Idiom and Parallelism

Unlike X,Y

X and Y have to be parallel

C) Unlike cigarette tobacco, which yields an acid smoke, pipe tobacco, cured by age-old methods, yields an alkaline smoke

The Bold part is parallel to the underline part

Rest of the Options have no parallel answers

Hope this Helps

Karan

I dont understand how C is correct..I feel that cured by age old methods modifies pipe tobacco in option C which seems wrong to me..

Option D is a better comparison(with correctly placed modifiers) for me..

Experts can you please comment!!!

Any takers???

Unlike the acid smoke of cigarettes, pipe tobacco, cured by age-old methods, yields an alkaline smoke too irritating to be drawn into the lungs.
(A) Unlike the acid smoke of cigarettes, pipe tobacco, cured by age-old methods, yields an alkaline smoke
(B) Unlike the acid smoke of cigarettes, pipe tobacco is cured by age-old methods, yielding an alkaline smoke
(C) Unlike cigarette tobacco, which yields an acid smoke, pipe tobacco, cured by age-old methods, yields an alkaline smoke
(D) Differing from cigarettes' acid smoke, pipe tobacco's alkaline smoke, cured by age-old methods, is
(E) The alkaline smoke of pipe tobacco differs from cigarettes' acid smoke in that it is cured by age-old methods and is


IMO it shd be C.

A, B - incoorectly compares the acid smoke of cigrattes to pipe tobacco.
D is Unidiomatic. better to use Unlike.
E is wordy and also usage of 'in that' is incorrect.