<p>I have been prepping for SAT for some months and now I am trying to prep for the ACT...
This is a question from McGraw-Hill's 10 ACT practice exams. Test #4:
We drive across the country the way most people might go from home to work and (back again to home)
A. NO CHANGE
B. Back home again
C. Back</p>
<p>For the sake of parallelism, I'd choose either A or B. And of course, the answer is C...
Please tell me WHY am I wrong and give one or two examples that justifies the correct answer. Thanks! I hope you have enjoyed your summer! :)</p>
<p>What imp of the perverse makes you think conciseness should be sacrificed for the sake of parallelism? O.o</p>
<p>@WasatchWriter Well, I am used to the SAT mode of “choose the answer with parallelism” kind of thing…Something’s wrong with my logic…</p>
<p>Honestly, it just looks like a bad question. That happens occasionally with third party books. And anyway, redundancy is more the issue here, not so much parallelism. “Go from home to work and back home” is redundant. “Back” alone is fine.</p>
<p>As mentioned above, this is more of a redundancy issue. For instance, you wouldn’t say “8 AM in the morning;” you would simply say 8 AM. You also should not say things such as “unexpected surprise” (a surprise by definition is unexpected) or “plan ahead” (we cannot plan for the past). These extra words are considered superfluous. In the same way, including “home again” is unnecessary because if we go “from home to work,” and then we go “back,” we must be going home. If you were going anywhere other than home, you could not use that phrase. Hope this helped! </p>