This lesson you're going to learn about another area where you have to be sure to keep things parallel
and that's with comparisons.
Now whenever you see a comparison you have to make sure that the things being compared are equivalent
that they're equal.
For example let's take a look at the sentence the price of tomatoes is higher than potatoes.
Sounds about right.
But this is actually incorrect.
It's wrong.
And it's wrong because I'm comparing the price of tomatoes to potatoes.
So why am I comparing the price to potatoes.
Rather I should compare the price of tomatoes to the price of potatoes.
So any time you see a comparison occurring like usually.
Usually they use the word then but it can be anything can be compared to or like or unlike.
OK so any time you see things being compared make sure that you're comparing equal things.
Now you don't always have to write the full sentence out.
There are many ways to make that comparison.
Of course you can say the whole thing.
The price of tomatoes is higher than the price of potatoes.
Another common way to write it is the price of tomatoes is higher than that of potatoes because that
is a pronoun that refers to the price.
So then that which are first the price of potatoes and either way is to say the price of tomatoes is
higher than potatoes is price I'm still referring to the price here.
So it's ok.
Sometimes they drop the price and that you just meant to infer that it's the price the price is made
is higher than potatoes because of course it's implied that what's what's potatoes is what potatoes
is price.
OK.
One last point to note is that you can also just compare it using sentence clauses like this John runs
faster than Tom does because to do is a general verb which refers to some other verb.
And of course in this case it refers to the action runs so John runs faster than Tom runs or German
John non-thought then Tom does is also acceptable.
But usually a main go to ones are the use of that all of that of all being very direct about it.
OK.
All right let's try to example here.
So few poets combine passion with precise expression as well as Ed nurse and Vincent's poetry.
So we don't have the word then.
Instead we have the word the phrase as well as as well as.
But it's still a comparison right.
I am as tall as you.
It's a comparison.
So what's being compared here.
Pause now to take a look at all the different choices and see which of these is the correct comparison.
OK.
Did you find the parallel answer.
Well clearly it's not going to be a C or D because I'm comparing the poets right.
I'm saying few Capote combine passion with precise expression as well as as well as some other poets.
Right.
So is edness in the Malays poetry not her as a poet.
So he says the poetry and this says in the polls so indeed are incorrect.
That leaves me with B and C what B says innocent than to imply who must be a poet and then he says Edna
St. Vincent Millay would do so.
I mean they both refer to the poet.
But he says that you poets combine passion as well as she would do right.
But again this isn't a parallel structure because I'm saying that few poets do this as well as she does
or is as she.
Well it does rise because I did but of course it's present tense so we want to keep the present tense
as well because it's a comparison when it keep parallel.
So e is not a parallel tense.
And B of course is.
So I'm going to prefer B in this case because there's no tense but it's just simply comparing the poet
to the poet.
So to be honest even if e even if C said edness and mints.
Vincent Millay does.
I'd still pick B because it's more concise it's shorter.
So regardless of whether it's correct or not.
B's short and most concise answer.
All right.
Second example despite the fact that cooking vegetables generally leads to violent loss.
The nutritional value of raw tomatoes is actually less than tomatoes that have been thoroughly cooked.
So this is one that's usually rated pretty hard on this.
This valid question lots of students get this wrong.
So pause remoted trying to look for the comparison and make sure that it's parallel
OK.
If you're rather alert you would have noticed of course the word then indicating the comparison is right
here.
So what is the comparison.
It's the nutritional value of Rosmah is actually less then less than tomatoes I'm comparing then you
should know that I can set the nutritional value of raw tomatoes to other tomatoes.
No I compared the nutritional value of raw tomatoes to the nutritional value of cooked tomatoes right.
So perhaps I could say the nutritional value of Robitussin is actually less than the nutritional value
of tomatoes that have been thoroughly cooked or less than that of tomatoes that have been thoroughly
cooked.
D is the answer here.
We didn't correctly compare nutritional value to the nutritional value.
OK last example slightly more difficult Hey pause take a look at it and find a comparison.
OK.
A good online course.
The high school level provides resources that are comparable to courses in which teachers and students
are in the same room here.
The comparison is indicated by the phrase or the term the predicate I should say are comparable are
comparable.
So what's comparable to what am I comparing the courses to the courses.
Well take a look.
It says the cost of the high school level provides resources that are comparable to what's comparable
what similar the courses that are similar.
It's the results that are similar right.
It's the result of the good on line costs that are similar.
So I should say that a comparable to the resources of courses in which teachers and students are in
the same room and comparing the results of courses online courses to the results is of I guess regular
classes with teachers and students are together in the same classroom.
So a no it's not resources B.
It's not resources.
C is a pronoun and maybe it's the May mid-state ones provided by then maybe it's ones maybe the resources
he has those provided by courses.
So what is it between CD.
Remember I'm trying to compare resources.
It's plural so right away then I can cross off C right.
That is singular and if I said give me that pen I wouldn't say give me that pens.
I take those pens right.
So those is the plural.
Those works.
Not that so it's not C for d ones is probably not problematic but even if you aren't sure about that
right away you see them and the question will be will who does them refer to it's a plural pronoun.
My object form words are plural.
Then to provide the resources there is not any.
So it must be the easy answer.
All right here's another example.
Try this one on your own first.
All right if you try it.
And no pause if you need to.
You can see that I had the word then here.
So I'm making a comparison.
So what's the comparative.
It was more nutritious and safer organic with grown crops.
These are more nutritious and safer than Then people.
That doesn't make sense.
I wouldn't compare organic crops to people.
You wouldn't say that the more nutritious than people you wouldn't say.
Crops are more nutritious than the purchase or purchasing.
The answer must be D because if I get rid of this I'm comparing the organically grown crops to their
conventionally grown counterparts.
So the A.D makes me compare organic crops to conventional crops in the way that a nutritious and safe.