Sentence Correction

Though released by Edward in only his twenties, his masterpiece to date, 'the cupid's arrows' does not seem to appear as an amateur art would

A. does not seem to appear as an amateur art would
B. seems not to appear as an amateur art
C. does not appear like an amateur art
D. does not appear like an amateur art does
E. appears unlike an amateur art

I feel teh answert is A?

C: does not appear like an amateur art

seem and like are redundant

Here arent we comparing the appearance of the art rather than just art in that case I feel as shud be used...

Please explain...



Just out of interest how do u get those moderators to answer the posts , most often I dont find any participation from moderators ...

I agree that as should be used and surprisingly the OA does the quite opposite.

C appears to be correct.

AO pls?

OA is C. I am not convinced with C

One attempt to explain why C is better suited.
A masterpiece(painting) seem to appear .---> doesnt it sound wrong ?

Like is correct to compare a work of art. No other option fits here.
a)seem to appear is redundant
b) same ..seems is not correct .
c) Best Fit ..---------------------------------
d) does not appear like an amateur art does--> again wordy
e) appears unlike an amateur art-> changes the meaning .

Hey guys,

0% chance this is anywhere near an official question. Note:

-the cupid's arrows, were it the title of a piece of art, would have to be capitalized
-colloquially, there's no such thing as "an art". There's "a piece of art" and there's "art", but "art" as a noun is like "air" - it's uncountable so you wouldn't say "an art".
-the modifiers outside the underline aren't formatted correctly. As it's written, "his masterpiece to date" modifies "his twenties", and that's illogical.

And that's only three glaring problems with this one. Please, please do not study from this question (or source, really) again! There are plenty of good questions out there...this one provides negative value.

Brian@VeritasPrep wrote:Hey guys,

0% chance this is anywhere near an official question. Note:

-the cupid's arrows, were it the title of a piece of art, would have to be capitalized
-colloquially, there's no such thing as "an art". There's "a piece of art" and there's "art", but "art" as a noun is like "air" - it's uncountable so you wouldn't say "an art".
-the modifiers outside the underline aren't formatted correctly. As it's written, "his masterpiece to date" modifies "his twenties", and that's illogical.

And that's only three glaring problems with this one. Please, please do not study from this question (or source, really) again! There are plenty of good questions out there...this one provides negative value.

Thanks.

Just on 'art' - are you suggesting usage of AN ART (WRONG), ARTS (WRONG).

Am correct in my understanding that THE ART may be correct e.g The founder of the Carolingian renaissance in literature and the arts was himself an illiterate.

Thanks

Hey Patanjali,

Good questions - "art" has a few irregular uses but for the most part it's an "uncountable" singular noun like "air" or "music". You'd use it as:

The French and Italians are known for their taste in art. ("art" is one entity)

Michaelangelo's David may be the world's most impressive piece of art. ("piece of art" refers to one particular example of art. It's putting a unit of measure on something uncountable, like saying "a liter of water")

Now, the "irregular" use is related to the fact that there are many types of art. Literature, music, sculpture, painting...there are several types of art, and it's common to refer to them as "the arts". So you could say:

New York City is considered by some to be the worldwide capital of culture, cuisine, and the arts. ("the arts" refers to the different types of art)

In this way, "art" acts a bit like "water", which has a particular-case, irregular form of plural (the kayak succumbed to the raging waters that battered it through the night...).


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Hopefully that sheds some light - but as I mentioned above, the question in this thread is a pretty poorly-written question so I doubt you need to concern yourself too much about the singularity/plurality/meaning of "art"...