OG12-SC137-Joachim Raff and Giacomo Meyerbeer

GMATGuruNY wrote:Joachim Raff and Giacomo Meyerbeer are examples of the kind of composer who receives popular acclaim while living, often goes into decline after death, and never regains popularity again.
(A) often goes into decline after death, and never regains popularity again
(B) whose reputation declines after death and never regains its status again
(C) but whose reputation declines after death and never regains its former status
(D) who declines in reputation after death and who never regained popularity again
(E) then has declined in reputation after death and never regained popularity

Notice also that answer choice C includes the conjunction but; the other answer choices do not.

When you see connecting words such as and, but, or, etc. changing in the answers, ask yourself whether the right connecting word is being used and whether the connecting word is in the right place.

In the SC above, the word but is needed to express the contrast between received popular acclaim while living and whose reputation declines after death.

The OG says that the kind of composer who receives popular acclaim while living and whose reputation declines after death don't describe the same thing because the first is about the composer, the second about his reputation, and the two are being contrasted, so they need to be connected with a contrasting conjunction such as but.

Hope this helps!