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AIM GMAT: Legendary Member; Posts: 857; Joined: Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:36 amFollowed by: 15 members; Thanked: 56 times

by AIM GMAT » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:30 am

Similar to Great Britain, Belgian scientists seem ready to compromise in the argument over uniform international laboratory standards.

A. Similar to Great Britain, Belgian scientists seem ready to compromise
B. Similar to those in Great Britain, scientists in Belgium seem ready to compromise
C. In Belgium, like Great Britain, scientists seem ready to compromise
D. Belgium scientists, similar to those in Great Britain, seem ready about compromising
E . Belgian scientists, like Great Britain, seem ready to compromise

OA B

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by pesfunk » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:03 am

Even I feel that B is the correct option.
However, I'm not sure why D is incorrect.

Could someone please explain ?

AIM GMAT wrote:Similar to Great Britain, Belgian scientists seem ready to compromise in the argument over uniform international laboratory standards.

A. Similar to Great Britain, Belgian scientists seem ready to compromise
B. Similar to those in Great Britain, scientists in Belgium seem ready to compromise
C. In Belgium, like Great Britain, scientists seem ready to compromiseYour answer was incorrect
D. Belgium scientists, similar to those in Great Britain, seem ready about compromising
E . Belgian scientists, like Great Britain, seem ready to compromise

OA B

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by finalshot123 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:03 am

IMO.. B... (B Vs D)
A - comparing GB with B scientists
B - corret
C - Belgium seem ready to compromise instead of scientists
D - ready about compromising?
E - comparing B scientists with GB

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by gmat_perfect » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:54 am

pesfunk wrote:Even I feel that B is the correct option.
However, I'm not sure why D is incorrect.
OA B

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We use:

-->X, unlike Y..
--> Unlike X, Y...
--> Unlike X, mod, Y, mod....

We don't use:

X, similar to Y----though in some informal writing we see it.

We have seen in OG questions that "Seem to" is correct, and we have read a sentence "seem must be followed by to"

Seem ready to + verb is thus correct way to express.

So D is faulty.

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by amaelle » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:04 am

Good day all,

Even though i'm convinced that B is the right answer i can't figure out why C is incorrect??

any hint will be highly appreciated.

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by tetura84 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:24 am

Let me try.
A = Incorrect comparison. We need to find out the correct comparison; in this case, we are comparing British scientists vs Belgian scientists.
same goes with E.
C = like Great Britain = we are missing in, In Belgium, like inGreat Britain, ...

D = ready about compromising = we are shifting the subject here, by making compromise -> compromising(gerund)

If a verb can act as a verb, we don't need to make it noun.

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by sameerballani » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:38 am

In option A and E Scientists are being compared to great britain. So eliminate them.
In option C the sentence emphasise on country ie. great britain and belgium but however the emphasis should be more on the scientists of those countries.
Option B and D are close. However i feel option D,"about comprimising" is awkward. Somehow cause it mentions that they are ready and comprimising shows the continuity.
So contradictions of a sort.

I will go with option B
what is OA?

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by gmat_perfect » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:07 am

amaelle wrote:Good day all,

Even though i'm convinced that B is the right answer i can't figure out why C is incorrect??

any hint will be highly appreciated.

X, like Y, X and Y MUST be grammatically and logically parallel.

--> Mind the words "GRAMMATICALLY & LOGICALLY".

In Belguim, like Great Britain...........---> It lacks GRAMMATICAL parallelism.

In Belgium, like in Great Britain--should be the correct parallelism.

Prepositional phrase, LIKE Prepositional Phrase.

In Belgium, like Great Britain, scientists seem ready to compromise Your answer was incorrect....

HTH.

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by amaelle » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:59 am

Many thanks , it's clear now i've missed the IN

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by GMATMadeEasy » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:26 pm

@Gmat_perfect :

In Belgium, like in Great Britain--should be the correct parallelism.

like is not correct usage here. prepositional phrase here asks for usage of AS.

In Belgium, as in Great Britain..

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by atulmangal » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:03 pm

gmat_perfect wrote:
amaelle wrote:Good day all,

Even though i'm convinced that B is the right answer i can't figure out why C is incorrect??

any hint will be highly appreciated.

X, like Y, X and Y MUST be grammatically and logically parallel.

--> Mind the words "GRAMMATICALLY & LOGICALLY".

In Belguim, like Great Britain...........---> It lacks GRAMMATICAL parallelism.

In Belgium, like in Great Britain--should be the correct parallelism.

Prepositional phrase, LIKE Prepositional Phrase.

In Belgium, like Great Britain, scientists seem ready to compromise Your answer was incorrect....

HTH.

@Gmat_Perfect,

Hi, I'm sure you are correct about OpB, but have one query please clarify..
the first time i saw opB i rejected this option, why please see
opB--- "Similar to those in Great Britain, scientists in Belgium seem ready to compromise"

here, the pronoun "Those" is coming in the first part, so i thought that it is ambiguous, as "Those" can refer to anything for ex cows...or anything...i'm weak in this topic and still working, as per my knowledge, it would be better if we write the Op B in this way---"Similar to scientists in Great Britain, those in Belgium seem ready to compromise"

Now, can you shed some light, and clarify that both the constructions are equally preferable in writing..??

second question, in OpD, i understand the flaw you indicated but apart from those flaws is the use of "Ready about" is correct?? is this a correct idiom???

Thanks and Regards

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by tetura84 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:38 pm

gmat_perfect wrote:We don't use:

X, similar to Y----though in some informal writing we see it.

perfect, do you mean Similar to Y, X = it is correct idiom in gmat.
But, X, similar to Y = is wrong?
Is it always?

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by gmat_perfect » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:38 pm

tetura84 wrote:
gmat_perfect wrote:We don't use:

X, similar to Y----though in some informal writing we see it.

perfect, do you mean Similar to Y, X = it is correct idiom in gmat.
But, X, similar to Y = is wrong?
Is it always?

I did not see any official problem in which "X, similar to Y" or "Similar to X, Y" has been used. There is a very good alternative to these.

X, like Y.

If any one can give an official problem in which "Similar to X, Y" or "X, similar to Y" has been used, please let us know.

Thanks.

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