Unlike Acanthus, whose wedding was sparsely attended being

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Unlike Acanthus, whose wedding was sparsely attended  being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven-hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

A) being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a 15th century Odescalchi Castle which is famous and in Bracciano, Italy. 
B) being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
C) and he was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
D) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
E) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

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Vercules · Accepted Answer

Nice explanations folks, updated the post with OA and OE.

Unlike Acanthus, whose wedding was sparsely attended  being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven-hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

(A) being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a 15th century Odescalchi Castle which is famous and in Bracciano, Italy.

The subordinate clause “whose funeral was sparsely attended being married in a low profile community church” is grammatically awkward and ambiguous in meaning. Moreover, the sentence makes an illogical comparison between Acanthus and Tom’s wedding. Finally, the phrase “which is famous” is unnecessarily wordy and the construction “famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle “would be more appropriate.

(B) being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

Like (A), (B) also contains a grammatically awkward subordinate clause. Second, while the introduction of “wedding” makes the possessive “Tom’s” unambiguous, the sentence still illogically compares “Acanthus” to “Tom’s wedding.” Finally, this choice creates an awkward construction “and his marriage’s location lies…”; this can be clearly stated by “and held in…”

(C) and he was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

“Acanthus” is followed by two clauses, “whose wedding was sparsely attended” and “he was married in a low profile community church.” The second of these clauses is incorrect because it should be a subordinate clause modifying Acanthus, and should therefore start with "who was buried"; second, it should be parallel to the first clause, and should therefore start with "who was buried". Finally, it makes an illogical assertion - “Unlike Acanthus, he “Acanthus” was married….”.

(D) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

This choice makes an illogical comparison between "Acanthus" and “Tom’s wedding.". This choice corrects the first subordinate clause error by introducing the clause as “who was married…”

(E) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

CORRECT. “Acanthus” is modified by two subordinate clauses, “whose wedding was attended….” and “who was married ….,” each properly introduced by the relative pronouns “whose” and “who” respectively. In addition, “Acanthus” is now logically compared to “Tom.” Moreover, the later part of the underlined portion does not contain any wordiness or ambiguity.

skamal7 · Answer

A,B,D are out becoz of wrong comparison of a person to a wedding

Left with C and E

Option E- who was married in a low profile community church , Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.- 
use relative pronoun in parallel structure and makes clear sense.Correct
option C-  and he was married in a low profile community church , Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy. 
The bolded part is written wrongly use of independent clause here is wrong

HumptyDumpty · Answer

"Unlike x, y." X and Y must not be disparate. I.e. one cannot compare Acanthus to a wedding.

"Unlike Acanthus, Tom's was" - No.
 
"Unlike Acanthus, Tom's wedding was" - No.
 
"Unlike Acanthus, Tom had a wedding" - Yes.
But: "and he was married": No. "he" is shortly preceded by "whose" and such combination is sloppy.
 
"Unlike Acanthus, Tom's wedding was" - No.
 
"Unlike Acanthus, Tom had a wedding" - Yes. Wedding was attended and held - OK. My choice.

crazypriya · Answer

I'll go with E.
E gives the correct comparison between Tom and Acanthus.

Zarrolou · Answer

Unlike Acanthus, whose wedding was sparsely attended  being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven-hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

The sentence begins with "Unlike Acanthus" so to complete the comparison "Tom" is necessary; eliminate every Acanthus-Tom’s wedding comparison. Out A B and D.
C and E remain:

We can eliminate C because uses "he" to refer to the subject: "Unlike Acanthus,   whose   wedding was sparsely attended "

C) and   he   was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

E) and   who   was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

IMO E

pqhai · Answer

A, B, D are out because
- (A): Tom's is not parallel with Acanthus
- (B): Tom's wedding is not parallel with Acanthus.
- (D): same as B.

Narrow down to C and E. The only difference is "he" vs "who"
- (C): Unlike Acanthus,  whose  wedding..............and  he  was....................., Tom had a wedding............... 
- (E): Unlike Acanthus,  whose  wedding..............and  who  was..................., Tom had a wedding...............

E is much better because of parallel structure.

