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Official Explanation:

Because of its apostrophe, horses' is not parallel to camels. The correct phrase should be in contrast to horses.


Meaning of the sentence: The intent of the sentence is to contrast camels with horses. Correct idioms for such a contrast include x, in contrast to y;
x, in contrast with y;
and x, unlike y.

In all these idioms, x and y must be grammatically and logically parallel. As contrasted with is not a correct idiom.
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This is the first example I came across which has x, unlike y rather than unlike x , y.

Is this usage valid on gmat? VeritasKarishma

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This is the first example I came across which has x, unlike y rather than unlike x , y.

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Hello mivas,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your question, the "x, unlike y" construction is perfectly valid on the GMAT and means the same thing as "unlike x , y".

We hope this helps.
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This is the first example I came across which has x, unlike y rather than unlike x , y.

Is this usage valid on gmat? VeritasKarishma

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Yes it is. Most of what you find in high quality printed material today will be acceptable in GMAT too.
The more colloquial usage will be less preferable but one shouldn't eliminate an option based on that.

In any case, there is no material distinction between "unlike x, y ..." and "y, unlike x,..."
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