<p>This is the writing passage about castles and palaces. I don't know why, but my mind is blank on this question and I can't think of reasons why one answer choice is better than the other ones</p>
<h1>32: Combine these 2 sentences:</h1>
<p>In royal palaces there were to be found many comforts that medieval castles did not offer. These had dark dungeons and damp, drafty living quarters instead.</p>
<p>A) Because medieval castles had dark dungeons and damp, drafty living quarters, royal palaces offered many more comforts than could be found there</p>
<p>B) Lacking many comforts compared to royal palaces, medieval castles instead offered dark dungeons and damp, drafty living quarters.</p>
<p>E) With their dark dungeons and damp, drafty living quarters, medieval castles offered few of the comforts to be found in royal palaces </p>
<p>So ya, I hope some of you guys will be able to explain this to be. I feel like I should know it, but the busy school work has taken its toll on me...</p>
<p>I meant that there was an illogical comparision in B because the participial phrase “Lacking many comforts compared to royal palaces” is comparing the comforts of the royal palaces to medieval castles. Correct me if i’m wrong.</p>
<p>I think the illogical comparison actually lies within the participial phrase. “many comforts compared to royal palaces” compares comforts to royal palaces. It probably means to say, “many comforts compared to those of royal palaces.”</p>
<p>I have the answer CB explanation too:
Explanation for Correct Answer E. The correct choice is (E). This sentence continues the discussion of the uninviting features of castles, leading to a logical comparison of castles, with their dark dungeons and damp, drafty living quarters, with the more comfortable royal palaces.</p>
<p>Explanation for Incorrect Answer A. Choice (A) is unsatisfactory. This way of combining sentences 6 and 7 implies that royal palaces offered more comforts as a result of medieval castles having dark dungeons and damp, drafty living quarters. Sentences 6 and 7 should be combined in a way that shows palaces were more comfortable than castles because of the different features of each, not one as a result of the other.</p>
<p>Explanation for Incorrect Answer B. Choice (B) is unsatisfactory. This way of combining sentences 6 and 7 awkwardly introduces the first discussion of the features of palaces as a modifying clause, interrupting the natural flow of the paragraph. Also, the use of instead implies that medieval castles offered dark dungeons and damp, drafty living quarters as an alternative to the comforts of palaces, an illogical statement.</p>
<p>Explanation for Incorrect Answer C. Choice (C) is unsatisfactory. This method of combining sentences 6 and 7, with the use of only, implies that dark dungeons and damp, drafty living quarters were the only features offered by castles to welcomed guests, an illogical idea not present in the original sentences.</p>
<p>Explanation for Incorrect Answer D. Choice (D) is unsatisfactory. Combining sentences 6 and 7 in this way is awkward and illogical. For one thing, the new sentence refers to dark dungeons and damp, drafty living quarters without directly stating these are features of castles. For another, this sentence compares palaces as a whole with the dungeons and living quarters inside castles instead of comparing palaces with castles. </p>
<p>Silverturtle–you were right about the use of “instead” in Choice B.</p>