The prosecutor’s argument, which hinged on a little known provision in

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The prosecutor’s argument, which hinged on a little known provision in a 1972 law, differed considerably from  the plaintiff , who contended that a landmark 1999 Supreme Court decision supported his argument.

(A) the plaintiff
(B) that of the plaintiff
(C) those from the plaintiff
(D) that espoused by the plaintiff
(E) that from the plaintiff

Archit3110 · Answer

IMO B is correct that of the plaintiff
comparision being done here

The prosecutor’s argument, which hinged on a little known provision in a 1972 law, differed considerably from  the plaintiff , who contended that a landmark 1999 Supreme Court decision supported his argument.

(A) the plaintiff
(B) that of the plaintiff
(C) those from the plaintiff
(D) that espoused by the plaintiff
(E) that from the plaintiff

CareerGeek · Answer

Question is comparing "prosecutor’s argument"
Right Comparison --> argument of plaintiff or " that of the plaintiff"

IMO Option B

madgmat2019 · Answer

The prosecutor’s argument, which hinged on a little known provision in a 1972 law, differed considerably from the plaintiff, who contended that a landmark 1999 Supreme Court decision supported his argument.

(A) the plaintiff
wrong: the prosecutors's argument cannot be parallel with the plaintiff

(B) that of the plaintiff
correct

(C) those from the plaintiff
wrong: "of" should be used instead of "from".

(D) that espoused by the plaintiff
wrong: wrong meaning

(E) that from the plaintiff
wrong: same mistake as answer choice C made

(B) that of the plaintiff.........rectifies the error........CORRECT

OA:B

eakabuah · Answer

The right answer is option B.

This is a comparison question. A basic requirement for comparisons is parallelisms of the entities being compared. What two entities are being compared: 1.  The prosecutor's argument  and 2.  the argument of the plaintiff .
Option A is incorrect because it illogically compares  the prosecutor's argument  to  the plaintiff . 
Option C is incorrect because  those  is a plural pronoun, and it cannot refer to the  singular noun argument . The prosecutor made  an argument , it has to be compared with  an argument  made by the plaintiff.

The final split required to pick the right choice between B, D, and E is the alternative way  prosecutor's argument  can be written.  The prosecutor's argument  is the same as  the argument  of  the prosecutor.  So we know that the right preposition is   of   the plaintiff in order to ensure parallelism. Based on this, we can eliminate options D and E, which use  by  and  from  erroneously.

The right answer is option B.

The prosecutor’s argument , which hinged on a little known provision in a 1972 law, differed considerably from  the plaintiff,  who contended that a landmark 1999 Supreme Court decision supported his argument.

(A)  the plaintiff 
(B)  that of the plaintiff 
(C)  those  from the plaintiff
(D) that  espoused by  the plaintiff
(E) that  from  the plaintiff

exc4libur · Answer

MEANING
Pro's argument differed from Plain's argument;
We are comparing a single argument vs a single argument.

Ans (B)

Tracy95 · Answer

The prosecutor’s argument  is compared with  the argument of the plaintiff  
-> B is correct: that of the plaintiff

Shobhit7 · Answer

The prosecutor’s argument differed from argument of (that of) the plaintiff.

Ans B

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KhulanE · Answer

The prosecutor’s argument, which hinged on a little known provision in a 1972 law, differed considerably from the plaintiff, who contended that a landmark 1999 Supreme Court decision supported his argument.

(A) the plaintiff
wrong: the prosecutors's argument cannot be parallel with the plaintiff

(B) that of the plaintiff
correct

(C) those from the plaintiff
wrong: "of" should be used instead of "from".

(D) that espoused by the plaintiff
wrong: wrong meaning

(E) that from the plaintiff
wrong: same mistake as answer choice C made

chaitralirr · Answer

The comparison is between the prosecutors argument and with that of plaintiff

In option A The prosecutor's argument is correctly compared with plaintiff

In option C use of those is incorrect

In option D and E are incorrect bcz of meaning error

IMO B

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Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

When making a comparison, you must compare like parts (i.e., compare an argument to an argument). You cannot compare unlike parts (i.e., an argument with a person). To correct the issue, we must compare t he prosecutor’s argument  with the plaintiff's argument (i.e., with  that of the plaintiff ).

A. the sentence illogically compares unlike parts (i.e., the prosecutor’s argument and the plaintiff)

B. the sentence logically compares the prosecutor’s argument with that of the plaintiff (i.e., with the argument of the plaintiff)

C. the plural those improperly refers to a singular argument when the singular that should be used instead

D. the phrase that espoused by the plaintiff is unduly wordy

E. the word from improperly makes the sentence not parallel (i.e., the argument of the prosecutor is not parallel with the argument from the plaintiff)

The prosecutor’s argument, which hinged on a little known provision in

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