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Like many accomplished film directors, Quentin Tarantinos [#permalink] New post   16 Apr 2022, 23:40
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Like many accomplished film directors, Quentin Tarantino’s self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews earned him a place in IMDB’s list of the most arrogant Hollywood stars.


A) Like many accomplished film directors, Quentin Tarantino’s self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews

B) Quentin Tarantino’s self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews, like those of many accomplished film directors,

C) Those of many other accomplished film directors, like Quentin Tarantino’s self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews,

D) Many accomplished film directors’ self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews, like those of Quentin Tarantino’s,

E) Many accomplished film directors’ self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews, like those of Quentin Tarantino,
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Re: Like many accomplished film directors, Quentin Tarantinos [#permalink] New post   16 Apr 2022, 23:49
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Re: Like many accomplished film directors, Quentin Tarantinos [#permalink] New post   17 Apr 2022, 00:01
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Like many accomplished film directors, Quentin Tarantino’s self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews earned him a place in IMDB’s list of the most arrogant Hollywood stars.


A) Like many accomplished film directors, Quentin Tarantino’s self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews Incorrect

B) Quentin Tarantino’s self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews, like those of many accomplished film directors, Correct

C) Those of many other accomplished film directors, like Quentin Tarantino’s self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews, Incorrect

D) Many accomplished film directors’ self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews, like those of Quentin Tarantino’s, Incorrect

E) Many accomplished film directors’ self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews, like those of Quentin Tarantino, Incorrect

Eliminate C D & E - him has no clear precedent that makes the sentence illogical
A has comparison error - film directors compare with remarks
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Like many accomplished film directors, Quentin Tarantinos [#permalink] New post   17 Apr 2022, 08:36
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This question brings back the feels of an "iconic" GMAT question, which broke a pretty stringent rule in SC when it first came into the public domain: Here
Subject pronoun (here "him") can refer to a possessive noun (here "Quentin Tarantino" ’s self-congratulatory remarks). So, "him" does have a logical antecedent in "Quentin Tarantino" and that's not the reason to eliminate any answer choice. There are other solid reasons to eliminate the given choices.
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A) Like many accomplished film directors, Quentin Tarantino’s self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews
Film directors are being compared with Tarantino's remarks. Wrong.
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B) Quentin Tarantino’s self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews, like those of many accomplished film directors,
Tarantino's remarks are compared with "those" of film directors. Here, the comparison is correct as "those" refers to "remarks" of film directors. "Him" has the correct antecedent in "Quentin Tarantino". Thus, this answer choice is correct.
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C) Those of many other accomplished film directors, like Quentin Tarantino’s self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews,
This choice starts off awkwardly with the phrase, "Those of many", the comparison is illogical and the structure is flawed. Eliminate.
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D) Many accomplished film directors’ self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews, like those of Quentin Tarantino’s,
Here, the starting phrase, "Many accomplished film directors’ self-congratulatory remarks.." changes the meaning of the sentence. Now, it seems as if not the Tarantino's remarks but the film director's remarks earned Tarantino infamy. This is not the correct meaning. Also, the comparison between remarks of film directors and Tarantino is wrong. "Those" of Tarantino's? Nasty and wrong.
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E) Many accomplished film directors’ self-congratulatory remarks during television interviews, like those of Quentin Tarantino,
Corrects the comparison issue in (D) but retains the meaning error of (D). Eliminate.
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