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In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller’s obsess [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 15 Nov 2019, 04:21
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In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller’s obsessive narratives and Toni Morrison’s mythic languages than James Joyce’s internal explorations.

(A) In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of
(B) Leon Forrest writes more like
(C) Leon Forrest’s work is more reminiscent of
(D) Leon Forrest reminds one more of
(E) Leon Forrest’s work more resembles that of
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Originally posted by singh_satya on 03 Jun 2004, 19:48.
Last edited by Bunuel on 15 Nov 2019, 04:21, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller’s obsess [#permalink] New post   28 Feb 2010, 14:48
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Hey All,

There seems to be a lingering question on this, so I thought I'd weigh in. Even if "resembles" were better than "reminiscent of" (a distinction I fail to make), answer choice E still has problems here. You can't "more resemble" something. In fact, the correct comparative idiom for the verb "to resemble" is "more closely resemble". I don't know why that is, except that it's an idiom.

Also, "reminiscent of" is very often used in literary comparisons. Who are these 800score people, and why are they ripping off questions and then explaining them incorrectly? I call for a boycott! : )

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Re: In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller’s obsess [#permalink] New post   04 Jun 2004, 01:48
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singh_satya wrote:
In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller’s obsessive narratives and Toni Morrison’s mythic languages than James Joyce’s internal explorations.
(A) In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of
(B) Leon Forrest writes more like
(C) Leon Forrest’s work is more reminiscent of
(D) Leon Forrest reminds one more of
(E) Leon Forrest’s work more resembles that of

Is 'reminiscent of' an idiom.

Plz explain the answer

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'Reminiscent of' is an adj which means 'reminding of' or 'bringing to mind something else' It should follow a noun as in the sentence: "Your experience reminds me of one [experience] I had a year ago".

Therefore, in answering this question we can rule out all answers (A,B,D) which refer to Leon Forrest, not his work. E is out because 'resembles', although similar to 'reminds' does't mean the same thing.

So, I think that the correct answer is C, because it refers to Leon Forrest's work and uses 'reminiscent of' correctly.
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Re: In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller’s obsess [#permalink] New post   23 Mar 2012, 12:41
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(A) In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Incorrect comparision
(B) Leon Forrest writes more like Incorrect comparision
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(D) Leon Forrest reminds one more of Incorrect comparision
(E) Leon Forrest’s work more resembles that of [what is that parallel to?]
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Re: In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller’s obsess [#permalink] New post   30 Jul 2015, 04:47
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singh_satya wrote:
In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller’s obsessive narratives and Toni Morrison’s mythic languages than James Joyce’s internal explorations.
(A) In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of
(B) Leon Forrest writes more like
(C) Leon Forrest’s work is more reminiscent of
(D) Leon Forrest reminds one more of
(E) Leon Forrest’s work more resembles that of

Is 'reminiscent of' an idiom.

Plz explain the answer

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C is correct.

A, B and D compares Leon Forrest to Henry Miller’s obsessive narratives, Toni Morrision’s mythic languages and James Joyce’s internal explorations.

E is incorrect. You cannot say “Leon Forrest’s work more resembles that of Henry Miller’s obsessive narratives”. It is same as saying “Leon Forrest’s work more resembles WORK of Henry Miller’s obsessive narratives”.
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Re: In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller’s obsess [#permalink] New post   05 Jun 2004, 10:44
C it is ...its more of a apple/orange question than an idiom question.

Satya..it you would be great if you could underline the incosistent part in the question.

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Re: In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller’s obsess [#permalink] New post   26 Oct 2018, 09:10
Could someone add the respective underline? This makes the questions/solutions much easier to comprehend...

Moreover, I think the answer choice is C. We are comparing the works of the various artists, hence only answer choices which do the same are plausible, of those answer choices I like the grammar of option C.

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Re: In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller’s obsess [#permalink] New post   08 Jul 2019, 11:18
hi guys .
could sb explain when we use "more +to +verb+than " and when we use "more +adj+than" and why ? tnx
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