Rashed12 wrote:
Princ wrote:
In his photographic motion studies, Thomas Eakins used a single negative for several exposures, an approach which favorably contrasted with that of his contemporary Eadweard Muybridge, but did not earn him as much acclaim in his lifetime, though opinions of his work have shifted dramatically since then.
(A) an approach which favorably contrasted with that of his contemporary Eadweard Muybridge, but did not earn
(B) an approach that favorably contrasted with his contemporary Eadweard Muybridge, but that did not earn
(C) an approach that favorably contrasted with that of his contemporary Eadweard Muybridge, but did not earn
(D) an approach which favorably contrasted with that of his contemporary Eadweard Muybridge's, but did not earn
(E) an approach which favorably contrasted to that of his contemporary Eadweard Muybridge, but did not earn for
Why E is not correct ? Would anyone explain it elaborately ?
Rashed12 , there are two glaring errors and one small error.
• WHICH vs. THATWHICH is coupled with non-essential information and is
always set off by a preceding comma.If the which-clause comes in the middle of the sentence, the entire clause is
set off by commas.Correct: The debate trophy, which was engraved, got lost. (
commas surround the which-clause)
Wrong: The debate trophy which was engraved got lost. (which as a relative pronoun that heads a modifying clause must have commas around its clause)
Correct: The trophy
that was engraved got lost.
If the information is essential, the essential information is always introduced with THAT (
not which) and is never set off by commas.
British English makes no distinction between
which and
that.
People who speak, or were trained in, British English should be careful; memorize the fact that
which must have commas and
that almost never has commas
when the words are used to head relative clauses.
The writers of the GMAT and North American English
do make a distinction between
which and
that.
You can read a post here that discusses the distinction between which and that.
See also
dave13 ,
here, in this post. Scroll down past the first subject until you see
WHICH VS. THAT. • "earn for" him is unidiomaticCorrect: Hard work earned her a promotion.
Wrong: Hard work earned
for her a promotion. (Ouch. That hurts my ears.)
Correct: Honorable conduct earned her a glowing reputation.
Wrong: Honorable conduct earned
for her a glowing reputation.
The preposition
for does not belong with
earn in this context.
We can earn X for Y.
We can earn money for a good cause.
But we cannot "earn for."
"Earn for" is not a phrasal verb.
In this case the construction of
earn followed by
for is correct,
but (1) "that salary" is correctly the direct object of earn, and
(2) the coupling of "earn" with "for" is a complete accident and not a phrasal verb.
Correct:
Will you earn that salary for a year or two?In that case, though, the preposition FOR has to do with the time period, not with the verb, earn.
Earn is a transitive verb that requires a direct object if not immediately following,
then as soon as possible thereafter.
I can earn money.
I can earn trust. I can earn respect.
But I have to earn something.
Earn must be followed by a direct object, not the preposition FOR.
I cannot earn FOR something.
• Idiomatic construction of "contrast to"X can
passively stand in contract
to Y.
X must
actively contrast
with.
But X cannot actively
contrast to as is the case in option E.
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Please, do not spend much time on this question.
SC questions are really hard to write, so I have sympathy for its author.
Still—the question is not official and it's not a very good question.
Hope that helps.