yt770 wrote:
Hi Experts,
I understand why E is correct because of the pronoun issue. I have a comparison question for choice D:
If I re-write choice D as (pronoun issue fixed):
Although Napoleon's army entered Russia with far more supplies than in its previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
Would this be correct? Based on my understanding we can infer choice D as follows:
Although Napoleon's army entered Russia with far more supplies than (supplies it had) in its previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
I am trying to understand if there is any other error in D apart from the pronoun issue.
Thanks for your help!
I understand why E is correct because of the pronoun issue. I have a comparison question for choice D:
If I re-write choice D as (pronoun issue fixed):
Although Napoleon's army entered Russia with far more supplies than in its previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
Would this be correct? Based on my understanding we can infer choice D as follows:
Although Napoleon's army entered Russia with far more supplies than (supplies it had) in its previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
I am trying to understand if there is any other error in D apart from the pronoun issue.
Thanks for your help!
I could be wrong, but I don't have a problem with your revised version of the sentence. I suppose we could argue that the "for its previous campaigns" would be a little bit more direct: "supplies for its previous campaigns" seems cleaner than "supplies [it had] in its previous campaigns," but I don't think that your version is explicitly wrong. And it's hard for me to imagine that another official question would torture you over the difference between "for its previous campaigns" and "in its previous campaigns."
I hope this helps!