i think this is a perfect comparison coz Blue-winged warblers is one of many species, right, and here one of the species is compared with rest of them.maihuna wrote:Dumb,
E is comparing Blue winged warblers with Most species, 100% imperfect
Ketkog, since apple is a plant, you can not compare apple with a plant, apple is apple and must be compared with another apple (ketkoag wrote:i think this is a perfect comparison coz Blue-winged warblers is one of many species, right, and here one of the species is compared with rest of them.maihuna wrote:Dumb,
E is comparing Blue winged warblers with Most species, 100% imperfect
and further the statement is talking about the males and females of that particular kind..
even oranges are not allowed.)
Perfectly agree with above. Go with Dmaihuna wrote:Ketkog, since apple is a plant, you can not compare apple with a plant, apple is apple and must be compared with another apple (ketkoag wrote:i think this is a perfect comparison coz Blue-winged warblers is one of many species, right, and here one of the species is compared with rest of them.maihuna wrote:Dumb,
E is comparing Blue winged warblers with Most species, 100% imperfect
and further the statement is talking about the males and females of that particular kind..
maihuna wrote:Ketkog, since apple is a plant, you can not compare apple with a plant, apple is apple and must be compared with another apple (ketkoag wrote:i think this is a perfect comparison coz Blue-winged warblers is one of many species, right, and here one of the species is compared with rest of them.maihuna wrote:Dumb,
E is comparing Blue winged warblers with Most species, 100% imperfect
and further the statement is talking about the males and females of that particular kind..
your example did bring a smile to me ..
Good explanation found here:maihuna wrote:Unlike most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warbler are very difficult to tell apart.
(A) Unlike most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warbler are very difficult to tell apart.
(B) Unlike most warbler species, the gender of the blue-winged warbler is very difficult to distinguish.
(C) Unlike those in most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warblers are very difficult to distinguish.
(D) It is very difficult, unlike in most warbler species, to tell the male and female blue-winged warbler apart.
(E) Blue-winged warblers are unlike most species of warbler in that it is very difficult to tell the male and female apart .
Stuart Kovinsky wrote:Whenever we see "unlike" we're being testing on a comparison. We need to make sure that the things that we're comparing are both structurally and logically similar.
The problem with (a) is that the comparison isn't logically similar; on the one hand, we have "most warbler species" and on the other we have "the male and female blue winged warbler".
We can't compare species to warblers - we can only compare species to species or specific birds to specific birds.
To be honest, I'm also not thrilled with (e). On the GMAT (and in proper english usage everywhere), when we compare one member of a group to the rest of the group we need to use "other" as part of the comparison. So, when we compare Blue Winged Warblers to other species of warbler, we really need to say "are unlike most OTHER warbler species".
Just curious, where is this question from?
Blue winged warblers is a species so there is no problem with the comparison in E, but what is "it" reffering to?maihuna wrote:Dumb,
E is comparing Blue winged warblers with Most species, 100% imperfect
Dumb, I am not 100% sure but gmat is very strict with word following comparison so * varieties* following <unlike most> will be an issue with me, I would like to have *unlike most other apples* rather than *unlike most varities of apple*dumb.doofus wrote:maihuna wrote:Ketkog, since apple is a plant, you can not compare apple with a plant, apple is apple and must be compared with another apple (ketkoag wrote:i think this is a perfect comparison coz Blue-winged warblers is one of many species, right, and here one of the species is compared with rest of them.maihuna wrote:Dumb,
E is comparing Blue winged warblers with Most species, 100% imperfect
and further the statement is talking about the males and females of that particular kind..
Well, apple is a fruit and you can definitely write
The green apples, are unlike most varieties of apples in that it is quite difficult to distinguish the sweet ones from the sour.
There you go, I have written a sentence exactly like option E.
Do you still see an issue with this?
Hope this helps.
Only LIKE things may be compared.thang wrote:the comparision in A is similar to that in E so, if E is correct, the comparison in A is also correct.
why A is wrong?
the problem is that
something is difficult to do
is incorrect
but
it is difficult to do
is correct
I do not know why
pls, help
This SC is from an official -- but outdated -- source.thang wrote:I can not see the difference between A and E , as regards comparison element.
however, this problem is not from official source, og or gmatprep and, so, is not worth studying.
the questions in og and gmatprep is basic though hard.
Thank you Mint
I have found the difference betweenmaihuna wrote:Unlike most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warbler are very difficult to tell apart.
(A) Unlike most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warbler are very difficult to tell apart.
(B) Unlike most warbler species, the gender of the blue-winged warbler is very difficult to distinguish.
(C) Unlike those in most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warblers are very difficult to distinguish.
(D) It is very difficult, unlike in most warbler species, to tell the male and female blue-winged warbler apart.
(E) Blue-winged warblers are unlike most species of warbler in that it is very difficult to tell the male and female apart .