My pick was E.

ankurgupta03 · Answer

Unlike Acanthus, whose wedding was sparsely attended being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven-hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

A) being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a 15th century Odescalchi Castle which is famous and in Bracciano, Italy. 
 Incorrect comparision of Acanthus with Tim's wedding 
B) being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
 Incorrect comparision of Acanthus with Tim's wedding 
 being is not required 
C) and he was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
  and he was married is improper  
D) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in 
Bracciano, Italy.
 Incorrect comparision of Acanthus with Tim's wedding 
E) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
 Correct

Vineetjain26 · Answer

A) being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a 15th century Odescalchi Castle which is famous and in Bracciano, Italy.
>>  Incorrect . 'Being' is suspicious. Besides, the comparison between two person. 
B) being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
>>  Incorrect . 'Being' is suspicious. Besides, the comparison between two person. 
C) and he was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
>>  Incorrect .The comparison is correct. But the modifier, modifying Acanthus is not parallel - 'and he was ...'
D) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
>> Incorrect . Comparison is not correct.
E) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
 Correct

TooLong150 · Answer

AB: Wrong because of "being"
D: Tom's wedding is not parallel to Acanthus under the Unlike X Y parallel structure
C: "and he was married" not parallel to "whose wedding".

Splits
1) ABD not parallel to Acanthus under "Unlike XY" structure.
2) ABC element to left of "and" not parallel to "whose wedding"

shank001 · Answer

Unlike Acanthus, whose wedding was sparsely attended being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven-hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

A) being married in a low profile community church,  Tom’s  was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a 15th century Odescalchi Castle which is famous and in Bracciano, Italy. –  Incorrect comparison 
B) being married in a low profile community church,  Tom’s  wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy. -  Incorrect comparison 
C)  and he was  married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy. –  and marks parallelism. Incorrect “Whose wedding was” and “he was” are not parallel. 
D) and who was married in a low profile community church,  Tom’s  wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy. -  Incorrect comparison 
E) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy. –  Correct. Whose wedding was and who was are parallel and comparison error is resolved in option E

daboo343 · Answer

This problem tests us on  COMPARISON 
Here "Acanthus" is in non underlined part and is a human. Tom's is in possessive case and is not paralle with Acanthus.
So A, B and D are wrong
Now we are left with C and E
C uses a pronoun He and is ambiguous
Where Who in option E is clearly pointing to Acanthus.
Hence   E   is the Answer

SeregaP · Answer

Unlike Acanthus->A, B, D out because of Tom's 
C and E:
C is wrong because of "he". We need ||, so E

Terabyte · Answer

My  technique  (not my grammar knowledge):

A  and  B  are out because of  being  (it is high probability that  being  answers are wrong. Not always, but most of them). We have  C ,  D  and  E  left.  D  is comparing Acanthus to Tom's wedding, which is obviously wrong.  C  - the structure is not parallel:

Achantus:
-whose wedding was sparsely attended
-and he was married in a low profile community church

Better to use  who  than  he . So,  E  is correct one.

saarthak299 · Answer

why had after tom is correct? is it because if a sentence uses simple present first them second sentence becomes past prefect?

Abhishek009 · Answer

Correct idiomatic usage of Unlike is :  Unlike X, Y

Correct answer will hence be (E) , errors in other options highlighted in RED..

daagh · Answer

Unlike Acanthus, whose wedding was sparsely attended being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

A) being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a 15th century Odescalchi Castle which is famous and in Bracciano, Italy. 
B) being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
C) and he was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
D) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
E) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

My credo: one percent wrong is 100 percent wrong at least in GMAT SC. Let's try to solve this topic in the following way.

We know for certain that the comparator 'unlike' indicates that Acanthus should be compared with Tom and not with Tom's any 	hing else. Therefore, I am not even going to touch choices A, B, and D with a barge pole.

Between C and E, a basic knowledge of sentence structure will reveal that C is a blatant fragment with the first part being just a noun phrase and unparallel with its counterpart after 'and' which is a clause.

If I were taking GMAT, I would close my eyes and click on E

Disclaimer: be sure that there is at least 1 percent wrong in the rejected choices.

u1983 · Answer

A, B & D out .... as  Acanthus  is compared with possessive  Tom's .
C... out as whose wedding was sparsely attended ( passive) not ll he was married in a low profile community church(active)
 E is the best choice.

CEdward · Answer

Unlike Acanthus, whose wedding was sparsely attended being married in a low profile community church, Tom’s was attended by more than seven-hundred guests and his marriage’s location lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

A)  being  married in a low profile community church, Tom’s  wedding  was attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a 15th century Odescalchi Castle which is famous  and  in Bracciano, Italy.
B)  being married  in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding was attended by more than seven hundred guests and his  marriage’s location  lies in a famous 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
C) and  he  was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.
D) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom’s wedding  was attended  by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy. 
E) and who was married in a low profile community church, Tom had a wedding attended by more than seven hundred guests and held in a famous 15th century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy. Correct
-past perfect tense is required here to indicate that Tom had a wedding which came prior in time relative to Acanthus's wedding

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