Factories can mass-produce beautiful glass vessels that are valued

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Factories can mass-produce beautiful glass vessels  that are valued almost as much as that of the old-fashioned glass-blower that remain.

(A) that are valued almost as much as that of the old-fashioned glass-blowers that remain
 (B) of a value that is almost as much as that of the old-fashioned glass-blowers that remain
 (C) almost as much in value as those of the remaining old-fashioned glassblowers
 (D) almost as much in value as that of the remaining old-fashioned glass-blowers
 (E) valued almost as much as those of the remaining old-fashioned glassblowers

Source: Manhattan Review

Turkish · Answer

The Idiom is incorrect as much in value, in C and D. It should be as much as . E

TaN1213 · Answer

What does 'those' refer to in E?

alokgupta1009 · Answer

Think.. which are valued here ?

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Kchaudhary · Answer

Factories can mass-produce beautiful glass  vessels   that are valued almost as much as  that  of the old-fashioned glass-blower that remain.

(A) that are valued almost as much as  that  of the old-fashioned glass-blowers that remain - pronoun error
 (B) of a value that is almost as much as  that  of the old-fashioned glass-blowers that remain - pronoun error
 (C)  almost  as much in value as those of the remaining old-fashioned glassblowers - modifier error
 (D) almost as much in value as  that  of the remaining old-fashioned glass-blowers - Modifier + pronoun error
 (E)  valued  almost as much as  those  of the remaining old-fashioned glassblowers - Correct

vijyband99 · Answer

Singular pronoun that cannot refer to plural vessels, hence the use of that is wrong in options a,b,d
 In option c as much in is the wrong idiom, option e corrects all the above mistakes

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Lowkya · Answer

Errors are: 
1. Ambiguity WRT that.
2. Almost should modify valued.

(A) that are valued almost as much as  that  of the old-fashioned glass-blowers that remain
(B) of a value that is almost as much as  that  of the old-fashioned glass-blowers that remain
(C)  almost  as much in  value  as those of the remaining old-fashioned glassblowers
(D)  almost  as much in  value  as  that  of the remaining old-fashioned glass-blowers
(E)  valued almost  as much as those of the remaining old-fashioned glassblowers

Bunuel · Answer

MANHATTAN REVIEW OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

Choices A and B use the singular pronoun ‘that’ with the plural verb form ‘remain’. ‘Almost as much in value’ in C and D is idiomatically incorrect. Choice E is the correct answer

GmatPrime · Answer

'Those' refers to 'values' of glassblowers.

vimas · Answer

In option E what does "those" refer to? 
Based on the pronoun it seems that the sentence means "valued almost as much as the values of the remaining old-fashioned glassblowers".
To me it seems wrong. I think it should be "that of" because we are referring to the collective value of the remaining old-fashioned glassblowers.

saukrit · Answer

"Those" refer to  glass vessels  here

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