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After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Square Garden, the ensemble were touted as the country’s best new group in decades; no critic or reviewer had anything but praise for the young musicians.


(A) the ensemble were touted as the country’s

(B) the ensemble was touted as the country’s

(C) the country touted the ensemble like the

(D) touting the ensemble as the country’s

(E) they were touting the ensemble as the country’s


Can anyone tell me what's wrong with c. B is passive, i thought Gmat prefers active sentences
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After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Square Garden, the ensemble were touted as the country’s best new group in decades; no critic or reviewer had anything but praise for the young musicians.


(A) the ensemble were touted as the country’s

(B) the ensemble was touted as the country’s

(C) the country touted the ensemble like the

(D) touting the ensemble as the country’s

(E) they were touting the ensemble as the country’s


Can anyone tell me what's wrong with c. B is passive, i thought Gmat prefers active sentences



(B) the country touted the ensemble like the best group in decades - Like only precedes a noun, but not a phrase.

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After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Square Garden, the ensemble were touted as the country’s best new group in decades; no critic or reviewer had anything but praise for the young musicians.


(A) the ensemble were touted as the country’s

(B) the ensemble was touted as the country’s

(C) the country touted the ensemble like the

(D) touting the ensemble as the country’s

(E) they were touting the ensemble as the country’s


Can anyone tell me what's wrong with c. B is passive, i thought Gmat prefers active sentences
as santoshx correctly pointed out the usage of "like" is incorrect.
Also, if I may, the GMAT has no preference between active and passive. Please do not eliminate a sentence just because it is in passive voice.
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