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by Target2009 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:35 am
What seemed as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards are the thousands upon thousands of unique games that are shared by a worldwide audience.

A. What seemed as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards
B. No less remarkable than the medieval invention of playing cards
C. The concept that had been as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards
D. The medieval invention of playing cards has been nonetheless remarkable than
E. Medieval invention of playing cards was just as remarkable as

[spoiler]Source : Grockit, OA- after some discussion/post[/spoiler]
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by bblast » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:02 pm
a is wrong, a second as is required for proper comparison
b is awkward
c past partciple not required
d than is incorrect comparison
we say greater than ...more than... here as comparison is required


E correct usage-> "as remarkable as"

IMO E
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by prachich1987 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:25 pm
In all the five options we are comparing "medieval invention of playing cards" with "thousands of unique games"
Can we compare invention with games?
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by diebeatsthegmat » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:01 pm
Target2009 wrote:What seemed as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards are the thousands upon thousands of unique games that are shared by a worldwide audience.

A. What seemed as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards
B. No less remarkable than the medieval invention of playing cards
C. The concept that had been as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards
D. The medieval invention of playing cards has been nonetheless remarkable than
E. Medieval invention of playing cards was just as remarkable as

[spoiler]Source : Grockit, OA- after some discussion/post[/spoiler]
i remember this question, it somehow looks like one in OG
and the answer should be B. what is the answer?
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by prachich1987 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:04 pm
Target2009, plz post the OA
What's the source? Veritas or Grockit?
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by Target2009 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:07 pm
[spoiler]OA : B[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Source : Grockit : This I got while practicing Harder SC question[/spoiler]
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by bblast » Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:20 am
Target2009 wrote:[spoiler]OA : B[/spoiler]
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Good questions target...I was wrong again :(
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by shovan85 » Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:30 am
What seemed as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards are the thousands upon thousands of unique games that are shared by a worldwide audience.

A. What seemed as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards

"Seemed to be" is the correct and Required Usage here.

B. No less remarkable than the medieval invention of playing cards

C. The concept that had been as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards

Past perfect tense indicates that the concept is no longer as remarkable

D. The medieval invention of playing cards has been nonetheless remarkable than

We can use "Was nonetheless remarkable" or "no less remarkable than", but not "nonetheless remarkable than". This usage is wrong.

E. Medieval invention of playing cards was just as remarkable as

Incorrect comparison.
X was as remarkable as are Y.

The correct answer is B
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by Target2009 » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:53 am
bblast wrote:
Target2009 wrote:[spoiler]OA : B[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Source : Grockit : This I got while practicing Harder SC question[/spoiler]
Good questions target...I was wrong again :(
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by BastiG » Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:53 am
Target2009 wrote:What seemed as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards are the thousands upon thousands of unique games that are shared by a worldwide audience.

A. What seemed as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards
B. No less remarkable than the medieval invention of playing cards
C. The concept that had been as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards
D. The medieval invention of playing cards has been nonetheless remarkable than
E. Medieval invention of playing cards was just as remarkable as

[spoiler]Source : Grockit, OA- after some discussion/post[/spoiler]
1.
I am not sure whether I am right or wrong but i think the best way to attack this question is to find out what is the subject.
the subject is in this case inverted.
are (verb)
the thousands upon thousands of unique games (subject)

2. rearrange the sentence
Subject + Verb + optional answer choice
For example:
the thousands upon thousands of unique games are "No less remarkable than the medieval invention of playing cards"

3.

You see that answer choice b is the only one that fits.
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by hariharakarthi » Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:54 pm
What seemed as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards are the thousands upon thousands of unique games that are shared by a worldwide audience.

Upon reading the sentence, we can eliminate the "that are shared by a worldwide audience" as it is a adjective clause.
That leaves the sentence as,
What seemed as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards are the thousands upon thousands of unique games

A. What seemed as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards
Verb is "are" in the non-underlined section. Hence, Subject need to plural if this form is correct.
No clear subject here.

B. No less remarkable than the medieval invention of playing cards

Re arrange the sentence,
The thousands upon thousands of unique games are no less remarkable than the medieval invention of playing cards

This form is correct.

C. The concept that had been as remarkable as the medieval invention of playing cards. The concept are is incorrect. Idea is singular noun.

D. The medieval invention of playing cards has been nonetheless remarkable than
we have the verb "are" followed by "than" Hence incorrect. The complete sentence doesn't make sense.

E. Medieval invention of playing cards was just as remarkable as
X was as remarkable as Y.
X =>Medieval invention of playing cards
Y => ? "are the thousands upon thousands of unique games" Incorrect.
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by tintinusa » Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:26 pm
B it is
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