what is the source of the q here?

hemanth28 wrote:In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911

A. did its return in 1910-1911

B. had its 1910-1911 return

C. in its return of 1910-1911

D. its return of 1910-1911 did

E. its return in 1910-1911

whats wrong with E

OA is C

Looked all over the web for a convincing explanation.. however there was only one thread where I was not quite convinced of the explanation.

Can someone shed light on this question ?



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I chose D initially, was sleeping..
I think the clue here is the subject of the question, which is Halley's comet. So if you write the inverted sentence like "Halley's comet did not cause such a worldwide sensation in any other historical sightings as in its return in 1910-11", that will make sense. But i am not sure what "of is doing here? is it correct?
"in its return of 1910-1911"

maihuna wrote:what is the source of the q here?

OG12 is the source of the question !!

I think the sentence could be reframed as Halley's comet cause such a worldwide sensation in no other historical sighting as (it did) in its return of 1910 -1911.
So we have ellipsis it did in the sentence. Halley parallels with it rather than its return.

I think the full sentence would be "as it did in its return of 1910-1911" but "it did" is omitted.
With E, "the Comet did cause ... as its return" doesn't parallel. The Comet can't be compared with "its return".

hemanth28 wrote:In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911

A. did its return in 1910-1911

B. had its 1910-1911 return

C. in its return of 1910-1911

D. its return of 1910-1911 did

E. its return in 1910-1911

whats wrong with E

OA is C

Looked all over the web for a convincing explanation.. however there was only one thread where I was not quite convinced of the explanation.

Can someone shed light on this question ?



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Is use of 'of' in choice C correct? Is it 'return of' or 'return in'?

"Is use of 'of' in choice C correct? Is it 'return of' or 'return in'?"

If they say it is correct, then it is.

the parallelism is between two prepositional phrases.

IN.. ......IN its return...

C is the answer

In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911

A. did its return in 1910-1911

B. had its 1910-1911 return

C. in its return of 1910-1911

D. its return of 1910-1911 did

E. its return in 1910-1911

Looks like options A,B,D, and E imply that the return of the Halley's comet and not the Halley's comet itself caused a worlwide sensation in 1910-1911.

Option C on the other hand says -'in its return' and this points to the comet itself.

So IMO C.
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In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as did its return in 1910-1911

A. did its return in 1910-1911

B. had its 1910-1911 return

C. in its return of 1910-1911

D. its return of 1910-1911 did

E. its return in 1910-1911

Looks like options A,B,D, and E imply that the return of the Halley's comet and not the Halley's comet itself caused a worlwide sensation in 1910-1911.

Option C on the other hand says -'in its return' and this points to the comet itself.

So IMO C.
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i would quote 800bob from other forum:

Bob's explanation:
If you begin the sentence this way, you can see more easily how to finish it: Halley's comet caused such a worldwide sensation in no other historical sighting as ... The comparison is between other historical sightings and that of 1910-1911, so you could finish the sentence this way: Halley's comet caused such a worldwide sensation in no other historical sighting as it did in its return of 1910-1911. Deleting the superfluous words "it did" you get:
Halley's comet caused such a worldwide sensation in no other historical sighting as in its return of 1910-1911. So it is perfectly correct to write: In no other historical sighting did Halley's comet cause such a worldwide sensation as in its return of 1910-1911. The correct response is C.

source: Adamjohn's SC notes

2010gmat wrote:i would quote 800bob from other forum:

Bob's explanation:
If you begin the sentence this way, you can see more easily how to finish it: Halley's comet caused such a worldwide sensation in no other historical sighting as ... The comparison is between other historical sightings and that of 1910-1911, so you could finish the sentence this way: Halley's comet caused such a worldwide sensation in no other historical sighting as it did in its return of 1910-1911. Deleting the superfluous words "it did" you get:
Halley's comet caused such a worldwide sensation in no other historical sighting as in its return of 1910-1911. So it is perfectly correct to write: In no other historical sighting did Halley's comet cause such a worldwide sensation as in its return of 1910-1911. The correct response is C.

source: Adamjohn's SC notes

I am really confused ..... I selected A thinking that as is used to introduce the clause....and moreover I could n't even sense issue with parallelism here.... Someone mentioned that 'it did' is implied.

In no other historical sighting did Halley's comet cause such a worldwide sensation as (it did) in its return of 1910-1911

Likewise I think if we consider (it did in ) as implied in option E. its going to be same as C and moreover more concise than C
Furthermore, In the construction as above ... how to figure out what element has to be in Parallel.....for instance... can 't
ts return in 1910-1911 in option A be an event which is parallel to in no other historical sighting (another event)..Is is always necessary as in above case to have another event as prepositional phrase.....
What makes option D wrong... Is it just becoz it doesnt starts with in?