Adjective Test 14

The comparison is between "Alice's voice" and "any other's voice", not "Alice's voice" and "any other". Alice ends with an apostrophe s because the apostrophe shows possession of the noun 'voice'. The apostrophe s is missing from the underlined noun, so when we say any other, we are comparing the voice of Alice to another person and not that person's voice, a change is needed, hence option D is incorrect. Option A ends with an apostrophe s, thereby expanding the phrase to "any other's voice". We can eliminate 'voice' from the second phrase because it's been mentioned before and it's evident that the voice is being compared. Option A is hence correct. Since the sentence is a comparison, the phrases being compared should be parallel to each other in structure. In Option B, 'that' is a demonstrative of 'voice', the phrase "voice of any other" is not parallel to the structure of the first phrase "Alice's voice", hence it's incorrect. It's not 'the recording' that's being compared, but the 'voice', hence option C is incorrect.

The comparison is between two activities 'building sandcastles' and 'watching movies'. The act of 'watching' is missing from the sentence, though we can figure out the action through its context, still it's grammatically incorrect and needs to be changed. Option A is wrong and since we're correcting the underlined word by adding 'watching before it' option B is correct. Options C and D both are incorrect as they don't include the watching and are also grammatically incorrect.

Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance. Words in the parallel structure should not only have the same structure but also tense. In the given sentence, two clauses are connected with a word of comparison i.e. than. Thus, option B is the correct answer per rule. 

When a comparison is made between two phrases, they should be parallel to each other in their grammatical structure. The underlined phrase "a gym workout" isn't consistent in structure to that of the phrase "cleaning the house" which it is being compared to. It needs to be changed, hence option D is incorrect. Option A is incorrect because 'that' is a demonstrative which modifies a noun that's been mentioned before. In the given sentence, it does not modify any such noun. Option B is grammatically incorrect. Option C is correct because the phrase "working out at the gym" is parallel in structure to that of the phrase "cleaning the house".

The underlined noun is not parallel to the grammatical structure of the phrase that it's being compared with. It needs to be changed hence option D is incorrect. Option A is correct because it follows the required structure to compare with the phrase "playing solitaire alone". Options C and D do not follow the same grammatical structure of the phrase that it's being compared with, hence they're incorrect.

The phrases that are compared in a sentence should be parallel to each other in their grammatical structure. The latter phrase ("a horror film") should be of the same structure as the former ("attending the meeting"). Since the latter does not follow the former in structure, it needs to be changed and, hence, option D is incorrect. Option A is incorrect because the demonstrative 'that' is used to modify nouns and not gerunds, but the option modifies the gerund 'viewing'. Option B is incorrect because it does not follow the same structure as the former phrase, where the option has the combination 'noun + adjective + noun' while the structure required is 'gerund + noun'. The phrase in Option C is consistent with the structure of the former phrase "attending the meeting", hence it's the correct answer.

The question wants you to choose the correct option with an error. Option A does not have an error because the adverb correctly describes the manner of the library's stocking of books. Option B does not have an error because it's a conjunction that joins two contrasting ideas. Option C does not have an error because it's a possessive adjective which talks about the atmosphere as a part of the new library which is grammatically correct. Option D does not have an error because a similarity is drawn between "the new library" and "the old library" and both these phrases are of the same grammatic form. Option E is the correct option because there is no error in the entire sentence.

The comparison is between reading 'classic novels' and 'autobiographies'. The phrase 'to read autobiographies' should be parallel in its grammatical structure to the phrase 'reading classic novels', which it isn't hence there's an error and option E is incorrect. 'To read' is incorrect in the sentence as it's an infinitive i.e. to + verb, we need the gerund 'reading' (a verb form that ends in '-ing' and acts as a noun), Option C has the error, hence we choose this option. Katz's claim is meant to be in present tense, the sentence is in present tense, and 'is' is the correct verb that is used hence option A does not have an error and we don't choose this option. Option B is 'illuminating' which correctly describes how classic novels are more insightful. It has no error hence we don't choose option B. 'Written' is in past tense because the autobiographies which are being compared have already been written. There's no error in option D hence it's not the option to choose.

The phrase 'do the same' is ambiguous and does not specify what exactly the father wants to do: to retire early or to enjoy his early retirement. To make the meaning clearer, we may change this phrase to 'take an early retirement', etc. 

Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance. Words in the parallel structure should not only have the same structure but also tense. In the given sentence, two different adventure sports are compared. Thus, option C is the correct answer per rule.