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In the English-Speaking world Anton Chekhov is by far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that Chekhov's stories made him popular while his plays were given a more ambivalent reception, even by his fellow writers. A)by far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that B)by far better known for his plays than he was for his short stories, but during his lifetime C)Known far better for his plays than he was for his short stories, but during his lifetime D)far better known for his plays than were his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that E)far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but during his lifetime
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I go with E.
far better known for his plays than for his short stories
Better known for X than for Y - correct and parallel comaprison
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Will post oa in a couple of hours
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In the English-Speaking world Anton Chekhov is by far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that Chekhov's stories made him popular while his plays were given a more ambivalent reception, even by his fellow writers. A) by far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that B)by far better known for his plays than he was for his short stories, but during his lifetime C)Known far better for his plays than he was for his short stories, but during his lifetime D)far better known for his plays than were his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that E)far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but during his lifetime IMO E
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Why is A wrong? 'By far' is wordy but is it grammatically incorrect?
I like E too except for the end "but during his lifetime", I like "But it was during his lifetime" to complete the second half of the sentence better.
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Re: In the English-Speaking world Anton Chekhov is by far better [#permalink]
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hfbamafan wrote: In the English-Speaking world Anton Chekhov is by far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that Chekhov's stories made him popular while his plays were given a more ambivalent reception, even by his fellow writers.
A)by far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that
B)by far better known for his plays than he was for his short stories, but during his lifetime
C)Known far better for his plays than he was for his short stories, but during his lifetime
D)far better known for his plays than were his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that
E)far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but during his lifetime In B, shouldn't the construction "....than he was for his short stories,.." another issue? Since the intended meaning is that in present times Anton is better known for his plays than for short stories which had been vice versa during his life time. In my strong opinion, another issue with B is the change of tense. Anyways the answer has to be E.
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I don't think the answer is E because that changes the meaning of the sentence. The sentence is about Anton's popularity that was amassed during his lifetime, the stems that don't have "but it was during..." lose the core concept/meaning of that.
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hfbamafan wrote: In the English-Speaking world Anton Chekhov is by far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that Chekhov's stories made him popular while his plays were given a more ambivalent reception, even by his fellow writers.
A)by far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that
B)by far better known for his plays than he was for his short stories, but during his lifetime
C)Known far better for his plays than he was for his short stories, but during his lifetime
D)far better known for his plays than were his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that
E)far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but during his lifetime No. E doesn't changes the meaning. In fact it conveys the same meaning with few words and without ambiguity. "it was...." construction doesn't adds anything to the meaning. Also the highlighted portion is ambigous here.
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Experts plz elaborate on this , why (A). is wrong !!!
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Re: In the English-Speaking world Anton Chekhov is by far better [#permalink]
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Hi , Please let me know the right usage of 'by far' What does do or what is this... Is the usage of this correct in teh answer choices. .? Regards, Sachin
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