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An auteur whose movies define the genre, Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave what Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is to the spaghetti western.
(A) Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave what
(B) Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave like
(C) Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave just as
(D) Jean-Luc Godard directed films that are to the French New Wave similar to
(E) Jean-Luc Godard directed films that are to the French New Wave what
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moazzam0987 wrote:
what is wrong with option A ...it maintains the proper parallel structure ....Jean-Luc films are compared to French New wave
The correct answer is E.
Why? Because if you see, the first part of the sentence is acting as a modifier. An auteur whose movies define the genre, Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave what Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is to the spaghetti western. What is it modifying/describing? Jean-Luc Godard, and not his films. Hence the answer is E.
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I went for D and E options as in beginning of the sentence we have the word "auteur" which means film director. Option a,b,c have mentioned "Jean-Luc Godard's films" which at high level means film in which Jean-Luc Godard has acted. But option D and E mention films directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Among D and E, went for E as i wanted to to maintain parallelism.
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goodyear2013 wrote:
An auteur whose movies define the genre, Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave what Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is to the spaghetti western.
(A) Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave what
(B) Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave like
(C) Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave just as
(D) Jean-Luc Godard directed films that are to the French New Wave similar to
(E) Jean-Luc Godard directed films that are to the French New Wave what
This is a good question to learn modifier rule very well . So let us just break down the original sentence . "An auteur whose movies define the genre" is a modifier that should modify "Jean-Luc Godard" but that is not happening in choices A,B, and C . So we are left with D and E In D correct idiom dictates that we use "what " so E is out answer
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moazzam0987 wrote:
what is wrong with option A ...it maintains the proper parallel structure ....Jean-Luc films are compared to French New wave
Correct Answer: E
Answer choice A contains a modifier error: "An auteur" refers to Jean-Luc Godard, not "Godard's films." Choices B and C both replicate the same error, and also use unidiomatic words ("like" and "just as") to compare Godard and Leone. Answer choice D corrects the dangling modifier but uses the incorrect construction "are to" similar to make the comparison. Answer choice E is correct. The opening modifier correctly describes Godard, and properly constructs the comparison between the two men's films, with the construction "A's are to B what X is to Y."
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gmatdordie wrote:
moazzam0987 wrote:
what is wrong with option A ...it maintains the proper parallel structure ....Jean-Luc films are compared to French New wave
Correct Answer: E
Answer choice A contains a modifier error: "An auteur" refers to Jean-Luc Godard, not "Godard's films." Choices B and C both replicate the same error, and also use unidiomatic words ("like" and "just as") to compare Godard and Leone. Answer choice D corrects the dangling modifier but uses the incorrect construction "are to" similar to make the comparison. Answer choice E is correct. The opening modifier correctly describes Godard, and properly constructs the comparison between the two men's films, with the construction "A's are to B what X is to Y."
Bunuel Can anyone help me understand the usage of "like" and "just as" in terms of comparison, as highlighted in the explanation? Or any article explaining the same would do the help
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goodyear2013 wrote:
An auteur whose movies define the genre, Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave what Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is to the spaghetti western.
(A) Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave what
(B) Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave like
(C) Jean-Luc Godard's films are to the French New Wave just as
(D) Jean-Luc Godard directed films that are to the French New Wave similar to
(E) Jean-Luc Godard directed films that are to the French New Wave what
In option E, the word 'that' seems odd .. French new wave represents the French young generation ..so shouldn't it rather be
Jean luc Godard directed films are to the French new wave what Sergio's the good , the bad and the ugly is to the spagheti western.
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