Question

Interchange the following sentence with positive, comparative or superlative degree of comparison.

When chronological order is followed too mechanically, they are obscuring rather than clarifying important relationships.

• A. When chronological order is followed too mechanically, they are obscuring rather than clarifying important relationships.
• B. When chronological order is followed too mechanically, it obscures rather than clarifying important relationships
• C. Chronological order, if too mechanically followed, obscures rather than it clarifies important relationships
• D. Chronological order, if followed too mechanically, obscures rather than clarifies important relationships
• E. If you follow a too mechanical chronological order, it obscures rather than clarifies important relationships

Answer 1

The correct option is D Chronological order, if followed too mechanically, obscures rather than clarifies important relationships

It is possible to change the degrees of comparison without changing the meaning of the sentence. The given sentence is in comparative degree. Option A has no change. Option B, C and E are grammatically wrong.

Thus, option D is the correct answer.