Dedicated amateur photographers may be reluctant

Question

Dedicated amateur photographers may be reluctant  to switch from traditional negative development to being printed on a computer , but their concerns have no financial basis, as even a six-month supply of darkroom chemicals easily surpasses the one-time cost of a scanner and printer.

A. to switch from traditional negative development to being printed on a computer
B. about switching from traditional negative development to printing on a computer
C. to switch from printing using traditional negative development to digital cameras
D. about switching from traditional negative development to those of digital cameras
E. to switch from printing from a traditional negative to printing from a digital image

Chethan92 · Answer

To switch from X to Y is the correct idiom.
X and Y have to be parallel.
X - printing from a traditional negative
Y - printing from a digital image

E is the answer.

shashankism · Answer

A: "to being printed on a computer" means photographers themselves will be printed on a computer.
B: "about" seems wrong.
C: printing using traditional negative development to digital cameras : Verb comparison to Noun.
D: "about" seems wrong.
E: This option is correct. Printing (verb) comparison with Printing (verb).

Answer E

globaldesi · Answer

Correct idiom from  "noun phrase" to "noun phrase" 
A. to switch from traditional negative development to  being  printed on a computer : incorrect verb used. Parallelism breaks
B.  about  switching from traditional negative development to printing on a computer. Incorrect idiom
C.  to  switch from printing using traditional negative development to digital cameras Incorrect idiom
D.  about  switching from traditional negative development to those of digital cameras Incorrect idiom
E. to switch from  printing from a traditional negative  to  printing from a digital image . This stmt maintains parallelism

CAMANISHPARMAR · Answer

This question uses the idiom X to Y and both need to be parallel.

Option E is the correct answer!

hiranmay · Answer

Dedicated amateur photographers may be reluctant  to switch from traditional negative development to being printed on a computer , but their concerns have no financial basis, as even a six-month supply of darkroom chemicals easily surpasses the one-time cost of a scanner and printer.

A. to switch from  traditional negative development  to  being printed  on a computer --> "traditional negative development"(proper noun) is not parallel w/ "being printed"(gerund)
B.  about  switching from traditional negative development to printing on a computer --> "reluctant to" is correct idiom
C. to switch from  printing  using traditional negative development to  digital cameras  --> "printing"(gerund) isn't parallel w/ "digital cameras"(proper noun)
D.  about  switching from traditional negative development to those of digital cameras --> same as B
E. to switch from  printing  from a traditional negative to  printing  from a digital image -->  correct

chin0211 · Answer

E brings new meaning "Printing from a digital image" while the original sentence is talking about "printing on a computer". Both convey different meaning, then how can E be the correct answer.
It is maintaining the parallelism but changing the meaning

rocking1994abhi · Answer

E is changing the meaning of the sentence. How is it the correct answer?

AjiteshArun · Answer

My reply is not specific to this question, but generally, we should not look at option A as the option that will always give us the intended meaning. Option A may in fact (sometimes) convey the  wrong  meaning.

VerbalBot · Answer

Automated notice from GMAT Club VerbalBot: 

A member just gave Kudos to this thread, showing it’s still useful. I’ve bumped it to the top so more people can benefit. Feel free to add your own questions or solutions.

 This post was generated automatically.

Dedicated amateur photographers may be reluctant

Prep Toolkit

Top 5 GMAT Debrief Videos

615 to 715 in 15 Days (Ria's Strategies)

More than Quant/Verbal Abilities: Speed vs. Accuracy

745 with Only Self-Prep and GMAT Club

From 555 to 765: 210-point Improvement

Perfect 805 Score Debrief by Julia

My Rewards

GMAT Sentence Correction (SC - EA only) Questions

Dedicated amateur photographers may be reluctant

Prep Toolkit

615 to 715 in 15 Days (Ria's Strategies)

More than Quant/Verbal Abilities: Speed vs. Accuracy

745 with Only Self-Prep and GMAT Club

From 555 to 765: 210-point Improvement

Perfect 805 Score Debrief by Julia

My Rewards