If Mendelssohn's "Quintet" is an infriquesnt visitor to

Question

If Mendelssohn's "Quintet" is an infriquesnt visitor to concert halls these days, Kodaly's "Serenade" is (even less seldom encountered).

B. a much less seldom encounter
C. an encounter even less often
D. even less often encountered
E. not seldom encountered

Please, explain.
Thanks

twixt · Answer

I think it is between B and C for //ism (visitor // encounter)

In B, less and seldom is weird
Even if wordy I pick C

praveen_rao7 · Answer

will go with D as well

infrequent is opposite to frequent = often
hence, by saying less often the author makes the right comparison

twixt · Answer

Guys,

I feel silly with my poor answer . Could any guru develop a POE and explain why //ism is not the driver to the answer here ?

Thanks

saurabhmalpani · Answer

If Mendelssohn's "Quintet" is an infriquesnt visitor to concert halls these days, Kodaly's "Serenade" is (even less seldom encountered). 

The NON-UNDERLINED part is in simple past.... So the later part of the sentence should also be in SIMPLE past. 

B. a much less seldom encounter ----> "LESS + SELDOM" is just ABSURD "seldom" itself means rarely how can something be less rarely.

C. an encounter even less often---> " an encounter" "serenade" is not an ENCOUNTER. 

D. even less often encountered ---> rightly describes "sernade"
E. not seldom encountered---> absurd

HTH

Saurabh Malpani

saurabhmalpani · Answer

I feel silly with my poor answer . Could any guru develop a POE and explain why //ism is not the driver to the answer here ?

TWIXT
You are trying to SETUP IIism BETWEEN a NOUN (VISITOR) with VERB (ENCOUNTER).

I guess I am on right track.

Saurabh Malpani

gmat1obsessed · Answer

my best guess is D

B is unidiomatic
C is incomplete since an encounter even less often........encounter with whom...........???? like in first part of sentence..it is visitor to concert halls
here it should be encounter with.........sth ?

E has a tense issue - first part of sentence is in simple present and second part is in past tense which does make sense in comparision.

lawrence1972sg · Answer

yup, D is obviously the right answer, the rest either commits errors of logic or is simply not idiomatic

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