OG Verbal Review 2016 – Question #63
Many kitchens today are equipped with high-speed electrical gadgets, such as blenders and food processors, which are able to inflict as serious injuries as those caused by an industrial wood-planing machine.
(A) which are able to inflict as serious injuries as those
(B) which can inflict serious injuries such as those
(C) inflicting injuries as serious as that having been
(D) capable to inflict injuries as serious as that
(E) capable of inflicting injuries as serious as those
Got confused between B & E. Although the OA is C, why is B wrong ?
“such as” is used to give examples. B implies that injuries caused by a wood-planing machine is an example of an injury caused by blenders and food processors.
