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what is wrong with option A ...it maintains the proper parallel structure ....Jean-Luc films are compared to French New wave
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Between D and E

E is because What X .. is to Y construction
D is wrong because similar to X ... is to Y
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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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Between D and E

E is because What X .. is to Y construction
D is wrong because similar to X ... is to Y


Can i add this (What X .. is to Y ) my Idiom list?

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Between D and E

E is because What X .. is to Y construction
D is wrong because similar to X ... is to Y


Can i add this (What X .. is to Y ) my Idiom list?

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Hi,

Yes you can add this idiom to your list.

Actually 2 idioms are used for analogy:

1. X is to Y what A is to B
2. X is to Y as A is to B
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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

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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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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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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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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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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As per my earlier experience we use "like" whenever there is comparison.

Thus in option B if we correct the modifier error then will the option B is correct ?

Kindly help.
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As per my earlier experience we use "like" whenever there is comparison.

Thus in option B if we correct the modifier error then will the option B is correct ?

Kindly help.
Not quite, Harsh2111s. Even after correcting the possessive Jean-Luc Godard's to the name of the auteur himself, the idiomatic construction called for is

A is to a what B is to b.

You could use like to compare just the nouns, as in

A, like B, ...

A sample sentence could be, Captain Picard, like his predecessor, Captain Kirk, is to Star Trek lore what Captain Solo is to Star Wars lore.

Notice that the idiom remains intact, though. I hope that helps. If you have further questions, please let me know.

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what is wrong with option A ...it maintains the proper parallel structure ....Jean-Luc films are compared to French New wave


Hello A is wrong because, An auteur whose movies define the genre is a appositive modifier . it must modify Jean-Luc Godard and not his films
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