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She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York [#permalink] New post 09 Oct 2012, 02:17
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She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to her native Germany, photographer Lotte Jacobi nevertheless earned a small group of discerning admirers, and her photographs were eventually exhibited in prestigious galleries across the United States.

A) She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to
B) Being less successful after she had emigrated to New York as compared to
C) Less successful after she emigrated to New York than she had been in
D) Although she was less successful after emigrating to New York when compared to
E) She had been less successful after emigrating to New York than in
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Re: She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York [#permalink] New post 09 Oct 2012, 02:17
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She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to her native Germany, photographer Lotte Jacobi nevertheless earned a small group of discerning admirers, and her photographs were eventually exhibited in prestigious galleries across the United States.

A) She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to
B) Being less successful after she had emigrated to New York as compared to
C) Less successful after she emigrated to New York than she had been in
D) Although she was less successful after emigrating to New York when compared to
E) She had been less successful after emigrating to New York than in


A. Success is compared with Native Germany. Also "less" needs "than".
B. Distorts meaning. Implies that her relatively moderate success was somehow linked with her small group of followers. Alo Being as modifier is never correct.
D. "when" denotes a timeline. "less" needs "than"
E. Run On sentence.
C is CORRECT
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Re: She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York [#permalink] New post 09 Oct 2012, 02:45
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She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to her native Germany, photographer Lotte Jacobi nevertheless earned a small group of discerning admirers, and her photographs were eventually exhibited in prestigious galleries across the United States.

A) She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to---incorrect comparison
B) Being less successful after she had emigrated to New York as compared to---incorrect comparison
C) Less successful after she emigrated to New York than she had been in
D) Although she was less successful after emigrating to New York when compared to---incorrect comparison
E) She had been less successful after emigrating to New York than in---incorrect comparison


IMO C---
less successful ----,blah blah blah,---Jacobi
makes sence....comparison is correctly made between the success in the two countries.
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Re: She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York [#permalink] New post 09 Oct 2012, 14:46
C is the only one which compares her success in NY to her success in Germany.
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Re: She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York [#permalink] New post 14 Oct 2012, 05:46
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She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to her native Germany, photographer Lotte Jacobi nevertheless earned a small group of discerning admirers, and her photographs were eventually exhibited in prestigious galleries across the United States.

A) She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to
B) Being less successful after she had emigrated to New York as compared to
C) Less successful after she emigrated to New York than she had been in
D) Although she was less successful after emigrating to New York when compared to
E) She had been less successful after emigrating to New York than in


A. Success is compared with Native Germany. Also "less" needs "than".
B. Distorts meaning. Implies that her relatively moderate success was somehow linked with her small group of followers. Alo Being as modifier is never correct.
D. "when" denotes a timeline. "less" needs "than"
E. Run On sentence.
C is CORRECT
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Re: She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York [#permalink] New post 14 Oct 2012, 12:20
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I think that the responses already given adequately address all the wrong answers, so I'll just clarify a few points about comparison.

(1) If you use "less," "fewer," or "more" to make a comparison, and if both nouns/prepositional phrases/whatever being compared appear after the "less" or "more," then you must use "than" to introduce the second. (This eliminates A, B, and D)

He has fewer cats than dogs.
This is correct, because "more" precedes the first noun, "cats," and "than" preceded the second noun, "dogs."
This is the structure you can expect to see on the GMAT.

He has three dogs, but fewer cats.
This is correct. It uses "fewer" without "than," but one of the nouns being compared appears before the "fewer."
Offhand, I don't remember seeing this structure on the GMAT.

(2) All of the words "less," "fewer," and "more" imply comparison, so any additional comparison signal, such as "compared to" or "relative to" is redundant. (This eliminates A, B, and D)


(3) Whatever the elements being compared, they must be both logically comparable and structurally similar. No comparison signal/parallel marker can coordinate two elements unless those elements are the same part of speech. (This eliminates A, B, and D)
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Re: She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York [#permalink] New post 15 Dec 2012, 14:12
I would just like to add to whatever is discussed that "had' in Option E is wrongly placed must be placed next to oldest or earliest event i.e next to her emigration to Germany not near to New york
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