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In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, toda
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In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing.
(A) In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing. (B) In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, the literature of today’s Greeks are containing nothing worth describing. (C) Compared to that of the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing. (D) Compared to that of the ancient Greeks, the literature of today’s Greeks is not worth describing. (E) Compared to the ancient Greek’s literature, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing.
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19 Jul 2017, 11:28
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The New York City Police Department was not only responsible for the maintenance of order in the metropolitan area but also for rebuilding the bonds among the various ethnic groups.
(A) not only responsible for the maintenance of order in the metropolitan area but also for rebuilding the bonds (B) responsible not only for maintaining order in the metropolitan area but also for rebuilding the bonds (C) responsible not only for the maintenance of order in the metropolitan area and also for rebuilding (D) responsible not only for the maintenance of order in the metropolitan area and also for the rebuilding of bonds (E) not only responsible for maintaining order in the metropolitan area but also for rebuilding the bonds
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2-Part Parallelism testing Not Only.... But Also. A,E are OUT. Break Parallelism. C - 'Maintenance' Vs. 'Rebuilding' + bonds is missing in the sentence. OUT. D - 'Maintenane' Vs. ' Rebuilding' + 'Rebuilding of bonds' is passive. OUT.
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19 Jul 2017, 15:35
SajjadAhmad wrote:
In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing.
(A) In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing. (B) In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, the literature of today’s Greeks are containing nothing worth describing. (C) Compared to that of the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing. (D) Compared to that of the ancient Greeks, the literature of today’s Greeks is not worth describing. (E) Compared to the ancient Greek’s literature, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing.
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It should be D
A - Comparing Literature and Greeks. B - are containing - for singular noun literature. C - that is referring to what? Literature ... but there i no mention of word literature in the entire sentence. D - Correct E - Comparing Greek's literature and Greeks.
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19 Jul 2017, 19:58
In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing. (A) In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing. Comparison is done between Literature and Greeks, an Illogical comparison. Hence Incorrect. (B) In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, the literature of today’s Greeks are containing nothing worth describing. Use of plural verb ARE for singular noun Literature is incorrect. Moreover, the option is WORDY. Hence Incorrect. (C) Compared to that of the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing. Comparison is done between Literature and Greeks, an Illogical comparison. Hence Incorrect. (D) Compared to that of the ancient Greeks, the literature of today’s Greeks is not worth describing. CORRECT (E) Compared to the ancient Greek’s literature, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing. Comparison is done between Literature and Greeks, an Illogical comparison. Hence Incorrect. _________________
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19 Jul 2017, 23:50
SajjadAhmad wrote:
In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing.
(A) In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing. (B) In comparison with the literature created by the ancient Greeks, the literature of today’s Greeks are containing nothing worth describing. (C) Compared to that of the ancient Greeks, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing. (D) Compared to that of the ancient Greeks, the literature of today’s Greeks is not worth describing. (E) Compared to the ancient Greek’s literature, today’s Greeks have written nothing worth describing.
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We're comparing the literature of today's Greeks with Ancient Greeks. Any other comparison can be eliminated.
A - OUT. B - SV Disagreement. Literature is singular, and are is plural. C - OUT. D - Correct, Keep. E - OUT.
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05 Dec 2017, 03:53
@imyuva- if I may be allowed to quote Veritas prep ... on sentence correction some questions are above our pay grade. The instructor referred this to idiomatic use. It's great to know a lot of idioms but if you look closely in the sentence we can get to correct answer without the idiom. Here is how:
A compares literature with Greeks--- out
Choice C and D have same mistake. Out
Now between B & D... Both correctly compare literature to literature. But B has SV error. Literature is singular. In B it is incorrectly used as are.
D is hence correct.
Now I don't know the compared to vs compared with rule. And I am sure, the test writers want us to focus on this while a simple way exists to answer the question.
That's my two cents.
@Gmatninja, @gmatninja2, @broall, @mikemcgarry can you help with the compared to and compared with rule. Thanks in advance
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@imyuva- if I may be allowed to quote Veritas prep ... on sentence correction some questions are above our pay grade. The instructor referred this to idiomatic use. It's great to know a lot of idioms but if you look closely in the sentence we can get to correct answer without the idiom. Here is how:
A compares literature with Greeks--- out
Choice C and D have same mistake. Out
Now between B & D... Both correctly compare literature to literature. But B has SV error. Literature is singular. In B it is incorrectly used as are.
D is hence correct.
Now I don't know the compared to vs compared with rule. And I am sure, the test writers want us to focus on this while a simple way exists to answer the question.
That's my two cents.
@Gmatninja, @gmatninja2, @broall, @mikemcgarry can you help with the compared to and compared with rule. Thanks in advance
"Compared to" is used to highlight similarity: This place can be compared to heaven... highlighting similarity. "Compared with" is used to highlight difference: I am always compared with my brother.... highlighting difference.
When "compared to/with" is used as a modifier, the objective generally is to highlight difference and hence technically the correct usage would be "compared with". Compared with a horse, a donkey is slow.... highlighting difference.
Nonetheless GMAT ignores this difference - both usages would be considered correct in GMAT.
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