The men refused to acknowledge that the frustration they

B for me.

The following adverbs often go with same: exactly, just, [not] quite, almost, more or less, much, nearly, practically, roughly:

Example => Money didn’t change them: they’re exactly the same as before.

As would be correct over Like as it is not a direct comparison.
D is wrong in the use of "themselves".

A)...i think in A) it is clear that "the men" refers to "the men". it is explicit. in B) "them" can refer to "the children" as well.

Since it is men who are acknowledging them should be refering to men. I think answer is B

OA please!!!!!!!!!!!!1

OA is A.

Spot the Concept being tested:
Comparison between the frustration the men experienced and the frustration the children experienced

Rule and Fix:
Items that are compared to one another must be balanced and must be of the same or similar items (structurally and logically parallel).

POE:
C lacks the it used to imply frustration.

Chunk and Compare:
B, C, and D all introduce pronouns place of the men. The pronoun them could refer to men or children and is therefore ambiguous.

Reread your choice:
Choose A

the men => the group of men already identified in the first part of the sentence. right?

How could them refer to "children" in this context? Let's say we replace the pronoun with "children" the underlined portion would read as:

the children waiting in line as it would to the children

and the entire sentence would read as

The men refused to acknowledge that the frustration they [implicit --> the men] experienced waiting in line would be the same to the children waiting in line just as it would to children.

This sentence would imply that we are comparing the "level of frustration" of children with the "level of frustration" of children? It would be silly to compare something to itself, No?

The OA seems dubious to me. GMATT73 what is the source of this question? Also as a suggestion: Would you please underline the original question in all your posts going forward.

General question to others: Did you feel the same way about the OE? Or am i missing something here?

regards,
gmataquaguy

I was in between A and E because B, C and D have either them or themselves, both are wrong because both have no clear referant. the only confusion was whether "the frustration" is noun or action. Ok after re-reading it (the frustration they experienced) is action.

Could any of the SC experts throw their 2 cents in please after reading my post.

Bumping this thread up. Could someone see my post and please comment.

regards,
gmataquaguy

Yes from the meaning we all know that "them" refer to the men. However grammatically "them" has ambigous reference. This is why it is wrong to use it.

Could you please elaborate on what you mean. If the pronoun "them" cannot refer to children what else could/would it refer to? I'm not sure i understand what you mean by them has ambiguous reference.

regards,
gmataquaguy

in D, "themselves" refer correctly to "the men" at the begining of the sentence. The reason D is wrong is that "line in" is verbose.