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by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:57 am
Campaign speech writers are the engine that powers political campaigns, dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials.

A dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials

B dissecting issues instead of oversimplifying them, like campaign commercials

C dissecting issues rather than oversimplifying them, as campaign commercials do

D and dissects the issues but does not oversimplify them, as is done in campaign commercials

E and dissects the issues, unlike campaign commercials that oversimplify them

OA after sometime!
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by parul9 » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:04 am
Is it E?
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by avik.ch » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:09 am
IMO C
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by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:12 am
Campaign speech writers are the engine that powers political campaigns, dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials.

A dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials

B dissecting issues instead of oversimplifying them, like campaign commercials

C dissecting issues rather than oversimplifying them, as campaign commercials do

D and dissects the issues but does not oversimplify them, as is done in campaign commercials

E and dissects the issues, unlike campaign commercials that oversimplify them

OA is C
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by avik.ch » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:19 am
GmatKiss wrote:Campaign speech writers are the engine that powers political campaigns, dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials.

A dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials

B dissecting issues instead of oversimplifying them, like campaign commercials

C dissecting issues rather than oversimplifying them, as campaign commercials do

D and dissects the issues but does not oversimplify them, as is done in campaign commercials

E and dissects the issues, unlike campaign commercials that oversimplify them

OA is C
Hii gmatkiss,

Between B and C - I dont think that "as" and "like" is the point here, Both are correct according to gmat
Here there are two difference between B and C ( only two competitor )

1 ) - instead of
- rather than ( it is perfect here )
2) ........are the engine that powers political campaigns(actions), adverb modifiers, actions
an action is compared to an action
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by saketk » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:17 am
Agree with Avik here.

Also, if we look at the meaning of the sentence. We are comparing campaign speech writers with campaign commercials. therefore 'rather than' is the correct usage.
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by mankey » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:05 am
Can someone post a clearer explanation?

Thanks
Mankey
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by aspirant2011 » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:02 am
Instead of should be followed by a noun phrase but over here in option B oversimplifying them is not a noun phrase.........
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