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<p>659/ 10/ pg 659, Question 10 Writing</p>

<p>10.Just as Ireland has produced many famous writers
and the Netherlands an abundance of famous painters, so
Finland has provided a large number of famous architects.
(A) so Finland has provided a large number of famous architects
(B)Finland provides famous architects, and by large numbers
(C)Finland's contribution is to provide famous architects in a large number
(D) and so then, for Finland, a large number of famous architects is provided
(E) and like them Finland has provided a large number of famous architects</p>

<p>Correct answer is A. But I just don't understand why because of the “so” part in the
beginning. Why is “A” the right answer?I guessed “B” by the way.</p>

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<p>I don’t remember the exact grammatical term but I believe it’s referring to ‘illogical comparison’.</p>

<p>It says “just as…provided” indicating that Ireland and the Netherlands are not the subject. It is “the process” that is the subject. You can’t compare a process to a country, but you can compare the process in one country to the process in another country, which is why so is used to compare the process in Ireland/Netherlands to the process in Finland.</p>

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<p>Look at the tenses for consistency</p>

<p>A. Just as Ireland has produced many famous writers and the Netherlands an abundance of famous painters, so Finland has provided a large number of famous architects</p>

<p>B. Just as Ireland has produced many famous writers and the Netherlands an abundance of famous painters, Finland provides famous architects, and by large numbers</p>

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<p>I don’t understand answer A myself. Wouldn’t that result in a sentence fragment before the conjunction “so?”</p>

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<p>Oh hey, it just made sense to me right now.</p>

<p>The word “so” isn’t comparing anything, nor is it a conjunction. “So” is used as a follow-up to another previous sentence not shown.
The sentence can be reconstructed like this, a more familiar format:
So Finland has provided a large number of famous architects, just as Ireland has produced many famous writers and the Netherlands an abundance of famous painters.</p>

<p>In the original sentence, the independent and dependent clauses were flipped around.</p>

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<p>“just as/so” is just one of those idioms that sound funny but are grammatically correct. </p>

<p>Another form of the idiom is “Just as/so too”…which when put in a sentence makes a bit more sense.</p>

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<p>My initial reaction to this was that it should be ‘‘so has Finland provided…’’. Why not this version?</p>

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<p>^My initial reaction (one that got my only incorrect in this writing section) was E (and like them Finland has provided…)
why is this wrong guys?</p>

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<p>Each sentence ends with the type of people that they have produced</p>

<p>A and E are left.
E is verbose like them? Faulty comparison</p>

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<p>C/D/E, for me, were immediately eliminated just by reading them: they didn’t even sound right. B. is obviously incorrect just because it talks in the present tense while the other part of the sentence doesn’t (notice: “Just as Ireland has PRODUCED”). So, by this reduction, A. must be the answer.</p>

<p>p.s. looks like I’m a bit late on this</p>

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<p>Only a couple of people pointed this out. Simply put, the answer is A because it is the only answer choice that fulfills the “Just as… so” structure.</p>