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29 Oct 2020, 23:40
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Here's the official explanation provided by the GMAC for this question:
The underlined portion of this sentence provides the subject for the sentence's main verb violates. This subject should be expressed clearly and concisely. The adverbial comparative as prominently as must be used idiomatically to express the intended comparison between how prominently the highest price is advertised and how prominently the lowest price is advertised.
Option A: The construction if you fail …, it is unnecessarily wordy and inappropriate in formal writing. The antecedent of it is unclear. The antecedent of that in that of the lowest is also unclear--the sentence is meant to discuss failure to advertise the highest price as prominently as the lowest price, not failure to advertise the highest price as prominently as that of the lowest price.
Option B: The construction if one fails …, it is unnecessarily wordy, and the antecedent of it is unclear.
Option C: Correct. The noun phrase starting with failure provides a clear subject for violates. The comparative as prominently as is used appropriately to compare how prominently the highest price is advertised with how prominently the lowest price is advertised.
Option D: Inserting the long phrase the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product in the middle of the comparative as prominently … as makes the sentence unnecessarily confusing and difficult to parse.
Option E: Inserting the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product in the middle of as prominently … as makes the sentence unnecessarily confusing and difficult to parse. The antecedent of that in that of the lowest is unclear.
The correct answer is C.
Please note that I'm not the author of this explanation. I'm just posting it here since I believe it can help the community.
The underlined portion of this sentence provides the subject for the sentence's main verb violates. This subject should be expressed clearly and concisely. The adverbial comparative as prominently as must be used idiomatically to express the intended comparison between how prominently the highest price is advertised and how prominently the lowest price is advertised.
Option A: The construction if you fail …, it is unnecessarily wordy and inappropriate in formal writing. The antecedent of it is unclear. The antecedent of that in that of the lowest is also unclear--the sentence is meant to discuss failure to advertise the highest price as prominently as the lowest price, not failure to advertise the highest price as prominently as that of the lowest price.
Option B: The construction if one fails …, it is unnecessarily wordy, and the antecedent of it is unclear.
Option C: Correct. The noun phrase starting with failure provides a clear subject for violates. The comparative as prominently as is used appropriately to compare how prominently the highest price is advertised with how prominently the lowest price is advertised.
Option D: Inserting the long phrase the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product in the middle of the comparative as prominently … as makes the sentence unnecessarily confusing and difficult to parse.
Option E: Inserting the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product in the middle of as prominently … as makes the sentence unnecessarily confusing and difficult to parse. The antecedent of that in that of the lowest is unclear.
The correct answer is C.
Please note that I'm not the author of this explanation. I'm just posting it here since I believe it can help the community.
11 Nov 2020, 00:45
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I see as one of the major issues to Eliminate -A- and -B- right away is the use of the Pronoun "it".
The author is saying that the "act" of "failure to advertise....." is what "violates the NYC Law.
the Rule is that we can not use a Pronoun to refer to something that is not Noun-like.
In both -A- and -B-, the pronoun "it" is being used to refer to the entire act of failing to advertise the highest price as prominently as the lowest price.
-D- ".... failure to advertise as prominently the highest price ....... as the lowest [price] violates the law."
One way that this sentence can be interpreted is that the law requires you to advertise the highest price AS the lowest price. This does not make sense. At the very least, the sentence is ambiguous and is not written well.
-E- "....failing to advertise as prominently the highest price..... as that of the lowest [price] violates the law."
Again, we have the same possible misinterpretation discussed above for Answer (D). Further, there is no logical antecedent for "that." If "that" is intended to refer to the antecedent "price", you are effectively saying"
"failing to advertise as prominently the highest price..... as the price of the lowest price violates the law."
-C- "failure to advertise the highest price ..... as prominently as the lowest [price] violates the law."
As stated above, the Idiom = "X as prominently as Y" is correctly used. The sentence is clear and we know what the author is trying to tell us.
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The author is saying that the "act" of "failure to advertise....." is what "violates the NYC Law.
the Rule is that we can not use a Pronoun to refer to something that is not Noun-like.
In both -A- and -B-, the pronoun "it" is being used to refer to the entire act of failing to advertise the highest price as prominently as the lowest price.
-D- ".... failure to advertise as prominently the highest price ....... as the lowest [price] violates the law."
One way that this sentence can be interpreted is that the law requires you to advertise the highest price AS the lowest price. This does not make sense. At the very least, the sentence is ambiguous and is not written well.
-E- "....failing to advertise as prominently the highest price..... as that of the lowest [price] violates the law."
Again, we have the same possible misinterpretation discussed above for Answer (D). Further, there is no logical antecedent for "that." If "that" is intended to refer to the antecedent "price", you are effectively saying"
"failing to advertise as prominently the highest price..... as the price of the lowest price violates the law."
-C- "failure to advertise the highest price ..... as prominently as the lowest [price] violates the law."
As stated above, the Idiom = "X as prominently as Y" is correctly used. The sentence is clear and we know what the author is trying to tell us.
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21 Nov 2020, 22:55
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vageesh
Hello GMATNinja,
Could you advise me why option C is better than option D. Option D does follow idiomatic structure AS X AS Y i.e. AS Prominently the Highest Price blah blah AS the Lowest.
I couldn't make much difference between option C and option D. option C says X as prominently as Y. X and Y are higher and lowest price respectively.
From idiom perspective both option C and D looked good to me. Core of sentence is also fine i.e. Failure(Subject) violates(Verb) the Law.
Thanks
