AIM GMAT wrote:Besides being a jazzy tune that the musician himself wrote in 1918, Muggs Daley's hit song "Moonshining" was also recorded by many other bands in the 1970's, showing the song's timeless appeal.


A. Besides being a jazzy tune that the musician himself wrote
B. Besides a jazzy tune with the musician himself writing it
C. Except a jazzy tune being written by the musician himself
D. Besides the instance of a jazzy tune that the musician himself wrote
E. Besides the fact of a jazzy tune with the musician writing himself

OA A

Besides X, Y is also my favorite food item.

--> It means I like both X and Y, and X and Y MUST be parallel bot grammatically and logically.

Besides a player, X is a good singer.

Here, Besides NOUN, Clause has been used. Besides NOUN, NOUN or Besides Clause, clause can be correct.

Now, analyze:

Besides he is a good player, he is a good singer too. Correct.
Besides being a good player, he is also a good singer. Correct. [being a good player =he is a good player.]

Correct answer is thus A.

Besides being a jazzy tune that the musician himself wrote in 1918, Muggs Daley's hit song "Moonshining" was also recorded by many other bands in the 1970's, showing the song's timeless appeal.


A. Besides being a jazzy tune that the musician himself wrote
B. Besides a jazzy tune with the musician himself writing it
C. Except a jazzy tune being written by the musician himself
D. Besides the instance of a jazzy tune that the musician himself wrote
E. Besides the fact of a jazzy tune with the musician writing himself

gmat_perfect:
Thanks, but I have little confusion as follows:

Why choice D is wrong based on your saying?? Because it has CLAUSE at both sides of ''besides'', right?? If so, how can we eliminate D?!

Also, can you elaborate bit more in detail why answer choice C is wrong? I've read your post about where ''being'' can be correct, but here i have doubt whether here what we have after ''except'' is NOT a clause ''a jazzy tune being written by the musician himself '' and it is a phrase, am i right??
I think I have difficulty with detecting parallel items in the above choices, so your detailed elaboration would be helpful.

800target wrote:gmat_perfect:
Thanks, but I have little confusion as follows:

Why choice D is wrong based on your saying?? Because it has CLAUSE at both sides of ''besides'', right?? If so, how can we eliminate D?!

Also, can you elaborate bit more in detail why answer choice C is wrong? I've read your post about where ''being'' can be correct, but here i have doubt whether here what we have after ''except'' is NOT a clause ''a jazzy tune being written by the musician himself '' and it is a phrase, am i right??
I think I have difficulty with detecting parallel items in the above choices, so your detailed elaboration would be helpful.

Look at D.

We know Besides X, Y, where X and Y must be grammatically and logically parallel.

Besides the instance of a jazzy tune, MD's hit song "Moonshining".

Instance and Moonshining are NOT logically parallel. So D is out.

Regarding C:

C has wrongly used BEING. Besides C has more errors:

--> Being is wrong.
--> "Jazzy tune being written" is not logically parallel with "Moonshining was also...".
--> The use of except is not correct in this context. I cannot explain it, but I am sure there is an error in using except in this context. I hope some experts may come and explain why except is not correct in the option C.

We can wait for an expert's comment.

AIM GMAT wrote:Besides being a jazzy tune that the musician himself wrote in 1918, Muggs Daley's hit song "Moonshining" was also recorded by many other bands in the 1970's, showing the song's timeless appeal.


A. Besides being a jazzy tune that the musician himself wrote
B. Besides a jazzy tune with the musician himself writing it
C. Except a jazzy tune being written by the musician himself
D. Besides the instance of a jazzy tune that the musician himself wrote
E. Besides the fact of a jazzy tune with the musician writing himself

OA A

In the SC above, besides means in addition to.

B rephrased: In addition to a jazzy tune...Mugg's hit song....
Mugg's hit song was not in addition to a jazzy tune. Eliminate B.

D rephrased: In addition to the instance...Mugg's hit song....
Mugg's hit song was not in addition to the instance. Eliminate D.

E rephrased: In addition to the fact...Mugg's hit song...
Mugg's hit song was not in addition to the fact. Eliminate E.

C makes no sense: it says that Mugg's hit song was except a jazzy tune. Eliminate C.

The correct answer is A.

A rephrased: In addition to being a jazzy tune...Mugg's hit song was...

Answer choice A is the only answer choice that conveys the intended meaning of the sentence:
Mugg's hit song was, in addition to being a jazzy tune, recorded by many other bands.