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The violinist stated that many members of his orchestra are less apt to become nervous previous to the performance of a world premiere piece than a classic piece that audiences easily recognize.

A. previous to the performance of a world premiere piece than a classic piece
B. previous to the performance of a world premiere piece as to the performance of a classic piece
C. before performing a world premiere piece than a classic piece
D. before performing a world premiere piece than before performing a classic piece
E. before they perform a world premiere piece than performing a classic piece

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Re: The violinist stated that many members of his orchestra are less apt [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2013, 06:18
shanmugamgsn wrote:
The violinist stated that many members of his orchestra are less apt to become nervous previous to the performance of a world premiere piece than a classic piece that audiences easily recognize.

previous to the performance of a world premiere piece than a classic piece
previous to the performance of a world premiere piece as to the performance of a classic piece
before performing a world premiere piece than a classic piece
before performing a world premiere piece than before performing a classic piece
before they perform a world premiere piece than performing a classic piece

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Hii Shan.
Whenever you see key word such as less or more, think about the comparison.
Here the logic of the sentence is "many members of the orchestra are less apt before performing a world piece THAN before performing a classic piece.
The comparison made has to be parallel and logical.

The issue with C is neither the comparison is parallel not logical.
I mean to say, how can the members of the orchestra be less apt before doing something THAN a classic piece.
Hope that helps.

Let me know if anything remains unclear.
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Re: The violinist stated that many members of his orchestra are less apt [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2013, 08:42
Marcab wrote:
shanmugamgsn wrote:
The violinist stated that many members of his orchestra are less apt to become nervous previous to the performance of a world premiere piece than a classic piece that audiences easily recognize.

previous to the performance of a world premiere piece than a classic piece
previous to the performance of a world premiere piece as to the performance of a classic piece
before performing a world premiere piece than a classic piece
before performing a world premiere piece than before performing a classic piece
before they perform a world premiere piece than performing a classic piece

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Why not C?


Hii Shan.
Whenever you see key word such as less or more, think about the comparison.
Here the logic of the sentence is "many members of the orchestra are less apt before performing a world piece THAN before performing a classic piece.
The comparison made has to be parallel and logical.

The issue with C is neither the comparison is parallel not logical.
I mean to say, how can the members of the orchestra be less apt before doing something THAN a classic piece.
Hope that helps.

Let me know if anything remains unclear.


yes Marcab Thanks...
mostly i'm getting confused with this parallelism and Idioms dude... :oops:
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Re: The violinist stated that many members of his orchestra are less apt [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2013, 09:23
try e-GMAT.
It seems a great value for money.
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Re: The violinist stated that many members of his orchestra are less apt [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2013, 19:47
Marcab wrote:
try e-GMAT.
It seems a great value for money.


Ya i already enrolled course there!!
Yet struggling :cry:
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Re: The violinist stated that many members of his orchestra are less apt [#permalink] New post   07 Jan 2013, 04:58
The violinist stated that many members of his orchestra are less apt to become nervous previous to the performance of a world premiere piece than a classic piece that audiences easily recognize.

previous to the performance of a world premiere piece than a classic piece
previous to the performance of a world premiere piece as to the performance of a classic piece
before performing a world premiere piece than a classic piece
before performing a world premiere piece than before performing a classic piece CORRECT PARALLELISM
before they perform a world premiere piece than performing a classic piece
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Re: The violinist stated that many members of his orchestra are less apt [#permalink] New post   25 Nov 2019, 05:58
Since we check parallelism from right to left here in option C isn't before performing the root with goes with both the nouns that are world premiere piece and classical piece; hence the translation becomes "before performing a world premiere piece than before performing a classic piece" which is exactly as option D but more concise?
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Re: The violinist stated that many members of his orchestra are less apt [#permalink] New post   18 May 2020, 05:45
rohitchayal wrote:
Since we check parallelism from right to left here in option C isn't before performing the root with goes with both the nouns that are world premiere piece and classical piece; hence the translation becomes "before performing a world premiere piece than before performing a classic piece" which is exactly as option D but more concise?
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