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wolvenine exemplifies

by akhpad » Thu May 27, 2010 4:54 am
More than any animal, the wolvenine exemplifies the unbridled ferocity of "nature red in the tooth and claw."

A: More than any animal,
B: More than any other animal,
C: More than another animal,
D: Unlike any animal,
E: Compared to other animals,


What do you think about B and E?


OA: B
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by thephoenix » Thu May 27, 2010 4:58 am
a bit tricky
i think E is wrong for comparison b/n one animal and many animals
i will go with B
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by akhpad » Thu May 27, 2010 5:11 am
thephoenix wrote:a bit tricky
i think E is wrong for comparison b/n one animal and many animals
i will go with B
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I selected E but it is wrong.

Original sentence has "animal" not "animals". Is this the reason.

"More than any other animal' looks odd to me.
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by neha.patni » Thu May 27, 2010 5:30 am
akhp77 wrote:More than any animal, the wolvenine exemplifies the unbridled ferocity of "nature red in the tooth and claw."

A: More than any animal,
B: More than any other animal,
C: More than another animal,
D: Unlike any animal,
E: Compared to other animals,


What do you think about B and E?


OA: B
IMO B... As compared to other animals doesn't give the same meaning for the sentence. In GMAT we cannot change what the sentence intends to convey.
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by adi_800 » Thu May 27, 2010 9:32 am
The meaning of the original sentence is... wolvenine exemplifies the unbridled ferocity more than any other animal...
When you say any animal..that means you are including wolvenine too..
For e.g. Pune is best city than any city in India..Over here, by saying any city you are considering all cities in India including Pune and in this case, you should be excluding pune n not including pune...
So any other city or any other animal would be correct...
By saying unlike or compared to other animals, the sense of wolvenine doing something more than other animals is lost and hence D n E are incorrect...
A is wrong for excluding other when you should be including other...
More than another has a sense of comparing only two animals...n more than any other is incorrect..
More than any other is correct...
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by kartheekchoudhary » Thu May 27, 2010 9:59 am
compared to should be used to compare unlike things and compared with should be used for like things


why is the option d wrong ?
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by paes » Thu May 27, 2010 9:49 pm
IMO B

A : it should be 'any other' . only any is not correct because it includes wolvenine also.
B : correct
C : same as A
D : Unlike, changes the meaning, also the same problem that is with A
E : meaning of the sentence
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Thu May 27, 2010 10:46 pm
more than any other animal is better than compared to other animals
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by ansumania » Sat May 29, 2010 5:57 am
akhp77 wrote:More than any animal, the wolvenine exemplifies the unbridled ferocity of "nature red in the tooth and claw."

A: More than any animal,
B: More than any other animal,
C: More than another animal,
D: Unlike any animal,
E: Compared to other animals,


What do you think about B and E?


OA: B
I guess 'compared to' should be used along with something like :complared to other animals , wolverine is more ferocious...etc
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by pnk » Sat May 29, 2010 10:05 am
IMO: B
E - wrong - animals + compared 'to'

Compared to used to show similarity - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day
Compared with used to show difference - Compared with a summer's day, it's cold outside

Original sentence intends to show difference between wolvenine and other animals, not similarity => with should hv been used
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by SmarpanGamt » Sat May 29, 2010 10:16 am
akhp77 wrote:More than any animal, the wolvenine exemplifies the unbridled ferocity of "nature red in the tooth and claw."

A: More than any animal,
B: More than any other animal,
C: More than another animal,
D: Unlike any animal,
E: Compared to other animals,


What do you think about B and E?


OA: B
IMO E usage of both "more than " and "unbrible ferocity" is redundant
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