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Unlike that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s innovative study relies not on the records of White slave owners but on the records of the salves themselves, especially the 70 or so autobiographies and memoirs that have been preserved. A. that of earlier words on slavery, Blassingame’s B. that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his C. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his D. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s E. the earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his Why is D not Correct?.
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"that" when used with "of" creates a possessive pronoun that needs to refer to some characterstic of the earlier studies, rather than the studies themselves. Additionally, it would be very rare to use "that of" when referring to a plural noun - we would usually use "those of". "that of" would only be correct if we were referring to some communal characterstic that the studies had as a group. An example of proper usage of "that of" would be: "Unlike that of earlier studies, the genre of Blassingame's study is..." More likely, we'd see something like: "Unlike those of earlier studies, the table of contents of Blassingame's study...". In the posted sentence, we're comparing the studies themselves to Blassingame's study, so "that of" is 100% incorrect. As an aside, we can definitely compare a group to a specific person. The following are proper comparisons: "Unlike most other hockey players, Wayne Gretzky was more excited about getting an assist than a goal." "Like her co-workers, Melissa enjoyed a good drink at happy hour."
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A is the correct answer as Blassingame’s study is compared to study of earlier work. "That" refers correctly to "study".
Unlike study of earlier work on slavery, Blassingame’s innovative study- seems correct, no ambiguity.
D compares Blassingame’s study with earlier work and thus, makes comparison not parallel.
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pankajattri wrote: Unlike that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s innovative study relies not on the
records of White slave owners but on the records of the salves themselves, especially the
70 or so autobiographies and memoirs that have been preserved.
A. that of earlier words on slavery, Blassingame’s
B. that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his
C. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his
D. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s
E. the earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his
Why is D not Correct?. D is incorrect because the SC is not comparing the works. It is comparing the stuff the works relied upon or used for their research.
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Re: Unlike that of earlier works... [#permalink]
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goalsnr wrote: pankajattri wrote: Unlike that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s innovative study relies not on the records of White slave owners but on the records of the salves themselves, especially the
70 or so autobiographies and memoirs that have been preserved.
A. that of earlier words on slavery, Blassingame’s
B. that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his
C. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his
D. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s
E. the earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his
Why is D not Correct?. D is incorrect because the SC is not comparing the works. It is comparing the stuff the works relied upon or used for their research. I disagree. This SC is comparing their works—Blissingham's work relies on records of the slaves, while earlier works relied on records of the White slave owners. For example, "this car is red, that car is blue." The colors aren't being compared, the cars are. Anyway, I answered D too. If somebody could offer more explanation it'd be appreciated.
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[quote="pankajattri"]Unlike that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s innovative study relies not on the records of White slave owners but on the records of the salves themselves, especially the 70 or so autobiographies and memoirs that have been preserved. A. that of earlier words on slavery, Blassingame’s B. that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his C. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his D. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s E. the earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his In the problems involving comparisions... atleast 50% of the problems i have encountered are such where comparable things/nouns are not compared and unlike is the best carrier to confuse in case of comparisions. pls both the parts as individual sentences and then you would surely be able to pick up right answer. hope this helps
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Re: Unlike that of earlier works... [#permalink]
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This question indeed compares the work and thus D should be the correct answer.
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i would definitely pick D, how come A is the OA. Don't get it. Can any one throw some light on the subject.
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Re: Unlike that of earlier works... [#permalink]
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If what Goalsnr says is correct that the passage compares what stuff the studies rely on rather than comparing the works per se, then choice A should be: Unlike what stuff earlier works rely on, Blassingame’s innovative study relies . This is simply not the case. I understand this passage is from a set, sourced from some Chinese origin with a good chance that the QA is a typo.
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Re: Unlike that of earlier works... [#permalink]
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Although the comments about D are right on their own, however, the ORIGINAL sentence is comparing THAT of earlier WORK not THAT of earlier RESEARCHER.
So we are comparing not the work themselves but a FEATURE of those WORKS. Therefore, D holds a change in the ORIGINAL meaning and A is the right answer.
In case that D was in the original sentence then it had to be the answer. Again not because A was grammatically wrong but because no answer can alter the original meaning.
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D for me...
A is wrong -- incorrect comparison...
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D for me too. Unlike is used to compare nouns. Correct usage is Unlike X,Y where X and Y needs to be referring to same kind.
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I can find no justification for A to be the right answer. I think its D. Would nothave been very disappointed had this question appeared and I had gone with D on the exam. A is just wrong for me. Kudos Please... If my post helped.
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MacFauz wrote: I can find no justification for A to be the right answer. I think its D. Would nothave been very disappointed had this question appeared and I had gone with D on the exam. A is just wrong for me.
Kudos Please... If my post helped. Let's rephrase and see if the below is correct.
Unlike earlier work on Physics, Einstein's physics study relies on experiment..
Unlike study of earlier work on Physics, Einstein's physics study relies on experiment..
The latter makes more sense that the former..
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Vineetk wrote: MacFauz wrote: I can find no justification for A to be the right answer. I think its D. Would nothave been very disappointed had this question appeared and I had gone with D on the exam. A is just wrong for me.
Kudos Please... If my post helped. Let's rephrase and see if the below is correct.
Unlike earlier work on Physics, Einstein's physics study relies on experiment..
Unlike study of earlier work on Physics, Einstein's physics study relies on experiment..
The latter makes more sense that the former..Seems as though you've reversed the intended meaning... (i) unlike earlier works on Physics, Einstein's study on physics...looks ok and parallel. (ii) unlike study of earlier works on physics, Einstein's study on physics....doesn't look ok, as the 1st part talks of study of (earlier works ON physics) The former (i) should be better than the latter (ii), right?
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MacFauz wrote: I can find no justification for A to be the right answer. I think its D. Would nothave been very disappointed had this question appeared and I had gone with D on the exam. A is just wrong for me.
Kudos Please... If my post helped. In any case, i think D is correctly paired than A even though I initially chose A. Take a look at the diagram I've attached and post if you have further reservations.
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I go with A,
Vineetk, exellent clarification. Whats being compared is the 'study'.
There is parallelism in A.
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Unlike that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s innovative study relies not on the records of White slave owners but on the records of the salves themselves, especially the 70 or so autobiographies and memoirs that have been preserved. A. that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s "that" correctly refers to "study"B. that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his wrong; compares works with BlessingameC. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his wrong; compares works with BlessingameD. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame’s wrong; At least IMO the problem here comes from the possesive Blessingame's; The example answer currently compares earlier works to this studyE. the earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his wrong; compares works with Blessingame
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