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Updated on: 15 Apr 2023, 13:43
Originally posted by arj_singh1976 on 15 Feb 2007, 06:06.
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Patience Lovell Wright, whose travelling waxworks exhibit preceded Madame Tussaud's work by 30 years, became well known as much because of having an eccentric personality as for having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax.
(A) well known as much because of having an eccentric personality as for having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax
(B) well known as much for having an eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures
(C) well known as much because of her eccentric personality as she was for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figure
(D) as well known for having an eccentric personality as having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax
(E) as well known for her eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
(A) well known as much because of having an eccentric personality as for having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax
(B) well known as much for having an eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures
(C) well known as much because of her eccentric personality as she was for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figure
(D) as well known for having an eccentric personality as having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax
(E) as well known for her eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
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Hi All,
Patience Lovell Wright, whose traveling waxworks exhibit preceded Madame Tuscan’s work by 30 year, became well known as much because of having an eccentric personality as for having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax.
The key to get to the right answer is to understand the meaning of the sentence. This sentence is about Patience Lovell Wright who travelling waxworks exhibit preceded Madame Tuscan’s work by 30 years. Wright became well known for two reasons:
1. For her eccentric personality.
2. For her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
The entities following both the “as” must be parallel to each other.
POE:
(A) well known as much because of having an eccentric personality as for having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax.: Incorrect for the reason discussed above.
(B) well known as much for having an eccentric personality as for skillful wax renderings of popular public figures. Incorrect. Again the entities following “as” are not parallel. We need something parallel “having” after the second “as”.
(C) well known as much because of her eccentric personality as she was for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures. Incorrect. Again, the entities following the two “as” are nit parallel.
(D) as well known for having an eccentric personality as having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax. Incorrect. “for having” after first “as” in not parallel to “having” after the second “as”.
(E) as well known for her eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures. Correct. “for her…” is parallel to “for her skillful…”.
1. In a list, the entity following the first marker should be parallel to the entity following the second marker.
2. We should use comparative degree (much) only when we are comparing two entities.
Thanks.
Shraddha
05 Aug 2013, 23:06
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Hi AMITAGARWAL2
As far as I know, you're comparing two structures:
(1) adjective as X as Y
(2) as + adjective + X as [adjective] + Y
The difference between the two is the position of the adjective. If we use grammars correctly, the meanings of two structures are the same. A major of problem of this structure is parallelism.
For example:
(1) Peter is attractive as for his good looking face as for his sport abilities.
(2) Peter is as attractive for his good looking face as [attractive] for his sport abilities.
Two sentences have the same meaning.
Back to the question, you can see option B and E for details.
B: ....well known as much for X as for Y.
E: ....as well known for X as [well known] for Y.
Technically, if X and Y are parallel, there is no problem. Option, B, nonetheless, is wrong because "for having ..." and "for her skillful..." are not grammatically parallel. The correct structure should be "for having X as for having Y".
Only option E, which say Lovell Wright became well known for two reasons: "her eccentric personality" and "her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures" is correct.
Hope it helps
29 May 2022, 03:10
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Dear Friends,
Here is a detailed explanation to this question-
Meaning is crucial to solving this problem:
Understanding the intended meaning is key to solving this question; the intended core meaning of this sentence is that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for her eccentric personality as she did for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
Concepts tested here: Meaning + Parallelism + Awkwardness/Redundancy
• “as much A as B” is the correct, idiomatic construction; A and B must be parallel.
• “as A as B” is a correct, idiomatic usage; A and B must be parallel.
A: This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrases “having an eccentric personality” and "having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax”; the construction of these phrases incorrectly implies that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for taking the action of having an eccentric personality as she did for having taken the action of skillfully rendering popular public figures in wax; the intended meaning is that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for her eccentric personality, itself, as she did for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures, themselves. Further, Option A uses the passive voice construction “having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax”, rendering it awkward and needlessly wordy.
