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Re: Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers, there is an [#permalink] New post   28 Nov 2021, 00:55
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Doesn't (B) remove the comparision factor between the pitbulls and doberman or german shepards ?


Not at all. Since people are willing in one case and unwilling in the other, the comparison is built in. The trouble is that we really aren't trying to compare the breeds of dog, but rather how people see them. To use "unlike," we'd need something a bit unwieldy, such as "Unlike German shepherds or Dobermans, which many people are willing to believe are domesticated, pitbulls are not generally seen as domesticated." This is fairly indirect and doesn't really compare the actions of people the way it should.
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Re: Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers, there is an [#permalink] New post   28 Nov 2021, 07:03
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Doesn't (B) remove the comparision factor between the pitbulls and doberman or german shepards ?


Hello nayas96,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can help resolve your doubt.

As DmitryFarber has written, the issue here is that the sentence is not meant to compare "German shepherds or Doberman pinchers" with "pit bulls"; it is supposed to compare the willingness of many people to believe one thing (that German shepherds and Doberman pinchers might be fully domesticated) and the people's willingness to believe a second thing (that pit bulls might be fully domesticated). Option A raises a comparison with "German shepherds or Doberman pinchers" but does not actually complete the comparison. Option B makes the correct comparison by mentioning two contradictory actions taken by "Many people".

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Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers, there is an [#permalink] New post   28 Nov 2021, 07:39
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Can the use of "even while" be considered redundant?


No. Something like and also may, though.
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"And also" isn't really redundant, either. It's true that "also" is often not truly needed, but it can serve to amplify or clarify our meaning. For instance, I might say "I want a sandwich, and also a bowl of ramen." Of course, the sentence works fine without the comma or the "also." However, that doesn't mean that we have a redundancy that must be removed. Certainly, "and" has to stay, since "also" can't work by itself, but we don't need to cut "also," either. Those extras are just a way of emphasizing that I want a whole additional thing beyond what we might expect. (Isn't a sandwich enough?)
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Re: Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers, there is an [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2023, 12:36
Many people, willing to believe that German shepherds and Doberman pinchers might be fully domesticated, are unwilling to believe the same of pit bulls.

The highlighted part is set off by commas, but it provides relevant information about the statement. Can relevant information be set off by a pair of commas?
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