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KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Step 1: Read the Original Sentence Carefully, Looking for Errors
“Unlike” signals that this sentence will contain a comparison, so we’ll need to check whether that
comparison is logical. In this sentence, it is not: Latvia and Lithuania are being compared to Estonia’s
economy. Countries can only be compared to other countries, not to economies. The correct answer
will fix this illogical comparison.
Step 2: Scan and Group the Answer Choices
(A) and (D) compare Latvia and Lithuania to “the economy of Estonia.” (C) compares Latvia and
Lithuania to “Estonia’s economy.” (B) and (E) compare Latvia and Lithuania to “Estonia.”
Step 3: Eliminate Choices Until Only One Remains
(A), (C), and (D) all commit the error of comparing a country to a country’s economy, so all are
incorrect. (B) correctly compares Latvia and Lithuania to Estonia, but it unnecessarily employs a
reflexive pronoun, “itself,” and its use of the word “economically” sounds rather awkward. (E) also
correctly compares Latvia and Lithuania to Estonia, this time without resorting to unnecessary or
awkward constructions. Choice (E) is the correct answer.
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