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over 75% of the energy produced in france derives from

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RonPurewal
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 Post Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:05 am 
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j69, that's insightful.
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davetzulin
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 Post Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:09 am 
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Ron,

After reading how you eliminated the "compared to/with" answer choices in such a strict manner, I realized it is one of the idioms that requires a parallel structure.

So am i correct in assuming that the reason "whereas" is used because this sentence is trying to compare a whole clause? this subordinator allows a second clause to be compared to the first in a very flexible manner. compared to/with forces parallelism.

"Over 75 percent of the energy produced in France derives from nuclear power"

and the more i think about it, i don't see how "compared to/with" could ever compare that above clause to something else. unless you only compare a component of that clause like:

"Over 75 percent of the energy produced in France derives from nuclear power compared to wind power"

the reason i ask is because I often see "compared to/with" used incorrectly on official problems
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RonPurewal
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dave, this may help your understanding:
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