BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

Deliberately imitating

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 159
Joined: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:41 pm
Thanked: 3 times

Deliberately imitating

by ankit1383 » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:27 pm
Deliberately imitating the technique of Louis Armstrong, jazz singer Billie Holiday’s approach to singing was to use her voice like an instrument, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattened out the melodic contours of tunes, and, in effect, recomposed songs to suit her range, style, and artistic sensibilities.
A. Billie Holiday’s approach to singing was to use her voice like an instrument, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattened.
B. Billie Holiday’s approach to singing was to use her voice in a similar way to how other musicians play instruments, in ranging freely over the beat, flattening.
C. Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians played instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening.
D. Billie Holiday used her voice in the same way that other musicians use their instruments, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattening.
E. Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians
Instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening.

Can anyone explainthe usage of like in this sentence............
Top
Source: — Sentence Correction |
Legendary Member
Posts: 541
Joined: Thu May 31, 2007 6:44 pm
Location: UK
Thanked: 21 times
Followed by:3 members
GMAT Score:680

by rohangupta83 » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:40 pm
ok - logical comparisons

imo E btw

The first part of the sentence says:

Deliberately imitating the technique of Louis Armstrong, jazz singer - who was deliberately imitating? - Billy Holiday and not Billie Holiday’s approach

choices A and B are out

Choice C says - using her voice like other musicians played instruments - her voice should be compared to ''other musicians instruments''
C - incorrect

Choice D - in that she ranged freely over the beat - she didn't range freely over the beats - her voice did.
D - incorrect

Choice - E - This would be my pick

Solves the problem in C by comparing voice with ''other musicians instruments''
Solves problem in D by saying that the voice was ranging and not she herself.

Its close between C and E as I am not sure whether the sentence is using Billie Holiday's voice as an Instrument or a Played Instrument. And I know that choice E is definitely correct grammatically so I pick E.
Top
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 95
Joined: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:03 pm

Re: Deliberately imitating

by duke » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:59 pm
ankit1383 wrote:Deliberately imitating the technique of Louis Armstrong, jazz singer Billie Holiday’s approach to singing was to use her voice like an instrument, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattened out the melodic contours of tunes, and, in effect, recomposed songs to suit her range, style, and artistic sensibilities.
A. Billie Holiday’s approach to singing was to use her voice like an instrument, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattened.
B. Billie Holiday’s approach to singing was to use her voice in a similar way to how other musicians play instruments, in ranging freely over the beat, flattening.
C. Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians played instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening.
D. Billie Holiday used her voice in the same way that other musicians use their instruments, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattening.
E. Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening.

Can anyone explainthe usage of like in this sentence............
This is a difficult question and makes test takers do a mistake.
We need to only C, D, and E. Also we need to notice that C and E have a similar structure but D does not. So let's take D first.
"Imitating ~, Billie used ~, in that she ranged ~ and, in effect, recomposed ~." Now we see something wrong here with D.
So, we are left with C and E. But C is wrong with "like ~". E is the answer.
Looking for 780~
Top
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 546
Joined: Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: New Delhi , India
Thanked: 13 times

by ronniecoleman » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:38 pm
IMO D
Admission champion, Hauz khaz
011-27565856
Top
Legendary Member
Posts: 727
Joined: Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:32 pm
Thanked: 8 times
Followed by:1 members

by umaa » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:19 pm
IMO D.

Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening. - I think its wrong. OA pls.

Thanks,
Umaa
Last edited by umaa on Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Top
Legendary Member
Posts: 541
Joined: Thu May 31, 2007 6:44 pm
Location: UK
Thanked: 21 times
Followed by:3 members
GMAT Score:680

by rohangupta83 » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:42 pm
Guyz/Gals

I do hate the passive construction in E but I think that choice D has a bigtime pronoun error. In choice D the sentence states that "she ranged freely over the beat". I find it humanly quite impossible for a person to range freely within beats. If the sentence had said "her voice" instead of "she" I would've gladly accepted Choice D as the answer.

Please let me know if my thinking is flawed :D

Note:
Fellow GMAT Beaters - please post why you think something is correct/incorrect. There are tonnes of people who read this forum, moreover we could learn from each other.

(use between for each other - example "Rahul and Rob shared 2 mangoes between each other" and use 'among' for ''one another'')

Cheers!!
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 159
Joined: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:41 pm
Thanked: 3 times

Hi

by ankit1383 » Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:17 am
Please some more explanation on this..
Can someone explain th eusage of like in this....

OA.....will be discussed later.....its between D and E
Top
Legendary Member
Posts: 833
Joined: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:56 am
Thanked: 13 times

by vivek.kapoor83 » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:24 am
C. Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians played instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening. - If we replace 'Like" with 'as'...it would be better option D. Billie Holiday used her voice in the same way that other musicians use their instruments, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattening. ... this is my pick, but ranged and flattening are not parallel...still better than others.E. Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians
Instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening. - I would hv picked E but usage of like is stopping me ...coz if u use 'as' instead of 'like' , it would be better.
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 247
Joined: Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:39 am
Thanked: 2 times
GMAT Score:660

by orel » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:53 am
i think E is incorrect because:

E. Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians
Instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening.

the red part does not sound correct to me

i'd go w/ D
Top
Legendary Member
Posts: 541
Joined: Thu May 31, 2007 6:44 pm
Location: UK
Thanked: 21 times
Followed by:3 members
GMAT Score:680

Re: Hi

by rohangupta83 » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:35 pm
ankit1383 wrote:Please some more explanation on this..
Can someone explain th eusage of like in this....

OA.....will be discussed later.....its between D and E
I believe we are comparing ''voice'' (noun) with ''instrumetns'' (noun) and that's why we have a like

for "as" to be present we needed the verb "do" as well.
Top
Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
Posts: 6
Joined: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:14 am

by elementary » Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:42 am
Also note that 'ranged' in the underlined portion should be parallel to 'composed', which is not underlined. This is a common trap in SC. Given the parallelism, A and D are the only possible choices, and A is eliminated because of the modifier. Therefore, D is correct. :-)
Elementary: Online tutoring for anyone anywhere. Classroom training in Bangalore.
Reach me at [email protected] :-)
Top
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 69
Joined: Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:09 am
Thanked: 6 times

by Nachiket » Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:53 am
ankit1383 wrote:Deliberately imitating the technique of Louis Armstrong, jazz singer Billie Holiday�s approach to singing was to use her voice like an instrument, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattened out the melodic contours of tunes, and, in effect, recomposed songs to suit her range, style, and artistic sensibilities.
A. Billie Holiday�s approach to singing was to use her voice like an instrument, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattened.
B. Billie Holiday�s approach to singing was to use her voice in a similar way to how other musicians play instruments, in ranging freely over the beat, flattening.
C. Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians played instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening.
D. Billie Holiday used her voice in the same way that other musicians use their instruments, in that she ranged freely over the beat, flattening.
E. Billie Holiday approached singing by using her voice like other musicians
Instruments, ranging freely over the beat, flattening.

Can anyone explainthe usage of like in this sentence............

E cannot be correct because you are comparing a verb ( using her voice) with a noun ( other musician instruments). Moreover, Like is used to compare nouns/noun phrases and "as" is used to compare verbs phrases. Therefore, we can easily eliminate A,C and E.

Choice B is wordy and "in ranging freely over the beat" seems like a dangling modifier.


This comparison is corrected in choice D where we are comparing a verb ( used her voice) with a verb ( other musicians use their instruments). And have also avoided the usage of "Like"

Therefore my pick D
Top
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1