Democrats’ views which favor progressive taxation and a liberal

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Democrats’ views, which favor progressive taxation and a liberal philosophy,  are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans’.

A) are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans’.

B) are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republican.

C) are generally deemed the most revolutionary over Republicans’.

D) are generally deemed more revolutionary in comparison to those of Republicans.

E) are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans.

generis · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

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THE PROMPT

Quote:

Democrats’ views, which favor progressive taxation and a liberal philosophy, are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans’.

• COMPARISONS and possessives
We must compare similar things.
We should be comparing the views of Democrats with the views of Republicans.

Possessives can be confusing because we are not required to restate the noun under comparison.
→ Correct: The girls' grades were better than the boys' [grades].
For brevity's sake, we do not repeat the bracketed word grades.
If we want to be extremely formal or if using the possessive creates confusion, we can use "those of" (or that of).
→ Correct: The girls grades were better than those of the boys.
"Those" = grades
(And remember that to show possession, we use either "grades of Dmytro" or "Dmytro's grades" but not both at the same time, i.e., not grades of Dmytro's.)

THE OPTIONS

Quote:

A) are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans’.

• The sentence correctly compares Democrats’ views to Republicans’ views
• I do not see any other errors
KEEP A

Quote:

B) are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republican.

• Grammatical, but the meaning is silly.
The sentence is grammatical, but it does not compare the views of Democrats with the views of Republicans.
• Wrong meaning. The sentence means that Democrats' views are usually more revolutionary than those views are Republican.
Democrats' views are not capital-R Republican.
ELIMINATE B

Quote:

C) are generally deemed the most revolutionary over Republicans’.

• comparisons between two groups require the comparative more, not most. The superlative most requires at least three groups.

• the word "over" is at best unidiomatic and at worse nonsensical.
→ We do not say that something is deemed more or most X "OVER" something else.
Such phrasing is neither idiomatic nor comprehensible: the words most (or more) and over should not be linked in a comparison.
→ Nor should the words deem and over be linked in a comparison.
ELIMINATE C

Quote:

D) are generally deemed more revolutionary in comparison to those of Republicans.

• more ____ requires the word than: The Dems' views rare more XYZ than the Republicans' views.
• almost always, do not use both a comparative word such as more and some form of the word comparison.
→ the phrasing more ... in comparison to is redundant. More already implies comparison.
ELIMINATE D

Quote:

E) are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans.

• the comparison is not parallel because Republicans is missing an apostrophe at the end
→ Democrats' views are not being compared to Republicans' views.
• this sentence means: the Democrats' views are more revolutionary than the Democrats' views are Rebublicans.
Views are not Republicans. Republicans are people who belong to a political party.
ELIMINATE E

The best answer is A.

Notes

warrior1991 , you wrote:

Quote:

i think Republicans' is also same as Republicans

I am not sure that I understand what you are asking.
Republicans' with an apostrophe at the end of the word means "Republicans' views." We don't have to repeat "views."
Republicans without an apostrophe at the end of the word means people who identify or are registered with the Republican political party.
See my analysis below about the word Republicans'.

I suspect that the plural possessive is confusing (and it is confusing!).
Examples teach better than words. Words in brackets are not written.

→ Correct, singular: The Indian's math training was deemed more thorough than the American's [math training].
→ Wrong, singular: The Indian's math training was deemed more thorough than the American.
(Now the Indian's math training is more thorough than the American person is thorough. Ridiculous. We cannot compare the Indian person's math training with an American person.)
→ Correct, plural: The Indians' math training was deemed more thorough than the Americans' [math training].
→ Wrong, plural: The Indians' math training was deemed more thorough than the Americans.
The Indians' math training was more thorough than the American people were thorough? No.

This stuff can start to get confusing when proper plural possessive nouns are involved.
→ A Republican is a person who belongs to the Republican party in the U.S.
→ Republicans are a group of people in a political party in the U.S.
→ The word Republicans' is an adjective that is about to describe something that Republicans possess: Republicans' philosophy; Republicans' minority status in the House of Representatives; Republicans' right-wing tendencies.
The word Republicans' cannot stand on its own as a subject and in order to be "shorthand" for something, the "something" must already have been mentioned (e.g. views)—Republicans' is an adjective, not a noun.

Nouns are italicized:
→ I know a Republican; he lives down the street.
→ I know many Republicans; they were vocal neoconservatives at HLS.
→ I do not respect Republicans' silence about other Republicans' violent statements directed at Dr. Fauci, Kris Krebs, and even other Republicans who are just doing their jobs as election workers. Someone is going to get hurt.

I hope that analysis helps.

