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Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by ancient beliefs and tradition and have remained relatively unchanged over the years.

(A) many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by
(B) many other countries, commercial crafts in Thailand have as an influenced both by
(C) the commercial crafts of many other countries, in Thailand they are influenced both by
(D) the commercial crafts of many other countries, those of Thailand are influenced by both
(E) in many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts have as an influence both


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Re: Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts ar [#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2013, 12:45
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Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by ancient beliefs and tradition and have remained relatively unchanged over the years.

(A) many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by
(B) many other countries, commercial crafts in Thailand have as an influenced both by
(C) the commercial crafts of many other countries, in Thailand they are influenced both by
(D) the commercial crafts of many other countries, those of Thailand are influenced by both
(E) in many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts have as an influence both


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Except D, All choices have comparison errors

A - Countries are compared to thailand's crafts
B - Same error as A
C - Crafts are not compared to the thailand's crafts
D - Correct
E - Same error as choice A
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Re: Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts ar [#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2013, 21:06
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Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by ancient beliefs and tradition and have remained relatively unchanged over the years.

(A) many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by
(B) many other countries, commercial crafts in Thailand have as an influenced both by
(C) the commercial crafts of many other countries, in Thailand they are influenced both by
(D) the commercial crafts of many other countries, those of Thailand are influenced by both
(E) in many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts have as an influence both


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IN ADDITION TO MAADHUS EXPLANATION

CORRECT IDIOM :
BOTH X AND Y. ==>X AND Y ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PARALLEL.

NOW if we see AND is in the non underlined portion and we dont have BY after AND so all options having BY after BOTH can be eliminated basis this.
hence we can eliminate A/B/C.
OPTION E can be eliminated on the basis of COMPARISON.

HOPE IT HELPS
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Re: Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts ar [#permalink] New post   14 Aug 2013, 10:11
ksung84 wrote:
Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by ancient beliefs and tradition and have remained relatively unchanged over the years.

(A) many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both bythis is a misplaced modifier error - Commercial crafts are not unlike many countries
(B) many other countries, commercial crafts in Thailand have as an influenced both bysame error as in A
(C) the commercial crafts of many other countries, in Thailand they are influenced both bySame error you can't compare commercial crafts to in Thailand. In addition They is ambiguous
(D) the commercial crafts of many other countries, those of Thailand are influenced by both
(E) in many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts have as an influence bothsame error as in C but reversed




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Re: Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts ar [#permalink] New post   16 Aug 2013, 21:18
Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by ancient beliefs and tradition and have remained relatively unchanged over the years.

(A) many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by - Wrong comparison - countries to thailand's commercial crafts
(B) many other countries, commercial crafts in Thailand have as an influenced both by - Wrong comparison - countries to thailand's commercial crafts
(C) the commercial crafts of many other countries, in Thailand they are influenced both by - The preposition "in" is incorrectly used
(D) the commercial crafts of many other countries, those of Thailand are influenced by both - CORRECT comparison
(E) in many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts have as an influence both - same problem as in C with use of ""in""
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Re: Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts ar [#permalink] New post   17 Aug 2013, 11:30
btg9788 wrote:
Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by ancient beliefs and tradition and have remained relatively unchanged over the years.

(A) many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by - Wrong comparison - countries to thailand's commercial crafts
(B) many other countries, commercial crafts in Thailand have as an influenced both by - Wrong comparison - countries to thailand's commercial crafts
(C) the commercial crafts of many other countries, in Thailand they are influenced both by - The preposition "in" is incorrectly used
(D) the commercial crafts of many other countries, those of Thailand are influenced by both - CORRECT comparison
(E) in many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts have as an influence both - same problem as in C with use of ""in""



Hi can anyone explain the parallelism in this question ?

are influenced ---------- and have remained ? >>>> i was a little confused because of this.

thanks in advance.
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Re: Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts ar [#permalink] New post   17 Aug 2013, 12:45
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btg9788 wrote:
Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by ancient beliefs and tradition and have remained relatively unchanged over the years.

(A) many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts are influenced both by - Wrong comparison - countries to thailand's commercial crafts
(B) many other countries, commercial crafts in Thailand have as an influenced both by - Wrong comparison - countries to thailand's commercial crafts
(C) the commercial crafts of many other countries, in Thailand they are influenced both by - The preposition "in" is incorrectly used
(D) the commercial crafts of many other countries, those of Thailand are influenced by both - CORRECT comparison
(E) in many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts have as an influence both - same problem as in C with use of ""in""



Hi can anyone explain the parallelism in this question ?

are influenced ---------- and have remained ? >>>> i was a little confused because of this.

thanks in advance.



If you are confused about this, it is a sign that you are completely missing the reason behind the question, for sure

What is the conveyed meaning of the original question is the FIRST rule to follow

IF the first part say that unlike the other contries what happens is something in OTHER than that countries-> thailand is an example to follow that reasoning. Straight
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Re: Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts ar [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2023, 00:51
All of the rest except for option D can be eliminated straight away by parallelism concept i.e, comparing the commercial crafts of the other countries with Thailand's commercial craft.(correct if i'm wrong always happen to learn).

Thank you!
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Re: Unlike many other countries, Thailand's commercial crafts ar [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2023, 06:35
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All of the rest except for option D can be eliminated straight away by parallelism concept i.e, comparing the commercial crafts of the other countries with Thailand's commercial craft.(correct if i'm wrong always happen to learn).

Thank you!


Hello Solenja,

We hope this finds you well.

To clarify, you are broadly correct here; kudos!

However, the error here is better defined as an error of comparison; Option D is the only answer choice that correctly compares the commercial crafts of Thailand to the commercial crafts of other countries; remember, comparisons must always be made between similar things.

We hope this helps.
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