Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize

Question

Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize , the Italians’ disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria.

(A) Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize,
(B) Like Edvard Grieg, who the Scandinavians long refused to recognize,
(C) Just as Edvard Grieg was long refused recognition by the Scandinavians,
(D) Just as the Scandinavians long refused to recognize Edvard Grieg, so
(E) Like the Scandinavians’ long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg,

bb61 · Accepted Answer

Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize , the Italians’ disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria.

(A)   illogical comparison between Edvard Grieg and Italian's disregard
 (B)  illogical comparison as in A
"who" is wrong, "whom" is needed bcz "Edvard Grieg" is the object; so objective pronoun is needed
 (C) changes the meaning.. it seems that Edvard Grieg himself refused recognition
illogical comparison as in A
 (D)  illogical comparison: Scandinavians is compared with Italian's disregard
 (E)  Like the Scandinavians’ long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg,
Scandinavians' long refusal is compared correctly with Italians' disregard

Abhishek009 · Answer

Like   the Scandinavians’   long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg,   the Italians’  disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria. 
  
Like X, Y correct usage only in (E) , hence this is our answer...

daboo343 · Answer

Wrong Comparision. Here in the above sentence Edvard Grige (human being) is compared to Italian's (Something possessed by People of Italy).
A,B,C and D all are wrong because of the reason stated above  
 Only option E compares human to human
Hence  E

abhishekdadarwal2009 · Answer

Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, the Italians’ disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria.

(A) Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, Like used for comparison,but the comparison is wrong.
 (B) Like Edvard Grieg, who the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, Like used for comparison,but the comparison is wrong.
 (C) Just as Edvard Grieg was long refused recognition by the Scandinavians, as used for comparison,wrong comparison
 (D) Just as the Scandinavians long refused to recognize Edvard Grieg, so  usage of idiom 'Just...So', the parallelism is missing.
 (E) Like the Scandinavians’ long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg,  Correct comparison.

Gaurav2896 · Answer

In option E , we are comparing a clause with 'Like '....? Isn't it wrong ?

ramlala · Answer

Gaurav2896

Here like+noun means ‘similar to’ or ‘in the same way as’

the Scandinavians’ long refusal  is similar to  the Italians’ disregard

I hope this may help you.

shanks2020 · Answer

MartyTargetTestPrep   KarishmaB

Is it necessary that there has to be a clause after Just as... and so.?
Or can we use Just as...so to compare nouns?

KarishmaB · Answer

'Just as' is equivalent to 'as' so it follows the same rules and when you compare an action, you compare it with another action. So usually, the structure would be 'Just as clause, so clause'

Just as we hope to receive good wishes from our people, so we should send out good wishes to them.

Masterclass_Space · Answer

Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, the Italians’ disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria.

(A) Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, (incorrect: comparison error)
Like x, y: like E. G., disregard is incorrect
(B) Like Edvard Grieg, who the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, (incorrect: comparison error)
The same as option A has
(C) Just as Edvard Grieg was long refused recognition by the Scandinavians, (incorrect: pronoun error)
Just as x, y: as shows the similarity of two actions or clauses while like shows the similarity between two nouns
(D) Just as the Scandinavians long refused to recognize Edvard Grieg, so (incorrect: idiomatic error)
Just as x, so y is incorrect: correct idiom is just as x, y
(E) Like the Scandinavians’ long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg, (the best option)
Correct comparison: like refusal, disregard

Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize

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