American parks-Kaplan

Question

Please explain your answers...

Fistail · Answer

It should be C not A. A wrongly use "either/or" idiom.
Make sure your answer is A.

ksp · Answer

A it is... !

B is incorrect because, the main clause of the sentence doesn't contain a verb. It just remains as a phrase.
C is a run on sentence.
D Although X Y is the construction. Not Although X and Y
E chaotic. too many errors.

ksp · Answer

The idiom construction Either x or Y.

The modelled on is implied to both "romantic" unspoiled landscape and the British gardens.

Anyways not sure. Let me know if am correct.

fluke · Answer

You're right about A, but C is a fragment.

Although most modern-day American parks are modeled on either the "romantic" unspoiled landscape or the English garden, there are
(this is more appropriate)

B-out; there are-- is needed to complete the clause after comma.

D-out"; and"- spoils the continuity. A statement with contrast is expected without any conjunction.

E-out; "designs" won't agree with the plural subject created with the use of "and".

C- run-on.

So, none correct.

ksp · Answer

hey fluke,

need a clarification. So i cant take it as implied when it comes to parallel constructions.

The word must be explicitly there right ?

daagh · Answer

You have to have a  contrast -marker  such as  although  to elicit the intent of the issue. C and E are gone due to that factor. B is a fragment and D lacks a main clause. A is the only choice that is grammatical.

However, did you notice another flaw? While the subordinate clause talks of  American parks , the main clause talks of  park designs . Strictly, a park is not the same as its design. IMO, this is a serious comparison flaw. And considering that it is from Kaplan, it looks all the more sinister.

Capricorn369 · Answer

Although most modern-day American parks are modeled on either the "romantic" unspoiled landscape or the English garden, there are
(this is more appropriate)
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@fluke - I totally agree with the above construction you mentioned. 
Btw, i'm not sure about idiom "modeled on"... It should be "modeled after"... am I correct? Any thoughts?

Cheers!

fluke · Answer

I don't know about that off-hand. Upon searching, this is what I got: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/modeled

Capricorn369 · Answer

Interesting..!! Thx Dude. I Checked as well and found -

modeled in - Correct.
modeled on - Correct. 
modeled after - Correct. - Aristotle SC.

arzad · Answer

I picked A. None of the others seemed correct.

daagh · Answer

Coming to re- think of A, it blatantly violates //ism of the co-relative conjunction  either/or ; So I do not think that there is a right choice; indeed a horrible topic

Fistail · Answer

The way the question is put is difficult to read.

I agree that C is run-on. None is correct. All choices have problems.

Kaplan/PR questions are not up to the OG/GMAT standard.

KapTeacherEli · Answer

Hi OptimusPrimea1,

Thanks for posting this! As a few people have pointed out, it looks like we did make a mistake here. "Either... or..." is a two part construction, and a two part contstruction needs to be parallel. The correct version of answer choices A should read: ...are modeled on either the "romantic" unspoiled landscape or the English garden...

The version as written, "either modeled on...or the garden" breaks parallelism.

The problem should include a problem ID number; can you please PM that to me? If you do, I can have this error fixed ASAP!

rajeevrks27 · Answer

none correct
@KapTeacherEli ... it takes guts to be candid...i must say u have...

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