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Comparison........OG Verbal review

by Mo2men » Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:35 pm
Unlike the United States, where farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka are concentrated in the monsoon months, June to September, and the skies are generally clear for the rest of the year.
(A) Unlike the United States, where farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka
(B) Unlike the United States farmers, who can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka
(C) Unlike those of the United States, where farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, most parts of Sri Lanka's rains
(D) In comparison with the United States, whose farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka
(E) In the United States, farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, but in most parts of Sri Lanka the rains

OA: E

[spoiler]What is the difference between C & E?? In choice C, Can 'those'refer to 'most parts'??[/spoiler]

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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Apr 17, 2017 3:06 am
Mo2men wrote:Unlike the United States, where farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka are concentrated in the monsoon months, June to September, and the skies are generally clear for the rest of the year.
(A) Unlike the United States, where farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka
(B) Unlike the United States farmers, who can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka
(C) Unlike those of the United States, where farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, most parts of Sri Lanka's rains
(D) In comparison with the United States, whose farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka
(E) In the United States, farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, but in most parts of Sri Lanka the rains

[spoiler]What is the difference between C & E?? In choice C, Can 'those'refer to 'most parts'??[/spoiler]
A: Unlike the United States, the rains
D: In comparison with the United States. the rains
In these options, THE RAINS are illogically compared to THE UNITED STATES.
Eliminate A and D.

B: Unlike the United States farmers, the rains
Here, the RAINS are illogically compared to UNITED STATES FARMERS.
Eliminate B.

C: Unlike those of the United States, most parts of Sri Lanka's rains
Here, those seems to refer to most parts, implying the following comparison:
Most parts of Sri Lanka's RAINS are unlike most parts of THE UNITED STATES.
It is illogical to compare RAINS to THE UNITED STATES.
Eliminate C.

The correct answer is E.
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by Mo2men » Mon Apr 17, 2017 3:10 am
GMATGuruNY wrote: C: Unlike those of the United States, most parts of Sri Lanka's rains
Here, those seems to refer to most parts, implying the following comparison:
Most parts of Sri Lanka's RAINS are unlike most parts of THE UNITED STATES.
It is illogical to compare RAINS to THE UNITED STATES.
Eliminate C.
The correct answer is E.
In choice C, Does 'most part of sir Lanka's rain' in possessive form?? Does it mean 'rain of most part of Sri Lanka'?? Is 'rains' main subject of the clause?

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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Apr 17, 2017 3:27 am
Mo2men wrote:
GMATGuruNY wrote: C: Unlike those of the United States, most parts of Sri Lanka's rains
Here, those seems to refer to most parts, implying the following comparison:
Most parts of Sri Lanka's RAINS are unlike most parts of THE UNITED STATES.
It is illogical to compare RAINS to THE UNITED STATES.
Eliminate C.
The correct answer is E.
In choice C, Does 'most part of sir Lanka's rain' in possessive form?? Does it mean 'rain of most part of Sri Lanka'?? Is 'rains' is main subject of the clause?
The subject of the main clause is rains.
The entire phrase in red serves to modify this subject.
Question: Whose rains?
Answer: Sri Lanka's rains.
The red portion implies that PARTS of these rains are concentrated in the monsoon months.
Not the intended meaning.
The intended meaning is that -- in parts of SRI LANKA -- the rains are concentrated in the monsoon months.
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