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GmatKiss: Legendary Member; Posts: 2789; Joined: Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:19 amFollowed by: 43 members; Location: Chennai, India; Thanked: 206 times; GMAT Score:640

by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:57 am

Campaign speech writers are the engine that powers political campaigns, dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials.

A dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials

B dissecting issues instead of oversimplifying them, like campaign commercials

C dissecting issues rather than oversimplifying them, as campaign commercials do

D and dissects the issues but does not oversimplify them, as is done in campaign commercials

E and dissects the issues, unlike campaign commercials that oversimplify them

OA after sometime!

Source: Beat The GMAT — Sentence Correction | Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:57 am

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by parul9 » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:04 am

Is it E?

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by avik.ch » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:09 am

IMO C

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by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:12 am

Campaign speech writers are the engine that powers political campaigns, dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials.

A dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials

B dissecting issues instead of oversimplifying them, like campaign commercials

C dissecting issues rather than oversimplifying them, as campaign commercials do

D and dissects the issues but does not oversimplify them, as is done in campaign commercials

E and dissects the issues, unlike campaign commercials that oversimplify them

OA is C

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by avik.ch » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:19 am

GmatKiss wrote:Campaign speech writers are the engine that powers political campaigns, dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials.

A dissecting issues and not oversimplifying them, as in campaign commercials

B dissecting issues instead of oversimplifying them, like campaign commercials

C dissecting issues rather than oversimplifying them, as campaign commercials do

D and dissects the issues but does not oversimplify them, as is done in campaign commercials

E and dissects the issues, unlike campaign commercials that oversimplify them

OA is C

Hii gmatkiss,

Between B and C - I dont think that "as" and "like" is the point here, Both are correct according to gmat
Here there are two difference between B and C ( only two competitor )

1 ) - instead of
- rather than ( it is perfect here )
2) ........are the engine that powers political campaigns(actions), adverb modifiers, actions
an action is compared to an action

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by saketk » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:17 am

Agree with Avik here.

Also, if we look at the meaning of the sentence. We are comparing campaign speech writers with campaign commercials. therefore 'rather than' is the correct usage.

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by mankey » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:05 am

Can someone post a clearer explanation?

Thanks
Mankey

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by aspirant2011 » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:02 am

Instead of should be followed by a noun phrase but over here in option B oversimplifying them is not a noun phrase.........

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