<p>The villagers found the visitors [equally as fascinating as their customes were] mystifying.</p>
<p>A. as it is
B. equally fascinating and their customs
C. as fascinating and their customs
D. as fascinating as their customs were
E. as fascinating and their customs were</p>
<p>I think the sentence sounds pretty weird: (as fascinating as their customs were mystifying),can anyone give more examples of such structure to help clarify? another point, how do we know what does “their” represent.</p>
<p>same test, Sect 3, Q9</p>
<p>Some doctors believe that the types of injuries sustained in contact sports [are no different for children than young adults.]</p>
<p>correct answer
C. are no different for children than for young adults</p>
<p>I know C is most parallel, but doesn’t the idiom “different from”?</p>
<p>“Equally” is redundant in this case so A & B are out. Because the sentence is comparing the visitors and the villagers’ customs, “as…as” is the only correct form that satisfies the structure, eliminating both C & E. </p>
<p>While the sentence structure is weird, choice D is the best fit answer.</p>
<p>For Q9, ask yourself this: “Are the types of injuries no different for children or no different from children?”</p>
<p>I think the first one is B although i cannot give a definitive explanation, i just chose the most concise one and relied on my ear. sorry for the bad explanation but i believe its B</p>
<p>Regarding the second question:
How is “different from” an idiom? Just because you see “different” doesn’t mean you have to use “from.” This precisely means that “different from” is not an idiom (I rhymed). “X is different from Y” means that X and Y are different. “X for children is no different from X for young adults” is the same structure, but since the distinction is between whether X is for children or for young adults and not between actual structures X and Y, you simply say, “X is no different for children than for young adults.” I hope that makes sense to you.</p>