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by vscid » Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:00 am
The selection of paintings was based less on the curator's desire to be definitive and more on her personal preferences.

a. and more on

b. but more on

c. as on

d. than

e. than on
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by kaulnikhil » Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:20 am
vscid wrote:The selection of paintings was based less on the curator's desire to be definitive and more on her personal preferences.

a. and more on

b. but more on

c. as on

d. than

e. than on
less on has to be parallel with than on
IMO E
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by outreach » Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:37 am
E

based less on<....> than on <....>
vscid wrote:The selection of paintings was based less on the curator's desire to be definitive and more on her personal preferences.

a. and more on

b. but more on

c. as on

d. than

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by shubhamkumar » Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:25 pm
Can someone explain why using A will be incorrect.Isn't the sentence below gramatically correct?

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by GmatKiss » Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:37 am
IMO: A

Doesn't E change the meaning!
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:52 am
If we're denoting inequality between two items, the correct idiom is more/less than. This leaves us with D and E, but D omits "on," which ruins the parallelism.
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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:05 am
vscid wrote:The selection of paintings was based less on the curator's desire to be definitive and more on her personal preferences.

a. and more on

b. but more on

c. as on

d. than

e. than on
In A, less on X and MORE on Y is redundant. LESS on one thing -- all on its own -- implies MORE on something else. Eliminate A.

Similar issue in B. Eliminate B.

In C, less...as is unidiomatic. Eliminate C.

In D, the selection was based less ON THE CURATOR'S DESIRE than HER PERSONAL PREFERENCES is not parallel and makes an unclear comparison: a reader might at first think that the PERSONAL PREFERENCES were based on the curator's desire. The intended meaning is that the SELECTION was based ON her personal preferences. Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.
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by GmatKiss » Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:31 am
The selection of paintings was based less on the curator's desire to be definitive and more on her personal preferences.

Original meaning: Personal preference is given priority.

a. and more on

b. but more on

c. as on

d. than

e. than on (curator's desire to be definitive takes priority over Personal preferences )

Isn't there a change in meaning ?
Please help me to understand this one!

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by killer1387 » Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:58 am
GmatKiss wrote:The selection of paintings was based less on the curator's desire to be definitive and more on her personal preferences.

Original meaning: Personal preference is given priority.

a. and more on

b. but more on

c. as on

d. than

e. than on (curator's desire to be definitive takes priority over Personal preferences )

Isn't there a change in meaning ?
Please help me to understand this one!

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there is no meaning change.

the sentence says;

The selection was based less on X than on Y.

the meaning is preserved; less on X than on Y is X < Y.

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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:00 am
GmatKiss wrote:The selection of paintings was based less on the curator's desire to be definitive and more on her personal preferences.

Original meaning: Personal preference is given priority.

a. and more on

b. but more on

c. as on

d. than

e. than on (curator's desire to be definitive takes priority over Personal preferences )

Isn't there a change in meaning ?
Please help me to understand this one!

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Comparision: John spends less money on clothing than on food.
Meaning: John spends MORE money on food.

As I noted in my post above, LESS on one thing -- all on its own -- implies MORE on something else.

Answer choice E: The selection is based less on her desire than on her preferences.
Meaning: The selection is based MORE on her preferences.

Thus, E conveys the intended meaning more concisely and more idiomatically than does A.
As Bill noted, the correct idiom is less X than Y.
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by gmatblood » Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:56 am
I am not getting this. Can someone help me out?

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