Unlike the French, the German Art Songs...

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Unlike the French, the German art songs are dramatic and sometimes almost operatic.

(A) Unlike the French, the German art songs are dramatic and sometimes almost operatic
(B) Unlike the French art songs, the German art songs are dramatic and sometimes almost operatic
(C) The German art songs, unlike the French, are dramatic and sometimes almost operatic
(D) The German art songs are dramatic and sometimes almost operatic, unlike the French
(E) The German art songs, which are dramatic and sometimes almost operatic, are unlike the French

Really cant see why the answer isnt B.

manhattan187 · Answer

Any thoughts? Cant grasp the OA being D.

dinesh86 · Answer

IMO OA is wrongly posted....

What do you say guys..??

daagh · Answer

I tried to check for any transcription problems by comparing with all available OG and GMAT Prep sources. But I couldn’t get any leads. Is this an authenticated GMAT Prep question? I request the original poster to enlighten us after verifying his sources.

abhimahna · Answer

Hello Experts,

I don't think D can be the answer to this question. This question is a very simple question as we cannot compare French with Songs. But looks like OA marked has done so. Please provide your inputs. I have provided my reasoning against each option below:

a) Unlike the French, the German art songs are dramatic and sometimes almost operatic --> French cannot be compared to songs.
b) Unlike the French art songs, the German art songs are dramatic and sometimes almost operatic --> Only correct answer choice.
c) The German art songs, unlike the French, are dramatic and sometimes almost operatic --> French cannot be compared to songs.
d) The German art songs are dramatic and sometimes almost operatic, unlike the French --> French cannot be compared to songs.
e) The German art songs, which are dramatic and sometimes almost operatic, are unlike the French --> French cannot be compared to songs.

sayantanc2k · Answer

Here "French" does not refer to the French people - it refers to the French art songs. The part "art songs" is omitted by virtue of parallelism.

However it seems that in option D the modifier "unlike the French" is misplaced. It should ideally touch "The German art songs". Thus B and C both are better than D. This does not seem to be a GMAT prep question - deleting tag.

abhimahna · Answer

Thank you, but how do we know it is not referring to the French people. On what basis are we rejecting option B?

sayantanc2k · Answer

Please refer to my post above: https://gmatclub.com/forum/unlike-the-f ... l#p1855158

abhimahna · Answer

Thank you. Now I understood your point.

I think this is a very bad level question.

warriorguy · Answer

Same question. How do we determine that it is not faulty parallelism but proper omission?

manhasnoname · Answer

Although I can see that both (B) & (C) are correct, I chose (C) for its concision. Would that be a decision point ever on the real GMAT?

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