shanks2020 wrote:
ChiranjeevSingh wrote:
Here's the official explanation provided by the GMAC for this question:
This sentence is intended to contrast the life of Chekhov with the lives of several other subjects of biographies by Troyat. To express the intended meaning correctly, the noun phrases used to express this contrast must be parallel in structure and meaning—lives of subjects should be contrasted only with other lives of subjects.
Option A: This inappropriately contrasts the lives of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski with Chekhov, rather than with Chekhov's life.
Option B: This inappropriately contrasts Chekhov with the other Troyat biographies of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski. That makes no sense, because Chekhov was not himself a Troyat biography.
Option C: Correct. This appropriately contrasts the life of Chekhov with the lives of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, other subjects of Troyat biographies. This makes sense, indicating that Chekhov himself was among the subjects of Troyat biographies.
Option D: This inappropriately contrasts Chekhov and his life with that of the other Troyat biographies. Grammatically, that must refer back to life, conveying the absurd meaning the life of the other Troyat biographies.
Option E: This inappropriately contrasts The life of Chekhov with that of other Troyat biographies. Grammatically, that must refer back to life, conveying the absurd meaning the life of other Troyat biographies. The use of other absurdly implies that Chekhov himself was a Troyat biography.
The correct answer is C.
Please note that I'm not the author of this explanation. I'm just posting it here since I believe it can help the community.
Hi
AndrewN VeritasKarishma egmatI could not digest the meaning. How can "life" belong to 20th century? Some one can belong to 20th century, not life of some.
Just like someone can belong to the 20th century (meaning he lived in the 20th century), someone's life can also belong to the 20th century (his life was lived in the 20th century).
This is besides the point but the difference for the author of a biography titled "Chekhov" vs "Life of Chekhov" would probably lie in the perspective. In the first case, she might write about the person Chekhov (his feelings, his intent behind his actions etc) and in the second case, she might write about his actions, what they led to, the major events of his life etc.