COMMENTS

jessiemjx , welcome to SC Butler.

These answers are very good. Kudos to all.

jessiemjx · Answer

IMO A

Democrats’ views , which favor progressive taxation and a liberal philosophy, are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans’.

A) are generally deemed more revolutionary than  Republicans’ .
 No problem noted. 
Hold.

B) are generally deemed more revolutionary than  Republican .
 "Democrats' views" is not comparable to "Republican"
Drop.

C) are generally deemed  the most revolutionary over  Republicans’.
 Meaning changed. 
Drop.

D) are generally deemed more revolutionary in comparison to those of  Republicans .
 "more xxx" should not be used together with "in comparison to".
Drop.

E) are generally deemed more revolutionary than  Republicans .
 "Democrats' views" is not comparable to "Republican"
Drop.

A remains and does not have problems existed in B-E.

Pankaj0901 · Answer

Answer IMO A
"Views" is being compared here. Democrats' views Vs Republicans' views. - Only A, C and D have the right comparisons.
C- "over" is inappropriate as compared to "than". 
D- wordy

exc4libur · Answer

notes: d's views.. are deemed more rev than r's  ; idiom "more than" and comparison are correct.

b) comparing views x reps
c) most over is unintended
d) more in comparison is unidiomatic, also wrong comparison
e) comparing views x reps

Ans (A)

FauleKatze · Answer

A) are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans’. -> Correct

B) are generally deemed more revolutionary than  Republican . -> Compares Republican with Democrats’ views

C) are generally deemed the   most   revolutionary over Republicans’. -> most for comparison is wrong

D) are generally deemed   more   revolutionary in   comparison to   those of Republicans. ->  more  +  comparison to  creates redundancy

E) are generally deemed more revolutionary than   Republicans  . -> Compares Republicans with Democrats’ views

Anuragsharma93 · Answer

Democrats’ views, which favor progressive taxation and a liberal philosophy, are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans’.

So basically the sentence is comparing two things Democrats' views and Republicans'  views .. there is no need to repeat views and hence nothing is wrong with A

However following are the errors in other sentences :- 
B) are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republican. --- Views compared to a Republican --- you can only compare similar things - Wrong answer.

C) are generally deemed the most revolutionary over Republicans’. -- The most revolutionary - unnecessary use of superlative form.

D) are generally deemed more revolutionary in comparison to those of Republicans. --- in comparison to those of Republicans --- Wordy sentence

E) are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans. ---- we need to compare  Views  not political parties.

winterschool · Answer

Democrats’ views, which favor progressive taxation and a liberal philosophy, are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans’.

A)  are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans’ .  Correct

B) are generally deemed more revolutionary than  Republican .  Incorrect

comparison error - views compare with Republican

C) are generally deemed  the most  revolutionary over Republicans’.  Incorrect

more required - compare between Democrats’ views and Republicans' views

D) are generally deemed  more  revolutionary  in comparison to  those of Republicans.  Incorrect

double compare - ....more .....in comparison to....

E) are generally deemed more revolutionary  than Republicans .  Incorrect

comparison error - views compare with Republicans

warrior1991 · Answer

generis  I know that of all the options A is best, but i think Republicans' is also same as Republicans.

Am i correct? Please help.

generis · Answer

The official explanation is  here .

CEdward · Answer

Democrats’ views, which favor progressive taxation and a liberal philosophy, are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans’.

A) are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republicans’. Correct

This sentence displays the use of what we call an ellipsis, i.e. an omission of words that are implied but not explicitly written.

It technically reads "...are generally deemed more revolutionary than Republican's views

B) are generally deemed more revolutionary than  Republican .

The comparison is off. Democrats' views should not be compared with Republican

C) are generally deemed  the most  revolutionary  over  Republicans’.

Non-idiomatic.

D) are generally deemed more revolutionary in comparison to  those of  Republicans.

The demonstrative pronoun those of does not make sense here. Read literally, it suggests that "...are generally deemed more revolutionary in comparison to Democrats' views of Republicans. What? Republicans have their own views not the views of the opposing party.

E) are generally deemed more revolutionary than  Republicans.

Again, the comparison is off.

san10789 · Answer

generis  I always try to do 5 SC questions and explanations in 15 minutes , but then I find yours 1 such explanation that takes all 15 minutes to comprehend and whole day to think. Thank you for the details.

jfjahfnkjahbfkjds · Answer

1) Option  C  changes the meaning of the sentence by replacing more with most, so that can be eliminated right away.
2)We are comparing Democrat's with Republican's so both the Subject and Object should be in agreement (singluar/plural). Using this we can eliminate  B, D & E.

The correct option is  A

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