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Ranked as one of the most important of Europe’s young playwrights,

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Re: Ranked as one of the most important of Europe’s young playwrights, [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2021, 00:56
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Can u explain the usage of "As" in ranked as
is it working as role
if yes how i am not able to see
or it is working to provide reason he has written this many plays....
so he ranked as one of the......
if As is used for providing reason then this construction isn't wrong as is followed by noun
also difference between any vs any other
though i know why option A and option B is wrong
by using any we mean we are comparing with any german dramatist and here we don't know franz is german dramatist or not
by using any other we mean we are comparing with any other german dramatist and usage t we are any other means to say that franz himself was also a german dramatist but we are comparing with other german dramatist
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Re: Ranked as one of the most important of Europe’s young playwrights, [#permalink] New post   16 Feb 2022, 19:04
IMO: Option D is correct because we are comparing two different people's work. That and Those (Demonstrative Pronouns) indicated new copy of antecedent.
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Re: Ranked as one of the most important of Europes young playwrights, [#permalink] New post   24 Jul 2022, 02:56
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Ranked as one of the most important of Europe’s young playwrights, Franz Xaver Kroetz has written forty plays; his works—translated into over thirty languages—are produced more often than any contemporary German dramatist.

(A) than any
(B) than any other
(C) than are any
(D) than those of any other
(E) as are those of any

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(E) is grammatically correct and conveys right meaning but (E) is just wordier than (D), right?
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Re: Ranked as one of the most important of Europes young playwrights, [#permalink] New post   24 Jul 2022, 03:55
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Tanchat wrote:
bmwhype2 wrote:
Ranked as one of the most important of Europe’s young playwrights, Franz Xaver Kroetz has written forty plays; his works—translated into over thirty languages—are produced more often than any contemporary German dramatist.

(A) than any
(B) than any other
(C) than are any
(D) than those of any other
(E) as are those of any


Dear Experts,

(E) is grammatically correct and conveys right meaning but (E) is just wordier than (D), right?

No, Tanchat, answer choice (E) is grammatically unsound: more _____ as draws an improper comparison and is built on a faulty mishmash of two idiomatic constructs—[comparative] + than and as _____ as. Watch out for this exact issue in comparison questions: it shows up not infrequently in one or two answer choices, and if you know how to spot it, you can make a quick elimination or two.

Good luck with your studies.

- Andrew


AndrewN Thank you your response [again and always :D ]

I forgot "as". I thought it was "than". However, if (E) contained "than" instead of "as", would it be grammatically correct?
My point is that whether it is correct to have "are" in choice (E)
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Re: Ranked as one of the most important of Europes young playwrights, [#permalink] New post   24 Jul 2022, 04:55
I answered D
Can some one please explain why A is incorrect. Do we need to add “those of”?

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