacing': matching gerunds.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. to replace it.
- 'To replace' doesn't match the gerund 'repairing'.
- C. its replacement would be.
- Wordy and unparallel.
- D. if it were replaced.
- A clause, not a matching gerund.
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