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With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(A) With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans. --> "unlike humans" should modify "most species"

(B) With respect to right- or left-handedness, most species of animals are evenly divided, unlike in humans. --> same as A

(C) Unlike humans, most species of animals are evenly divided with respect to right- or left-handedness. --> correct

(D) Unlike in humans, most species of animals with respect to right- or left-handedness are evenly divided.

(E) Unlike humans, with respect to right- or left-handedness, in most species of animals it is evenly divided.
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Answer C. Correct usage of Unlike X & Y, comparison.

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Unlike noun1, noun2 (continue the phrase)
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With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(A) With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(B) With respect to right- or left-handedness, most species of animals are evenly divided, unlike in humans.

(C) Unlike humans, most species of animals are evenly divided with respect to right- or left-handedness.

(D) Unlike in humans, most species of animals with respect to right- or left-handedness are evenly divided.

(E) Unlike humans, with respect to right- or left-handedness, in most species of animals it is evenly divided.
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+1 for C

Who are being compared here?
Humans and most species of animals.

What is being compared here?
Right- or left-handedness

A - Wrong comparison
B - Wrong comparison
C - This correctly answers the two questions above
D - in humans is compared with most species of animals. Wrong comparison
E - After Unlike humans, most species of animals is expected for the right comparison. Hence this is wrong

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With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(A) With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.
- Incorrect placement of modifier "unlike humans".

(B) With respect to right- or left-handedness, most species of animals are evenly divided, unlike in humans.-Incorrect use of "in".


(C) Unlike humans, most species of animals are evenly divided with respect to right- or left-handedness.- Use modifier touch rule- correct

(D) Unlike in humans, most species of animals with respect to right- or left-handedness are evenly divided.- Incorrect use of "in".

(E) Unlike humans, with respect to right- or left-handedness, in most species of animals it is evenly divided.-Incorrect placement of modifier "unlike humans".

Concept tested : Modifiers

Ans : C

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Question No.: SC
OG Code : SC01545
With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(A) With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(B) With respect to right- or left-handedness, most species of animals are evenly divided, unlike in humans.

(C) Unlike humans, most species of animals are evenly divided with respect to right- or left-handedness.

(D) Unlike in humans, most species of animals with respect to right- or left-handedness are evenly divided.

(E) Unlike humans, with respect to right- or left-handedness, in most species of animals it is evenly divided.
The modifier ordering is a problem here and comparison between meaning items is another issue.
C is correct as it places modifier correctly and comparison is in between meaningful items
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With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(A) With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(B) With respect to right- or left-handedness, most species of animals are evenly divided, unlike in humans.

(C) Unlike humans, most species of animals are evenly divided with respect to right- or left-handedness. CORRECT, proper comparison is done between humans and animal species with respect to right or left handedness

(D) Unlike in humans, most species of animals with respect to right- or left-handedness are evenly divided.


(E) Unlike humans, with respect to right- or left-handedness, in most species of animals it is evenly divided.
Also with respect to right or left handedness is incorrectly placed


Straight C, Proper Comparison and modifier issue is also resolved
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Hi Bunuel,

Will option 2 be correct if it were - With respect to right- or left-handedness, most species of animals are evenly divided, unlike humans.
I changed the 'unlike in humans'.
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Comparison should be clear. in A they is awkward and modifier error is exist in the sentence.

B is wrong comparison and not parallel same with D and E.

Correct answer is C.


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With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(A) With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(B) With respect to right- or left-handedness, most species of animals are evenly divided, unlike in humans.

(C) Unlike humans, most species of animals are evenly divided with respect to right- or left-handedness.

(D) Unlike in humans, most species of animals with respect to right- or left-handedness are evenly divided.

(E) Unlike humans, with respect to right- or left-handedness, in most species of animals it is evenly divided.
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Lightning quick tip of the day:

In Sentence Correction, the CORRECT option will NEVER place "in" (or any other preposition) after the words "like" or "unlike". "Like"/"Unlike" are ONLY followed by nouns (i.e., the names of people, animals, places, things, or ideas).

