Patience Lovell Wright, whose traveling waxworks exhibit preceded Madame Tuscan's work by 30 year, became well known as much because of having an eccentric personality as for having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax.
(A)well known as much because of having an eccentric personality as for having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax
(B)well known as much for having an eccentric personality as for skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
(C)well known as much because of her eccentric personality as she was for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
(D)as well known for having an eccentric personality as having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax.
(E)as well known for her eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
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Hi abhasjha,
This SC is based primarily on Parallelism rules.
1) Parallelism: We're told that Patience Lovell Wright became known for 2 things: her personality and her skillful wax renderings. We need an answer that presents these 2 ideas in Parallel format. Only the correct answer presents the 2 ideas properly:
[spoiler]Answer E....
as well known....
for her eccentric personality
as.....
for her skillful wax renderings[/spoiler]
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
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This SC is based primarily on Parallelism rules.
1) Parallelism: We're told that Patience Lovell Wright became known for 2 things: her personality and her skillful wax renderings. We need an answer that presents these 2 ideas in Parallel format. Only the correct answer presents the 2 ideas properly:
[spoiler]Answer E....
as well known....
for her eccentric personality
as.....
for her skillful wax renderings[/spoiler]
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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Hi abhasjha,
This is a handy GMAT question to come across because three of the answers can be eliminated immediately. The answers to eliminate are the ones that do not include "as" at the beginning of the phrase. "As" is required because in order to be correct the passage must meet the rules of parallelism. Here is a greatly simplified version of the passage, to highlight why "as" is required:
PLW was famous as much for X as for Y.
Answers A, B and C are missing the "as," so we can eliminate them. But wait! In order for the passage to correctly meet the rules of parallelism, we also need the word "for." Here is the same greatly simplified version of the passage, to highlight why "for" is required:
PLW was famous as much for X as for Y.
D and E both have "as," but answer D is missing the "for". Eliminate D.
The correct answer is E.
This is a handy GMAT question to come across because three of the answers can be eliminated immediately. The answers to eliminate are the ones that do not include "as" at the beginning of the phrase. "As" is required because in order to be correct the passage must meet the rules of parallelism. Here is a greatly simplified version of the passage, to highlight why "as" is required:
PLW was famous as much for X as for Y.
Answers A, B and C are missing the "as," so we can eliminate them. But wait! In order for the passage to correctly meet the rules of parallelism, we also need the word "for." Here is the same greatly simplified version of the passage, to highlight why "for" is required:
PLW was famous as much for X as for Y.
D and E both have "as," but answer D is missing the "for". Eliminate D.
The correct answer is E.
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Hi David,David@GMATPrepNow wrote:Hi abhasjha,
This is a handy GMAT question to come across because three of the answers can be eliminated immediately. The answers to eliminate are the ones that do not include "as" at the beginning of the phrase. "As" is required because in order to be correct the passage must meet the rules of parallelism. Here is a greatly simplified version of the passage, to highlight why "as" is required:
PLW was famous as much for X as for Y.
Answers A, B and C are missing the "as," so we can eliminate them. But wait! In order for the passage to correctly meet the rules of parallelism, we also need the word "for." Here is the same greatly simplified version of the passage, to highlight why "for" is required:
PLW was famous as much for X as for Y.
D and E both have "as," but answer D is missing the "for". Eliminate D.
The correct answer is E.
I have a small doubt. In option E, the adjective known is ellipsed in the second half of the sentence.
Option E is same as :
as well known for her eccentric personality as [known]for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
Please let me know if my understanding is coorect.
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Hi again abhasjha,
I think we're saying the same thing.
Answer E demonstrates correct parallelism in comparing X and Y. We need both the "as" and the "for" in the sentence structure to do that. Here is answer E again:
E) as well known for her eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
This answer is correct because PLW is as well known for X as she is well known for Y (X is her eccentric personality, and Y is her skillful wax renderings).
I think we're saying the same thing.
Answer E demonstrates correct parallelism in comparing X and Y. We need both the "as" and the "for" in the sentence structure to do that. Here is answer E again:
E) as well known for her eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
This answer is correct because PLW is as well known for X as she is well known for Y (X is her eccentric personality, and Y is her skillful wax renderings).
