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by alex.gellatly » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:53 pm
Compared to alligators, crocodiles are better able to tolerate high salinity, because, unlike alligators, the glands on crocodiles' tongues can expel salt.


Compared to alligators, crocodiles are better able to tolerate high salinity, because, unlike alligators, the glands on crocodiles' tongues can expel salt

Unlike alligators' tongues, salt can be expelled through the glands on crocodiles' tongues, making crocodiles better than alligators at tolerating high salinity

Salt can be expelled through the glands on crocodiles' tongues and not through those on alligators' tongues; therefore, compared to alligators, crocodiles are more tolerant of high salinity

Unlike alligators, crocodiles can expel salt through the glands on their tongues; crocodiles are thus more tolerant of high salinity than are alligators

Compared with alligators, crocodiles are better at tolerating high salinity, because they can expel salt through the glands on their tongues while alligators' tongues cannot
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by vk_vinayak » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:21 am
D looks better.
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by sandeep_thaparianz » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:58 am
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by avik.ch » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:28 pm
alex.gellatly wrote:Compared to alligators, crocodiles are better able to tolerate high salinity, because, unlike alligators, the glands on crocodiles' tongues can expel salt.


Compared to alligators, crocodiles are better able to tolerate high salinity, because, unlike alligators, the glands on crocodiles' tongues can expel salt

Unlike alligators' tongues, salt can be expelled through the glands on crocodiles' tongues, making crocodiles better than alligators at tolerating high salinity

Salt can be expelled through the glands on crocodiles' tongues and not through those on alligators' tongues; therefore, compared to alligators, crocodiles are more tolerant of high salinity

Unlike alligators, crocodiles can expel salt through the glands on their tongues; crocodiles are thus more tolerant of high salinity than are alligators

Compared with alligators, crocodiles are better at tolerating high salinity, because they can expel salt through the glands on their tongues while alligators' tongues cannot
all choices except d are wrong.

1. compared to alligators, crocodiles are better able.... - wrong. two comparison tool can't be used at the same time

these are the two acceptable construction :

compared to alligators, crocodile are able to ....
crocodiles are better.....than alligators are/are alligators.

comparison such as "better/more" should be always followed by "than".
----

this alone eliminates A,C, and E.

B - improper comparison : unlike alligator's tongue, salt...

D is correct in all sense.

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by mv12 » Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:23 am
D it is.
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by Birottam Dutta » Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:21 am
Compared to alligators, crocodiles are better able to tolerate high salinity, because, unlike alligators, the glands on crocodiles' tongues can expel salt.


Compared to alligators, crocodiles are better able to tolerate high salinity, because, unlike alligators, the glands on crocodiles' tongues can expel salt ---- here you should be comparing the ability of alligators with ability of crocodiles, you cannot compare alligators to ability of crocodiles. incorrect.

Unlike alligators' tongues, salt can be expelled through the glands on crocodiles' tongues, making crocodiles better than alligators at tolerating high salinity ---unlike alligators' tongues... should be followed by tongues of crocodiles, tongues of crocodiles cannot be compared to crocodiles.

Salt can be expelled through the glands on crocodiles' tongues and not through those on alligators' tongues; therefore, compared to alligators, crocodiles are more tolerant of high salinity ---awkward construction and ideally, the second part should be stating that crocodiles are more tolerant of... than alligators. More is usually followed by than. Incorrect

Unlike alligators, crocodiles can expel salt through the glands on their tongues; crocodiles are thus more tolerant of high salinity than are alligators -- Correct because of correct comparisons.

Compared with alligators, crocodiles are better at tolerating high salinity, because they can expel salt through the glands on their tongues while alligators' tongues cannot--- compared to is correct, not compared with. So, E is also incorrect.
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by optimist » Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:02 pm
@Birottam

In option E, had it been "compared to" and not "compared with", would that have made it correct?

And, we use "compared with" to compare 2 essentially similar things and "compared to" to compare 2 dissimilar things. In this case, alligators and crocodiles belong to the same family (i think so), so shouldn't "compared with" be correct?

Birottam Dutta wrote:Compared to alligators, crocodiles are better able to tolerate high salinity, because, unlike alligators, the glands on crocodiles' tongues can expel salt.


Compared to alligators, crocodiles are better able to tolerate high salinity, because, unlike alligators, the glands on crocodiles' tongues can expel salt ---- here you should be comparing the ability of alligators with ability of crocodiles, you cannot compare alligators to ability of crocodiles. incorrect.

Unlike alligators' tongues, salt can be expelled through the glands on crocodiles' tongues, making crocodiles better than alligators at tolerating high salinity ---unlike alligators' tongues... should be followed by tongues of crocodiles, tongues of crocodiles cannot be compared to crocodiles.

Salt can be expelled through the glands on crocodiles' tongues and not through those on alligators' tongues; therefore, compared to alligators, crocodiles are more tolerant of high salinity ---awkward construction and ideally, the second part should be stating that crocodiles are more tolerant of... than alligators. More is usually followed by than. Incorrect

Unlike alligators, crocodiles can expel salt through the glands on their tongues; crocodiles are thus more tolerant of high salinity than are alligators -- Correct because of correct comparisons.

Compared with alligators, crocodiles are better at tolerating high salinity, because they can expel salt through the glands on their tongues while alligators' tongues cannot--- compared to is correct, not compared with. So, E is also incorrect.
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by avik.ch » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:26 pm
optimist wrote: In option E, had it been "compared to" and not "compared with", would that have made it correct?

And, we use "compared with" to compare 2 essentially similar things and "compared to" to compare 2 dissimilar things. In this case, alligators and crocodiles belong to the same family (i think so), so shouldn't "compared with" be correct?
Actually there is no difference between "compared to" vs "compared with". Both are acceptable and interchangeable. Refer OG-11 SC#17 explanation.

The major problem in E - the use of two comparison structure.

compared with..., crocodiles are better... - as I explained in my above post. Moreover,"better" is used for comparison,an adverb of comparison, and always followed by "than".

compared to Jim, jack runs fast. - correct.
Jack runs faster than Jim. - correct.

Original construction : jack runs faster than jim runs. "faster than..." is an adverb of comparison.

compared to jim, jack runs faster. - incorrect.

for more on this usage, refer Og-12 SC#123. One can easily eliminate A,B and D based on this usage.

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by jainpiyushjain » Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:43 am
avik.ch wrote:
all choices except d are wrong.

1. compared to alligators, crocodiles are better able.... - wrong. two comparison tool can't be used at the same time

these are the two acceptable construction :

compared to alligators, crocodile are able to ....
crocodiles are better.....than alligators are/are alligators.

comparison such as "better/more" should be always followed by "than".
----

this alone eliminates A,C, and E.

B - improper comparison : unlike alligator's tongue, salt...

D is correct in all sense.

Hope this helps !!
Does the same rule apply in the case of Unlike ?

For example:
1. Unlike alligators, crocodile are better able to .... should be Unlike alligators, crocodile are able to ....
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by Tommy Wallach » Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:48 pm
Hey Jain,

Absolutely right. The unlike makes them dissimilar, so it doesn't make sense to then try to compare levels.

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