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by atulmangal » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:18 pm
Even though Bela Bartok's music has proved less popular than Igor Stravinsky's and less influential than Arnold Schonberg's, it is no less important.
(A) Stravinsky's and less influential than Arnold Schonberg's, it
(B) Stravinsky's and less influential than Arnold Schonberg's, he
(C) Stravinsky's is and less influential than Arnold Schonberg's is, it
(D) Stravinsky and not as influential as Arnold Schonberg, he
(E) Stravinsky and not as influential as Arnold Schonberg, it

although this is an easy question, and the OA is A, My query is the use of "Stravinsky's is" in option C, is this correct to use a verb after a possessive directly??? and if Yes, then in that case, Is Op C is incorrect because OA A is more concise..???
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by edvhou812 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:37 pm
atulmangal wrote:Even though Bela Bartok's music has proved less popular than Igor Stravinsky's and less influential than Arnold Schonberg's, it is no less important.
(A) Stravinsky's and less influential than Arnold Schonberg's, it
(B) Stravinsky's and less influential than Arnold Schonberg's, he
(C) Stravinsky's is and less influential than Arnold Schonberg's is, it
(D) Stravinsky and not as influential as Arnold Schonberg, he
(E) Stravinsky and not as influential as Arnold Schonberg, it

although this is an easy question, and the OA is A, My query is the use of "Stravinsky's is" in option C, is this correct to use a verb after a possessive directly??? and if Yes, then in that case, Is Op C is incorrect because OA A is more concise..???
C is incorrect because of how it uses "is." Best way I can explain: "Stavinsky's music is what?" You can say "Atulmangal is studying harder than Edvhou812", but you'd never say "Edvhou812 does not study as hard as Atulmangal is."
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