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by gmatnmein2010 » Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:48 am
Unlike the lives of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, subjects of other Troyat biographies, Chekhov belongs to the twentieth century, an age of fretfulness and melancholy skepticism.
(A) Unlike the lives of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, subjects of other Troyat biographies, Chekhov belongs
(B) Chekhov, unlike the other Troyat biographies of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, belongs
(C) The life of Chekhov, unlike the lives of the subjects of other Troyat biographies, Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, belongs
(D) Chekhov and his life, unlike that of the other Troyat biographies—Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, belong
(E) The life of Chekhov, unlike that of other Troyat biographies of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, belongs
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:24 am
I would choose C

A- inproper comparison. The author would need to say "the life of Chekhov belongs..."

B- This changes the meaning of the sentence

C- Correct

D- the meaning of this is ambiguious

E- I don't believe that the life of Chekhov can be compared with the lives of other biographies.
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by thephoenix » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:29 am
A - Compares the lives of ... to Chekhov (illogical)
B - Claims Chekhov belong to the twentieth century (illogical)
D - Compares Chekhov's life to biographies (illogical)
E - Compares Chekhov;s life to biographies (illogical)

Only C makes the correct comparison
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by VikingWarrior » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:55 am
Tough one. What is the OA and explanation?

My problem with C is the fact that instead of " Troyat biographies, Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, belongs "
I think there should be " Troyat biographies : Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, belongs "
I am stuck between C and E
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by sumanr84 » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:18 am
IMO : C

(C) The life of Chekhov, unlike the lives of the subjects of other Troyat biographies, Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, belongs

I agree with VikingWarrior that we need a COLON here to complete the list but still I wud chose C.

(E) The life of Chekhov, unlike that of other Troyat biographies of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, belongs

E is incorrect as it compares the life of Chekov with the life of other Troyat biographies

Give preference to Wrong/Illogical Comparison over COLON usage.
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by mmslf75 » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:24 am
sumanr84 wrote:IMO : C

(C) The life of Chekhov, unlike the lives of the subjects of other Troyat biographies, Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, belongs

I agree with VikingWarrior that we need a COLON here to complete the list but still I wud chose C.

(E) The life of Chekhov, unlike that of other Troyat biographies of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, belongs

E is incorrect as it compares the life of Chekov with the life of other Troyat biographies

Give preference to Wrong/Illogical Comparison over COLON usage.

I agree with Suman !
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by akahuja143 » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:30 am
C would be right answer

The problem with E is unlike that of other Troyat biographies is wrong comparsion
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by akahuja143 » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:30 am
C would be right answer

The problem with E is unlike that of other Troyat biographies is wrong comparsion
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by komal » Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:57 am
Unlike the lives of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevski, subjects of other Troyat biographies, Chekhov belongs to the twentieth century, an age of fretfulness and melancholy skepticism.

(A) ... Unlike the lives of composers, Chekov belongs ... WRONG ... comparing lives with Chekov ...

(B) ... Chekov, unlike the other biographies, belongs ... WRONG ... comparing Chekov with Biographies ...

(C) ... The life of Chekov, unlike the lives of composers ... Seems right ... proper comparison ... This is correct

(D) ... Chekov and his life - belong to the 20th century ... WRONG ... It's only Chekov's life that belongs, not both of them ... Moreover, comparing Chekov and life with biographies ...

(E) ... The life of Chekhov, unlike that of other biographies ... WRONG ... Comparing Chekov's life to the life of other biographies ...
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by Chelseahong » Sat Jun 29, 2013 5:56 pm
the main word of " subjects of other Troyat biographies" is "subject"

Is it comparable?

The life of Chekhov, unlike the lives of the subjects (.....), Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dostoevske,

Is not "Chekhov" a name of a person?
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by sukkhi » Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:45 am
Even in C....the meaning is wrong...

"the life of chekov belongs to nineteenth...."

Isn't this bullshit...
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by sukkhi » Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:47 am
Even in C....the meaning is wrong...

"the life of chekov belongs to nineteenth...."

Isn't this bullshit..
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Wed Apr 30, 2014 3:31 pm
Yeah, it's a little weird. I think this is from 1000SC, which is not a great source.
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