<p>Since the explanations offered are ------- to the exposition, it would be unfair to treat them as ------- parts of the studies under consideration.</p>
<p>a) incidental ; essential
b) tangential ; subsidiary</p>
<p>The answer is A, but doesn't B also work? I'm thinking along the lines "because the explanations offered are divergent of the exposition, it would be unfair to treat them as supporting parts of the studies under consideration."</p>
<p>Like, you can't support the studies with tangential evidence.
Or perhaps I'm just understanding the vocab wrong.</p>
<p>Think of this way. </p>
<p>If the explanations were tangential to the expostion, meaning if they were important to the expostion, then why would it be unfair to treat them as subsidiary, or supporting, parts of the studies under consideration?</p>
<p>However, in A, if the explanations offered were incidental, or by chance, then it would be unfair to treat them as essential, or important, parts of the studies under consideration</p>
<p>tangential means important? I thought tangential meant like “off-course” as in “The math teacher went on a tangent when she started talking about flowers.”</p>
<p>tan·gen·tial (tn-jnshl) also tan·gen·tal (-jntl)
adj.
- Of, relating to, or moving along or in the direction of a tangent.
- Merely touching or slightly connected.
- Only superficially relevant; divergent</p>
<p>That sounds like a decent answer to me… </p>
<p>Sounds</p>
<p>I think A is the BEST answer, but they shouldn’t have two CORRECT answers in the selection… can anyone 100% prove that B is wrong?</p>
<p>Here’s what the sentence would sound like with words similar to those in choice B</p>
<p>Since the explanations offered are only slightly connected to the exposition, it would be unfair to treat them as secondary parts of the studies under consideration.</p>
<p>Does that make sense? If the explanations are really not that important, it’s perfectly fair to treat them as subsidiary, or secondary.</p>
<p>Ah, ok. Subsidiary also means secondary. Right.</p>
<p>can someone help me with #24 in practice test 8 in the BB?
(page 854)</p>
<p>subsidiary: SUBORDINATE, assistant, something that is controlled by something else, secondary</p>
<p>Thus B would be a bad answer, because it would be fair to treat them as “subordinate” if they were “tangential” (moving on the same direction)</p>
<p>bad Q because tangential has ambiguous meanings</p>