The colorization of black-and-white films

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by paes » Sat Aug 14, 2010 4:31 am

The colorization of black-and-white films by computers is defended by those who own the film rights, for the process can mean increased revenues for them; many others in the film industry, however, contend that the technique degrades major works of art, which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue.

A) which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue
B) which they liken to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it
C) which they liken to lipstick put on a Greek statue
D) likening it to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it
E) likening it to putting lipstick on a Greek statue

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by kvcpk » Sat Aug 14, 2010 4:56 am

IMO E.

Technique cannot be reference with "they" ABC out.

Out of D and E, E looks better.

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by rickyishere » Sat Aug 14, 2010 6:13 am

kvcpk wrote:IMO E.

Technique cannot be reference with "they" ABC out.

Out of D and E, E looks better.

Hi kvcpk,

Although I think that E is the correct answer, I don't think I agree with your POE. I think this sentence is a classic 'which' problem. Here 'which' refers to the 'art' which is incorrect. Thoughts?

Thanks
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by paes » Sat Aug 14, 2010 6:25 am

OA is E.

A B , C can be eliminated : wrong usage of which

E is definitely looking better than D but
somehow E was looking wrong also because of the usage : to putting.

can somebody put more light on this usage.

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by kvcpk » Sat Aug 14, 2010 6:31 am

rickyishere wrote:
kvcpk wrote:IMO E.

Technique cannot be reference with "they" ABC out.

Out of D and E, E looks better.
Hi kvcpk,

Although I think that E is the correct answer, I don't think I agree with your POE. I think this sentence is a classic 'which' problem. Here 'which' refers to the 'art' which is incorrect. Thoughts?

Thanks
-Ricky

Yoiu are also right. I have seen that but did not mention.

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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:06 am

paes wrote:The colorization of black-and-white films by computers is defended by those who own the film rights, for the process can mean increased revenues for them; many others in the film industry, however, contend that the technique degrades major works of art, which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue.

A) which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue
B) which they liken to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it
C) which they liken to lipstick put on a Greek statue
D) likening it to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it
E) likening it to putting lipstick on a Greek statue

OA later.

In A, B and C, which seems to refer to works of art, but it is the technique that is being degraded and compared to putting lipstick on a statue. Eliminate A, B and C.

D incorrectly compares it (the technique) to a Greek statue. (The pronoun it cannot be standing in for art because the sentence is discussing the plural works of art.) Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.

The idiom in E is liken X to Y. E likens the technique to putting lipstick on a statue. The gerund putting is a verb functioning as a noun.

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by paes » Sat Aug 14, 2010 5:40 pm

Thanks Guru.

Can we say that both of the following sentences are same :

likening it to putting lipstick on a Greek statue
likening it to put lipstick on a Greek statue

generally I have always seen the usage : to <simple verb>
is there any reason to use : to <gerund form>

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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Aug 15, 2010 3:22 am

paes wrote:Thanks Guru.

Can we say that both of the following sentences are same :

likening it to putting lipstick on a Greek statue
likening it to put lipstick on a Greek statue

generally I have always seen the usage : to <simple verb>
is there any reason to use : to <gerund form>

In the idiom liken X to Y, X and Y are both nouns, not verbs. The definition of to liken is to compare; to show similarity; to show that X is like Y.

They likened the technique to putting lipstick on a statue. Correct. X = technique (noun), Y = putting (verb functioning as noun). Noun = noun.

They likened the technique to put lipstick on a statue. Incorrect. X = technique (noun), Y = put (verb). A noun cannot be compared to a verb.

In this idiom, the preposition to is being used not to form the infinitive (to put, to run, to walk, etc.) but to make a comparison: to show that one thing is similar to another.

Does this help?

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by paes » Sun Aug 15, 2010 4:21 am

Thanks Guru.
It makes prefect explanation.

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