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Re: Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine [#permalink] New post  31 Aug 2019, 02:15
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Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine whether color of green diamonds is natural or treated.

1. Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine whether color of green diamonds is natural or treated.
2. Unlike colors of other diamonds, color of green diamonds is very difficult to be determined to be natural or treated.
3. Unlike other diamonds, whether color of green diamonds is natural or treated is very difficult to determine.
4. It is very difficult, unlike that of other diamonds, to determine whether the color of Green diamonds is natural or treated.
5. Green diamonds are unlike other diamonds in that it is very difficult to determine whether their color is natural or treated.


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Re: Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine [#permalink] New post  01 Oct 2019, 15:59
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Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine whether color of green diamonds is natural or treated.

1. Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine whether color of green diamonds is natural or treated.
2. Unlike colors of other diamonds, color of green diamonds is very difficult to be determined to be natural or treated.
3. Unlike other diamonds, whether color of green diamonds is natural or treated is very difficult to determine.
4. It is very difficult, unlike that of other diamonds, to determine whether the color of Green diamonds is natural or treated.
5. Green diamonds are unlike other diamonds in that it is very difficult to determine whether their color is natural or treated.


I did consider option E to be a candidate but rejected because of the usage of "in that". Should it not be "in those" because we are talking about diamonds here?

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Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine [#permalink] New post  Updated on: 27 Oct 2020, 22:46
What does it refer to in E ???? Does the IT act as a placeholder ? I rejected the choice as i thought that the IT refers to the plural subject Green Diamonds. Can anyone please shed some light over the issue.


Edit : X's are different from Y's in that it is very difficult to determine whether P or Q.

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1. in that starts a D.C.
2. It refers to that , which is singular in itself


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Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine [#permalink] New post  27 Oct 2020, 22:42
TheNightKing wrote:
prashants412 wrote:
Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine whether color of green diamonds is natural or treated.

1. Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine whether color of green diamonds is natural or treated.
2. Unlike colors of other diamonds, color of green diamonds is very difficult to be determined to be natural or treated.
3. Unlike other diamonds, whether color of green diamonds is natural or treated is very difficult to determine.
4. It is very difficult, unlike that of other diamonds, to determine whether the color of Green diamonds is natural or treated.
5. Green diamonds are unlike other diamonds in that it is very difficult to determine whether their color is natural or treated.


I did consider option E to be a candidate but rejected because of the usage of "in that". Should it not be "in those" because we are talking about diamonds here?

Thank you in advance!


In that is used to begin a D.C. and starts an explanation a sort of X is different from Y because blah . Plus in those is unidiomatic
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Re: Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine [#permalink] New post  28 Oct 2020, 03:19
In option D, ‘unlike that ...’ , can ‘that’ refers to the difficult ?
My understanding from the sentence is:
Green diamonds are difficult to identify whereas for other diamonds it is not difficult

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Re: Unlike diamonds with other colors, it is very difficult to determine [#permalink] New post  28 Oct 2020, 03:35
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In option D, ‘unlike that ...’ , can ‘that’ refers to the difficult ?
My understanding from the sentence is:
Green diamonds are difficult to identify whereas for other diamonds it is not difficult

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Difficult is an adjective. That refers to the most near noun or the head of noun phrase.
Noun phrase = noun + prepositional phrase.

So that cannot refer to difficult .

It is very difficult is a predicate .
Other examples:
It may be true that
It can hardly be said that...

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