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Unlike most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warbler are very difficult to tell apart.
(A) Unlike most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warbler are very difficult to tell apart.
(B) Unlike most warbler species, the gender of the blue-winged warbler is very difficult to distinguish.
(C) Unlike those in most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warblers are very difficult to distinguish.
(D) It is very difficult, unlike in most warbler species, to tell the male and female blue-winged warbler apart.
(E) Blue-winged warblers are unlike most species of warbler in that it is very difficult to tell the male and female apart.
Source : GMAT Paper Test Test Code 52 Q22
(A) Unlike most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warbler are very difficult to tell apart.
(B) Unlike most warbler species, the gender of the blue-winged warbler is very difficult to distinguish.
(C) Unlike those in most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warblers are very difficult to distinguish.
(D) It is very difficult, unlike in most warbler species, to tell the male and female blue-winged warbler apart.
(E) Blue-winged warblers are unlike most species of warbler in that it is very difficult to tell the male and female apart.
Source : GMAT Paper Test Test Code 52 Q22
A) Unlike most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warbler are very difficult to tell apart.
Wrong comparison.
It compares warbler species to male and female blue-winged warbler.
But warbler species must be compared directly to blue-winged warbler.
A is wrong.
(B) Unlike most warbler species, the gender of the blue-winged warbler is very difficult to distinguish.
Wrong comparison.
Here, warbler species are compared to the gender.
B is wrong.
(C) Unlike those in most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warblers are very difficult to distinguish.
Wrong comparison.
'those' does not have a referant. We understand 'those' refers to genders, but the word 'genders' is not present anywhere in the sentence. So, 'those' does not have an antecedant.
Instead, the correct answer should be (if we want 'those' to refer to genders) :
Unlike those(genders) in most warbler species, the genders in blue-winged...
C is wrong.
(D) It is very difficult, unlike in most warbler species, to tell the male and female blue-winged warbler apart.
Wrong comparison.
Here, again, warbler species are incorrectly compared to the male and female blue-winged warblers.
D is wrong.
(E) Blue-winged warblers are unlike most species of warbler in that it is very difficult to tell the male and female apart.
Correct comparison.
Blue-wingled warblers are correctly compared to warbler species.
E is correct.
Because v/s. In That: When GMAT puts ‘because’ and ‘in that’ in a sentence, more often than not, ‘in that’ would be correct. ‘In that qualifies’ the previous sentence, while ‘because’ is just used to show a simple causal relationship.
Wrong comparison.
It compares warbler species to male and female blue-winged warbler.
But warbler species must be compared directly to blue-winged warbler.
A is wrong.
(B) Unlike most warbler species, the gender of the blue-winged warbler is very difficult to distinguish.
Wrong comparison.
Here, warbler species are compared to the gender.
B is wrong.
(C) Unlike those in most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warblers are very difficult to distinguish.
Wrong comparison.
'those' does not have a referant. We understand 'those' refers to genders, but the word 'genders' is not present anywhere in the sentence. So, 'those' does not have an antecedant.
Instead, the correct answer should be (if we want 'those' to refer to genders) :
Unlike those(genders) in most warbler species, the genders in blue-winged...
C is wrong.
(D) It is very difficult, unlike in most warbler species, to tell the male and female blue-winged warbler apart.
Wrong comparison.
Here, again, warbler species are incorrectly compared to the male and female blue-winged warblers.
D is wrong.
(E) Blue-winged warblers are unlike most species of warbler in that it is very difficult to tell the male and female apart.
Correct comparison.
Blue-wingled warblers are correctly compared to warbler species.
E is correct.
Because v/s. In That: When GMAT puts ‘because’ and ‘in that’ in a sentence, more often than not, ‘in that’ would be correct. ‘In that qualifies’ the previous sentence, while ‘because’ is just used to show a simple causal relationship.
10 Aug 2018, 12:55
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Excellent question! You're right that because the subject of the first clause, "those," is plural, it should logically refer to the plural subject of the subsequent clause, "the male and female blue-winged warblers." But if we substitute the referent in place of "those," we get, "Unlike the male and female blue-winged warblers in most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warblers are very difficult to distinguish.
How can male and female blue-winged warblers be unlike themselves??? That's just nutty. So (C) is out.
Here's (E) again:
- Blue-winged warblers are unlike most species of warbler in that it is very difficult to tell the male and female apart.
While "in that" sounds a little goofy to my ear, we never want to eliminate answer choices simply because they sound a little off. Otherwise the question writer can seduce us into selecting the wrong answer every single time by having the OA sound a funny.
In this case, "in that" is used to introduce a supporting example. How are blue-winged warblers unlike most species of warbler? In that it's difficult to tell the sexes apart. Makes sense to me.
Most importantly, don't waste brain space obsessing over esoteric constructions, such as "in that." Instead, just know that on difficult SC questions, the correct answer will sometimes sound a little strange to your ear, and this is intentional. It's why we want to use logic, meaning, and grammar to eliminate incorrect options, rather than relying on our ear.
I hope that helps!
