Writing a beautiful sonnet is as much an achievement as to finish a 400-page novel
- A) finishing
- B) it is to finish
- C) to have finished
- D) if to finish
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Answer: A) finishing
Explanation
"Finishing" is right. The comparison "as much ... as" must join two items of the same form. The subject "writing a beautiful sonnet" is a gerund phrase, so the second item must also be a gerund: "as much an achievement as finishing a 400-page novel".
Asked in: Petrobangla 2016
Topic: English Grammar