Black-and-white movies are as visually impressive than full-color movi

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Black-and-white movies are as visually impressive  than full-color movies are as creating interesting imagery depends mostly on whether the director has a deep understanding of cinematography .

A. than full-color movies are as creating interesting imagery depends mostly on whether the director has a deep understanding of cinematography
B. as full-color movies as creating interesting imagery depends mostly on whether the director has a deep understanding of cinematography
C. as full-color movies are as creating interesting imagery depends mostly on whether the director has a deep understanding of cinematography or not
D. as full-color movies are as creating interesting imagery depends mostly on if the director has a deep understanding of cinematography
E. as full-color movies are as creating interesting imagery depends mostly on whether the director has a deep understanding of cinematography

msk0657 · Accepted Answer

Meaning: B/W movies are as visually impressive as colour movies are and B/W movies create interesting imagery depends mostly on the deep understanding of the director.

Mistake analysis :  The structure as... as... creates a comparison. The first as is followed by an adjective or adverb. The second as is followed by a noun, a phrase, or even a whole clause.

So comparison is between B/W and colour movies.

A) This option is out, it has to be as X as Y.

Now options B to E remain.

B) as impressive as full movies are only then the comparison if complete, here after colour movies it is AS. --> Incorrect.
C) Whether is sufficient. Whether or not is not needed.
D)  ’Whether’ for ALTERNATIVE and ’IF’ for Condition or Hypothetical situation  , so here we are dealing with alternative so WHETHER is correct.
E) correct idiom and correct alternative option.

Option E is correct answer.

CounterSniper · Answer

A.  than  full-color movies are as creating interesting imagery depends mostly on whether the director has a deep understanding of cinematography
 incorrect usage of idiom !!

B.  as full-color movies as  creating interesting imagery depends mostly on whether the director has a deep understanding of cinematography
 Incorrect comparison . 
 impressive  requires an  are   for the comparison to be correct !!

C.  as full-color movies are  as creating interesting imagery depends mostly on whether the director has a deep understanding of cinematography  or not 
 Or not  is  redundant

D.  as full-color movies are  as creating interesting imagery depends mostly on  if  the director has a deep understanding of cinematography
 Incorrect usage of if

E.  as full-color movies are as creating interesting imagery depends mostly on whether the director has a deep understanding of cinematography  
 Correct

ameyaprabhu · Answer

Can someone explain why B is incorrect?
we are comparing BW movies with colour, so I feel the extra 'are' in E is redundant

SISDIT · Answer

Hi @ameyaprabhu, With regards to comparison, we need to compare APPLES to APPLES. In option B, the comparison is between: - A clause = B/W movies ARE AND - A phrase = full-color movies So if we plug option B into the sentence, then we compare APPLES to ORANGES. That is NOT grammatically correct. Thats why we do need "ARE" following "full-color movies" to make the comparison between a clause and another clause. Just my 2 cents

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sobby · Answer

hi  GMATNinja  ..

agree that E is clear than B ...but IMO B is also correct ..and more concise than E ...
how to chose answer choice in this case

NicoleJaneway · Answer

I'm also feeling some ambiguity on this one. It seems like B is sufficiently parallel to be a legitimate answer...

NicoleJaneway · Answer

Is B sufficiently parallel to be correct? What are the rules of "as... as" comparisons?

Nicooo13 · Answer

Thanks for the explanation, I understand your point but as some other people suggest, I feel "are" is unnecessary.

Indeed, everybody will agree (I guess) that for example:
"Oranges are bigger than lemons"
Is more concise and used than
"Oranges are bigger than lemons are"

What do you think?

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NRJ11090 · Answer

In answer choice E “as full color movies” is followed by a verb- are. So correct structure.
 C uses whether or not so this makes it wordy....
B lacks the action verb “are” after as full-color movies
D- use of “if the director has....” is not correct 
A- as....than is wrong idiomatic usage 
Therefore E is correct

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dhruvpanwar95 · Answer

"Whether" should have two possibilities? So , Option C "whether X is or not is" is Right instead of "whether X is". Use IF for one possibility & WHETHER for two possibilities.

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