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A) correct

B) Principles and images can't be combined

C) Subject is Plural so Singular Verb "combines" is wrong to use .

D) That is referring to Plural " Principles" -Eliminate

E) Subject is Plural so Singular Verb "combines" is wrong to use . + Principles and images can't be combined -Eliminate

Note: Both "and" & "with" are correct to use with combine; However, meanings may differ.
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Works produced in the Murakami style of art, named after the renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, combine the principles of traditional Japanese art with those of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.

D) combine the principles of traditional Japanese art and that of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
We are given principles,which is plural.We need those and not that. Eliminate.

C) combines the principles of traditional Japanese art with those of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
E) combines the principles of traditional Japanese art with the 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
Works is plural,therefore,we need plural verb 'combine'.Eliminate

A) combine the principles of traditional Japanese art with those of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
B) combine the principles of traditional Japanese art and the 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
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I marked option B.
My thought:-
'Combine the principles of X and Y' is correct construct. Why do we need 'principles' again for Y??

Is this question purely idiom based, wherein correct idiom is 'Combine X with Y'??

Waiting to hear from you.
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Works produced in the Murakami style of art, named after the renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, combine the principles of traditional Japanese art with those of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.

Error:
1. Subject (Works) - Combine - Seems fine
- produced in the Murakami style of art - Acting as verb-ed modifier
2. Combine Principles ....... with Principles of .... - Grammatically and logically parallel
3. Sentence does not appears to have any error


A) combine the principles of traditional Japanese art with those of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
- Correct

B) combine the principles of traditional Japanese art and the 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
- Parallelism error
- Conveying the meaning - Combine the principles.... with Pop culture
- As per original sentence principles are being combined and not principles with culture

C) combines the principles of traditional Japanese art with those of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
- Subject verb agreement error

D) combine the principles of traditional Japanese art and that of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
- "that" is referring back to "principles"
- Pronoun antecedent agreement error

E) combines the principles of traditional Japanese art with the 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
-Subject verb agreement error
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IMO B is the correct answer.

'Works' is a plural subject. Reject choices C, E for using singular verb 'combines'.

To find the right answer among choices A, B, and D, we must understand the meaning of the sentence.

After cutting the fluff from the sentence- Works combines the principles of traditional Japanese art with X.
Question is what should X be?
x= principles of 1950s Jap Cultural images OR 1950s Jap cultural images.
D is clearly wrong, because of use of 'that' pronoun to refer to a plural noun 'principles'.

It seems more logical to me to say- Works combines the principles of Jap art with Jap cultural images.

principles of 1950s Jap cultural images seems illogical to me.
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IMO A is the right answer.

C and E can be eliminated right away: Works is plural and combines is singular

D is wrong because the "that of" does not match with principles (those is needed)

B The meaning is unclear, its not logical to compare "principles" with "the 1950s Japanese pop cultural images"

A has no obvious errors and conveys a clear meaning
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Works produced in the Murakami style of art, named after the renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, combine the principles of traditional Japanese art with those of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.

A) combine the principles of traditional Japanese art with those of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
B) combine the principles of traditional Japanese art and the 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
C) combines the principles of traditional Japanese art with those of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
D) combine the principles of traditional Japanese art and that of 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.
E) combines the principles of traditional Japanese art with the 1950s Japanese pop cultural images.

The sentence tests the following:
i) S-V Agreement: The subject 'Works' agrees in number with 'combine'.
ii) Comparison: Here the 'principles' are compared and not art and pop culture images.
iii) Idioms: The correct idiom is 'combine with', not 'combine and'.

Based on the above, the correct choice is (A).
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@GMATNinja- sir, I really want you to reply to this and provide solution. I don't seem to understand why option (B) is incorrect? does the presence of "the" makes the two portions non-parallel?
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