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Difficulty: HardIllogical and Incomplete Comparisons

The acoustic resonance of the newly renovated concert hall in Vienna is far more pronounced than most modern auditoriums, which often rely on electronic amplification to project sound clearly.

Which of the following choices best completes the sentence to ensure the comparison is logical and grammatically correct?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. that of most modern auditoriums, whichAnswer
  3. C
    those of most modern auditoriums, which
  4. D
    most modern auditoriums; which

Answer

The choice that reads 'that of most modern auditoriums, which' is correct because the singular pronoun 'that' correctly and logically refers back to the singular noun 'acoustic resonance' of the concert hall.
The correct choice is the one that states 'that of most modern auditoriums, which'. This option correctly uses the singular pronoun 'that' to refer to 'acoustic resonance', which resolves the illogical comparison by comparing the resonance of the Vienna hall to the resonance of modern auditoriums.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the noun being compared and determine if it is singular or plural.
The noun is 'acoustic resonance', which is singular.
To make a logical comparison, the pronoun replacing it or the structure referring to it must match in grammatical number.
2
Identify the entity to which it is compared.
The original sentence compares 'acoustic resonance' to 'most modern auditoriums' (physical buildings).
A property of a building cannot be logically compared to the building itself.
3
Select the replacement that introduces a matching singular pronoun to represent the compared property.
The pronoun 'that' is singular and refers to 'acoustic resonance', whereas 'those' is plural.
The correct choice must use 'that of' and avoid punctuation errors like a semicolon splice.

Key Concept

Illogical comparisons occur when a sentence compares two items that are not of the same type. In ACT English, this error is corrected by inserting singular ('that of') or plural ('those of') pronouns to make the comparison parallel and logical.
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