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In his work, George Santayana is more reminiscent of Plato's poetic narratives and David Thoreau's obsessive detailing than Bertrand Russel's scientific precisions.

(A) In his work, George Santayana is more reminiscent of
(B) George Santayana writes more like
(C) George Santayana reminds one more of
(D) George Santayana's work is more reminiscent of
(E) George Santayana's work more resembles that of
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by reachac » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:49 am
IMO E

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airan wrote:In his work, George Santayana is more reminiscent of Plato's poetic narratives and David Thoreau's obsessive detailing than Bertrand Russel's scientific precisions.

(A) In his work, George Santayana is more reminiscent of
(B) George Santayana writes more like
(C) George Santayana reminds one more of
(D) George Santayana's work is more reminiscent of
(E) George Santayana's work more resembles that of
yo, my pick is E as well.

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by reachac » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:13 am
Sorry IMO D and not E

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by kiranlegend » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:22 am
following you reachac:P initially i thought it was D and then after seeing your answer i got confused and chose E:(.. hehe i need to practise more

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by reachac » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:26 am
:idea: I need more practice as well :lol:

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by raunekk » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:32 am
E???i didnt get it...how??


IMO:D

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by pranavc » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:53 am
Why is C wrong?

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by raunekk » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:00 pm
i guess because ...

Its the"work" that reminds and not George Santayana as a person..

it changes the meaning...

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by pranavc » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:33 pm
Doesn't the sentence structure in E seem pretty odd though?

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by airan » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:37 am
Experts, pls clarify between D and E. To me, D looks better.
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by amitansu » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:42 am
"E" is wrong...

First of all, resemble is not an exact replacement of reminiscent.
Secondly, the phrase/portion "more resembles that of Plato's poetic narratives" is redundant.

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by codesnooker » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:27 am
amitansu wrote:"E" is wrong...

First of all, resemble is not an exact replacement of reminiscent.
Secondly, the phrase/portion "more resembles that of Plato's poetic narratives" is redundant.

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There is no redundancy error in that of. It is actually pronoun reference error. Sentence would be correct if it is mentioned something like this: "George Santayana's work more resembles that of Plato and David...."

In simple way, we cannot compare one's work with some else work's work. Work can't do work :D

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by thompson » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:47 am
IMO D!

This is more of an idiom "more of X than Y" and E is missing the verb "is" that is needed to make the sentence logical.

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by thompson » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:48 am
IMO D!

This is more of an idiom "more of X than Y" and E is missing the verb "is" that is needed to make the sentence logical.