Example from OG Verbal Review Q 189:

With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.
(A) With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.
(B) With respect to right- or left-handedness, most species of animals are evenly divided, unlike in humans.
(C) Unlike humans, most species of animals are evenly divided with respect to right- or lefthandedness.
(D) Unlike in humans, most species of animals with respect to right- or left-handedness are evenly divided.
(E) Unlike humans, with respect to right- or lefthandedness, in most species of animals it is evenly divided.

The incorrectly used words are highlighted in red.

Concept: Like/Unlike X, Y:

Like her sister, she is an engineer.
Unlike humans, most species of animals

X and Y must both ALWAYS be nouns (the names of people, animals, places, things, or ideas.

Pro tip: even if you can solve a practice question easily, ALWAYS ensure that you identify ALL the errors in the wrong options and, more importantly, ensure that you KNOW why they're incorrect! If in doubt, ask a reliable expert.
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Lightning quick tip of the day:

In Sentence Correction, the CORRECT option will NEVER place "in" (or any other preposition) after the words "like" or "unlike". "Like"/"Unlike" are ONLY followed by nouns (i.e., the names of people, animals, places, things, or ideas).

Example from OG Verbal Review Q 189:

With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.
(A) With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.
(B) With respect to right- or left-handedness, most species of animals are evenly divided, unlike in humans.
(C) Unlike humans, most species of animals are evenly divided with respect to right- or lefthandedness.
(D) Unlike in humans, most species of animals with respect to right- or left-handedness are evenly divided.
(E) Unlike humans, with respect to right- or lefthandedness, in most species of animals it is evenly divided.

The incorrectly used words are highlighted in red.

Concept: Like/Unlike X, Y:

Like her sister, she is an engineer.
Unlike humans, most species of animals

X and Y must both ALWAYS be nouns (the names of people, animals, places, things, or ideas.

Pro tip: even if you can solve a practice question easily, ALWAYS ensure that you identify ALL the errors in the wrong options and, more importantly, ensure that you KNOW why they're incorrect! If in doubt, ask a reliable expert.

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In Sentence Correction, the CORRECT option will NEVER place "in" (or any other preposition) after the words "like" or "unlike". "Like"/"Unlike" are ONLY followed by nouns (i.e., the names of people, animals, places, things, or ideas).

It's correct that like and unlike is usually follows nouns, never verbs, at least in GMAT, but i think 'like/unlike + preposition' is sometimes correct (unless it follows the verb/clause or it distorts the meaning) based on meaning of the sentence.

daagh, kindly throw some lights on this.
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Both 'like' and 'unlike' are prepositions themselves. One must agree that they may not take another preposition after them.
Raxit- Your surmise that in some instances 'like' or 'unlike' is correct with another preposition is interesting. Some authentic references could help.
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Could anyone please tell the meaning of the sentence by using an easy language?

It would be great if I had the solution of GMATNinga for this sentence correction.

Thanks in advance for making an effort for explaining the meaning here.
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You know people who use right hand and those who use left hand naturally. In the case of most animals, the ratio between these two types is 50:50. However, the ratio between the number of human beings who are right handed and those who are left handed is not even or fifty-fifty. (probably more right handed people than left handed people) Please note that this ratio is with reference to the division between right and left-handedness only. Therefore, the modifier with respect o should be placed close to the handedness rather than beside any other factor.
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With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(A) With respect to most species of animals, they are evenly divided in right- or left-handedness, unlike humans.

(B) With respect to right- or left-handedness, most species of animals are evenly divided, unlike in humans.

(C) Unlike humans, most species of animals are evenly divided with respect to right- or left-handedness.

(D) Unlike in humans, most species of animals with respect to right- or left-handedness are evenly divided.

(E) Unlike humans, with respect to right- or left-handedness, in most species of animals it is evenly divided.

Hello experts, AndrewN EducationAisle AjiteshArun JonShukhrat

official explaination of B
The in preceding humans makes the sentence incorrect. Because the intended contrast is between humans and most species of animals, the reference to humans would be better laced closer to the phrase most species of animals.

That means, following newer version is correct?
B-2. With respect to right- or left-handedness, most species of animals, unlike humans, are evenly divided.
and
D-2. Unlike humans, most species of animals, with respect to right- or left-handedness, are evenly divided.

Awaiting your views.
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