B: This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “having an eccentric personality”; the construction of this phrase incorrectly implies that Patience Lovell Wright became well known for taking the action of having an eccentric personality; the intended meaning is that Patience Lovell Wright became well known for her eccentric personality, itself. Further, Option B fails to maintain parallelism between A (“for having an eccentric personality”) and B (“for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures”) in the idiomatic construction “as much A as B”; please remember, “as much A as B” is the correct, idiomatic construction; A and B must be parallel.
C: This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism between A (“because of her eccentric personality”) and B (“she was for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figure”) in the idiomatic construction “as much A as B”; please remember, “as much A as B” is the correct, idiomatic construction; A and B must be parallel.
D: This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrases “having an eccentric personality” and "having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax”; the construction of these phrases incorrectly implies that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for taking the action of having an eccentric personality as she did for having taken the action of skillfully rendering popular public figures in wax; the intended meaning is that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for her eccentric personality, itself, as she did for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures, themselves. Further, Option D fails to maintain parallelism between A (“for having an eccentric personality”) and B (“having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax”) in the idiomatic construction “as A as B”; please remember, “as A as B” is the correct, idiomatic construction; A and B must be parallel. Additionally, Option D uses the passive voice construction “having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax”, rendering it awkward and needlessly wordy.
E: Correct. This answer choice uses the phrases “her eccentric personality” and “her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures”, conveying the intended meaning – that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for her eccentric personality, itself, as she did for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures, themselves. Further, Option E correctly maintains parallelism between A (“for her eccentric personality”) and B (“for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures” in the idiomatic construction “as A as B”. Additionally, Option E is free of any awkwardness or redundancy.
Hence, E is the best answer choice.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team
Here is a detailed explanation to this question-
arj_singh1976
Meaning is crucial to solving this problem:
Understanding the intended meaning is key to solving this question; the intended core meaning of this sentence is that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for her eccentric personality as she did for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
Concepts tested here: Meaning + Parallelism + Awkwardness/Redundancy
• “as much A as B” is the correct, idiomatic construction; A and B must be parallel.
• “as A as B” is a correct, idiomatic usage; A and B must be parallel.
A: This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrases “having an eccentric personality” and "having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax”; the construction of these phrases incorrectly implies that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for taking the action of having an eccentric personality as she did for having taken the action of skillfully rendering popular public figures in wax; the intended meaning is that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for her eccentric personality, itself, as she did for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures, themselves. Further, Option A uses the passive voice construction “having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax”, rendering it awkward and needlessly wordy.
B: This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “having an eccentric personality”; the construction of this phrase incorrectly implies that Patience Lovell Wright became well known for taking the action of having an eccentric personality; the intended meaning is that Patience Lovell Wright became well known for her eccentric personality, itself. Further, Option B fails to maintain parallelism between A (“for having an eccentric personality”) and B (“for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures”) in the idiomatic construction “as much A as B”; please remember, “as much A as B” is the correct, idiomatic construction; A and B must be parallel.
C: This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism between A (“because of her eccentric personality”) and B (“she was for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figure”) in the idiomatic construction “as much A as B”; please remember, “as much A as B” is the correct, idiomatic construction; A and B must be parallel.
D: This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrases “having an eccentric personality” and "having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax”; the construction of these phrases incorrectly implies that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for taking the action of having an eccentric personality as she did for having taken the action of skillfully rendering popular public figures in wax; the intended meaning is that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for her eccentric personality, itself, as she did for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures, themselves. Further, Option D fails to maintain parallelism between A (“for having an eccentric personality”) and B (“having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax”) in the idiomatic construction “as A as B”; please remember, “as A as B” is the correct, idiomatic construction; A and B must be parallel. Additionally, Option D uses the passive voice construction “having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax”, rendering it awkward and needlessly wordy.
E: Correct. This answer choice uses the phrases “her eccentric personality” and “her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures”, conveying the intended meaning – that Patience Lovell Wright became as well known for her eccentric personality, itself, as she did for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures, themselves. Further, Option E correctly maintains parallelism between A (“for her eccentric personality”) and B (“for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures” in the idiomatic construction “as A as B”. Additionally, Option E is free of any awkwardness or redundancy.
Hence, E is the best answer choice.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team
