Akshi1998 wrote:
Could you explain how the comparison in E is parallel? If we change option E to: prices of gasoline and heating oil will stay higher 'than they usually are' through ... will the option becomewrong?
That's a great question, one that captures why comparisons can't be boiled down to a set of rules.
If I write, "Right now, the temperature is higher than usual," you probably know exactly what the sentence means: right now, the temperature is higher than it[the temperature] usually is.
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