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Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer [#permalink] New post   30 Jan 2014, 15:29
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Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer looks on stage and the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have more influence over directors than technical vocal ability and beauty of tone.

the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have
the emotional intensity of her acting seems to have had
the emotional intensity which her acting seems to have has
how emotionally intense she is acting seem to have had
how emotionally intense her acting is seem to have

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Only problem with the sentence as written is the fact that the two subjects of the verb seem are not parallel. The first subject is the how clause, but the second is the noun intensity. Since the second subject is underlined, it must be changed to match the first. Eliminate choices (A), (B) and (C), which maintain the noun. Choice (D) is incorrect because the gerund acting is changed to the progressive verb is acting, which is not parallel to the simple present of looks. Choice (E) makes the 2 subjects parallel without introducing any problems and is, therefore, the correct answer.


Hi, I found right answer choose sounds awkward. Can anyone explain what makes this right answer sound awkward, please.
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Re: Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer [#permalink] New post   31 Jan 2014, 03:28
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[quote="goodyear2013"]Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer looks on stage and the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have more influence over directors than technical vocal ability and beauty of tone.

the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have
the emotional intensity of her acting seems to have had
the emotional intensity which her acting seems to have has
how emotionally intense she is acting seem to have had
how emotionally intense her acting is seem to have

Hi goodyear2013,

This is a 3/2 split problem at first. You can rule out a,b and c as they do not follow parallelism. Reason for this is, "Some music critics have complained that " , so the phrase after that should either start with a "how" or "that..."

Now between, d and e, d is wrong because of parallelism. Some music critics "have" complained... so it will be seem to "have".

Why do you say that e sounds awkward. It seems to be the only answer to me.
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Re: Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer [#permalink] New post   31 Jan 2014, 04:58
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As posters above explained; choice (E) preserves parallelism. To better understand the chosen answer, look at it this way:

"|| how emotionally intense her acting is || seem to have". The parts between the || maintain parallelism, the rest of the sentence is originally correct.
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Re: Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer [#permalink] New post   31 Jan 2014, 03:30
goodyear2013 wrote:
Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer looks on stage and the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have more influence over directors than technical vocal ability and beauty of tone.

the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have
the emotional intensity of her acting seems to have had
the emotional intensity which her acting seems to have has
how emotionally intense she is acting seem to have had
how emotionally intense her acting is seem to have

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Only problem with the sentence as written is the fact that the two subjects of the verb seem are not parallel. The first subject is the how clause, but the second is the noun intensity. Since the second subject is underlined, it must be changed to match the first. Eliminate choices (A), (B) and (C), which maintain the noun. Choice (D) is incorrect because the gerund acting is changed to the progressive verb is acting, which is not parallel to the simple present of looks. Choice (E) makes the 2 subjects parallel without introducing any problems and is, therefore, the correct answer.


Hi, I found right answer choose sounds awkward. Can anyone explain what makes this right answer sound awkward, please.




to make it parallel the second half should have "how" so it should start with how emotionally intense her acting is seem to have. seem would come instead of seems so B and C direct out.

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Re: Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer [#permalink] New post   06 Mar 2020, 06:43
goodyear2013 wrote:
Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer looks on stage and the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have more influence over directors than technical vocal ability and beauty of tone.

the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have
the emotional intensity of her acting seems to have had
the emotional intensity which her acting seems to have has
how emotionally intense she is acting seem to have had
how emotionally intense her acting is seem to have


I was down to A and E but picked E.

I don't understand what is wrong with A.

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Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer looks on stage and the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have


looks and emotional intensity are two parallel things. So what is stopping this option from being the right answer?
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Re: Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer [#permalink] New post   15 Aug 2022, 03:46
I do not agree with the solution here.
It is wrong to write 'is' (i.e., the verb) after the acting (i.e., the object).

I think this is a poor quality question.
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Re: Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer [#permalink] New post   16 Aug 2022, 05:19
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poorvi125 wrote:
I do not agree with the solution here.
It is wrong to write 'is' (i.e., the verb) after the acting (i.e., the object).

I think this is a poor quality question.


Hello poorvi125,

We hope this finds you well.

To clarify, the placement of the verb "is" is not incorrect in this sentence, as it is part of the construction "how emotionally intense her acting is", rather than an active verb.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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