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by Target2009 » Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:28 pm
Many of the fashions of the 1950's have been consigned to obsolescence; instead, designers of everything from evening wear to casual sweaters have embraced a style focused on simple lines and muted colors that is more streamlined, flattening the curves of the body rather than accentuating curves for the purpose of drawing attention to them.

(A) more streamlined, flattening the curves of the body rather than accentuating curve
(B) more streamlined, flattened to the body's curves and not to accentuating curves
(C) streamlined, more flattened to the curves of the body and not to curves accentuated
(D) streamlined, flattening more the body's curves rather than curves accentuated
(E) streamlined, flattening more the curves of the body than accentuating curves


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by erodian76 » Fri Dec 31, 2010 3:32 pm
Target2009 wrote:Many of the fashions of the 1950's have been consigned to obsolescence; instead, designers of everything from evening wear to casual sweaters have embraced a style focused on simple lines and muted colors that is more streamlined, flattening the curves of the body rather than accentuating curves for the purpose of drawing attention to them.

(A) more streamlined, flattening the curves of the body rather than accentuating curve
(B) more streamlined, flattened to the body's curves and not to accentuating curves
(C) streamlined, more flattened to the curves of the body and not to curves accentuated
(D) streamlined, flattening more the body's curves rather than curves accentuated
(E) streamlined, flattening more the curves of the body than accentuating curves


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My vote is for E.
- more X than Y is the correct usage
- parallel construction (flattening, accentuating..)
- curves is consistent ( No singular/plural mix)
- more streamlined does not sound right. Streamlined already shows the comparison (improvement)

correct me if I stand wrong in my logic.

Thx (Happy New Year)


I don't think there is something called "more "
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by prachich1987 » Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:05 am
Target2009 wrote:Many of the fashions of the 1950's have been consigned to obsolescence; instead, designers of everything from evening wear to casual sweaters have embraced a style focused on simple lines and muted colors that is more streamlined, flattening the curves of the body rather than accentuating curves for the purpose of drawing attention to them.

(A) more streamlined, flattening the curves of the body rather than accentuating curve
(B) more streamlined, flattened to the body's curves and not to accentuating curves
(C) streamlined, more flattened to the curves of the body and not to curves accentuated
(D) streamlined, flattening more the body's curves rather than curves accentuated
(E) streamlined, flattening more the curves of the body than accentuating curves


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I think here we need to maintain parallelism between verbs streamlined & flattened.
Also the phrase "flattening the curves of the body/body's curve" doesn't make any sense.
How can a particular outfit flatten curves of body.
Hence A,D & E are out.
I am confused between B & C.Also in both the sentences they use "more" .But in later part of the sentence there is no word such as "than" or some other word for comparison.
But I think B would be the best choice.
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by ronaldramlan » Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:15 am
I think the sentence is correct as written. So, I pick A. Choice A logically says that the style flattened the curves rather than accentuated the curves.

IMO;
B is out because it appears to say that the style is flattened to the body ... and not (flattened) to accentuating ..., which is illogical.
C incorrectly uses more... and not... instead of more ... than ...
Like E, D illogically compares body's curves with accentuated curves.
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by missionGMAT007 » Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:50 am
one more for A
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by Target2009 » Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:59 am
OA is A
Great Job every one.

I picked it wrong and with the same reason "More streamlined". When i saw "more" in then sentence, I started looking for "than" but I found "Rather than" , So i eliminated choice "A".

Can some one explain "what does More streamlined" mean in this sentence. Until we have given the other part of more , which is then, what comparative degree this word will bring to sentence?

Experts please help..
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by RACHVIK » Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:16 am
Target2009 wrote:Many of the fashions of the 1950's have been consigned to obsolescence; instead, designers of everything from evening wear to casual sweaters have embraced a style focused on simple lines and muted colors that is more streamlined, flattening the curves of the body rather than accentuating curves for the purpose of drawing attention to them.

(A) more streamlined, flattening the curves of the body rather than accentuating curve
(B) more streamlined, flattened to the body's curves and not to accentuating curves
(C) streamlined, more flattened to the curves of the body and not to curves accentuated
(D) streamlined, flattening more the body's curves rather than curves accentuated
(E) streamlined, flattening more the curves of the body than accentuating curves


Want to see the Approach you guys taking to break this down. So OA after some Posts.
For solving any SC sentence the key is to maintain the core meaning or essence of the sentence. The sentence tends to imply that designers now have embraced a style that is more streamlined, and focusses on flattening curves rather than accentuating them.

In above sentence the participial phrase following comma tends to modify the preceding clause. It answers the question as to how the style is more streamlined. Use of 'and' in participial phrase requires parallelism between flattening & accentuating. In the sentence more is an adverb modifying streamlined. Keep it that way!!

When we have to show preference, 'rather than' is preferred over 'and not' which is non-idiomatic.

For above reasons, only [spoiler]A[/spoiler] is the obvious choice.

Thanks
Rachvik
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