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In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of dissonance is evident in the symphonies of Mahler.

(A) In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of dissonance is evident in the symphonies of Mahler.
(B) In contrast with Haydn's symphonies, Mahler uses dissonance much more freely.
(C) In contrast to those of Haydn, the symphonies of Mahler demonstrate a much more free use of dissonance.
(D) In contrast to Haydn's symphonies, Mahler's demonstrate a much freer use of dissonance.
(E) In contrast with Haydn's symphonies, those of Mahler use dissonance much more freely.

pls explain your answers.



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Re: In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of [#permalink] New post   06 Aug 2007, 15:47
IMO E.Correct comparison.
and since we are comparing like terms(symphonies) we need compare with.
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Re: In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of [#permalink] New post   06 Aug 2007, 23:59
I pick D over E.

D maintains parallelism between the possessive forms used in the sentence.
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Re: In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of [#permalink] New post   07 Aug 2007, 00:36
nagapavan wrote:
"In contrast to" is the correct idiom
I go with D



Correct..".in contrast to" is the correct idiom...that's what seperates D from E..

otherwise both are consise and clear...

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Re: In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2007, 16:39
I thought the idiom is " contrast....with"

I picked E because of the "contrast...with" idiom, I did not know that there is an idiom for " In Contrast...to", can someone give me an example of the usage of this idiom....

BTW, what is the OA?
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Re: In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2007, 17:44
garyxb wrote:
I thought the idiom is " contrast....with"

I picked E because of the "contrast...with" idiom, I did not know that there is an idiom for " In Contrast...to", can someone give me an example of the usage of this idiom....

BTW, what is the OA?


The correct idiom is contrast X with Y..not In contrast with X,Y.
In contrast to is correct in this sentence.
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Re: In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2007, 22:30
OA is D
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Re: In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2007, 10:22
(D) In contrast to Haydn's symphonies, Mahler's demonstrate a much freer use of dissonance.

Don't we need Mahler's symphonies ? or just the use of Mahler's will do?

please clarify
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Re: In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2007, 10:40
Between C and D. I picked D for conciseness (Is this a word ?)
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Re: In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of [#permalink] New post   22 Sep 2011, 06:51
I don't like any of the answers here.

In almost all the answers it says, symphonies demonstrate. It has to be a person to demonstrate something not symphonies.
C, D and E say that symphonies demonstrate.

B uses a wrong comparison.

A does the right comparison and could be the only possible choice here.
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Re: In contrast to the symphonies of Haydn, a much freer use of [#permalink] New post   22 Sep 2011, 09:32
(C) In contrast to those of Haydn, the symphonies of Mahler demonstrate a much more free use of dissonance.... is wrong because "much more". Redundancy
(E) In contrast with Haydn's symphonies, those of Mahler use dissonance much more freely.
"in contrast with" is wrong

D is correct



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