Claude Debussy

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by rajatvmittal » Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:32 am

The compositions of Claude Debussy are known for their orchestrational subtlety and brilliance, a use of scales considered exotic in Western music at the time, and delicate but dramatic lyricism.

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by HerrGrau » Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:44 am

Hi,

This a list so you should be thinking about making it parallel. Looks like it should be: The compositions are known for their X, their Y, and their Z. The their in italics is implied by the list.

The compositions of Claude Debussy are known for their orchestrational subtlety and brilliance, a use of scales considered exotic in Western music at the time, and delicate but dramatic lyricism.

their orchestrational subtlety and brilliance, a use of scales considered exotic in Western music at the time, and
The "a" makes the list not parallel

their orchestrational subtlety and brilliance, use of scales considered exotic in Western music at the time, and

This looks good

their orchestrational subtlety and brilliance, use of scales considered exotic in Western music at the time, and their

The "their" makes the list not parallel

The orchestrational subtlety and brilliance, use of scales considered exotic in Western music at the time, and

Looks like "the" should be "their"

their orchestrational subtlety and brilliance, use of scales considered exotic in Western music at the time, and a

The "a" in the end makes the list not parallel

I hope that this was helpful and let me know if you need more advice on the subject.

HG.

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by Tommy Wallach » Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:41 am

Hey All,

HerrGrau has explained this one very well. We have to choose whether to put "their" on all three items in the list, or only the first one. This is a common construction in English. For example:

Correct: I have gone to the store, purchased a monkey, and come home.
Incorrect: I have gone to the store, purchased a monkey, and have come home.

(A) Just to be clear, the "a" is not problematic in itself, but BECAUSE we had "their" at the beginning of the list. That means this effectively says "They are known for their a use of scales".

(B) Cool.

(C) This does the 1st and 3rd thing discussed above.

(D) This does the "their a delicate but dramatic lyricism" thing.

(E) "The" is a definite article, which means you've referred to it before (Kinda like "That orchestrational subtlety I talked about earlier). I've never seen a real GMAT question test this before. Is this an official question?

Also, orchestrational isn't a word.

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