Gregarious Italians

[sands_of_time]

There is not a word meaning 'privacy' in the Italian language, as there is in German, a fact that might be reflective of the more gregarious nature of the Italian national character.

a) Same as above.
b) Because there is no word meaning 'privacy' in the Italian language, as there is for German, there might be a reflection of
c) Unlike German, there is no word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, and that fact might reflect
d) Because there is not a word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, as there is in German, that might be a reflection of
e) There is no word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, as there is in German, a fact that might reflect

OA E

[araja7]

My answer is E

e) There is no word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, as there is in German, a fact that might reflect


i hope 'might be reflective of' does not make any sense

[Vemuri]

There is not a word meaning 'privacy' in the Italian language, as there is in German, a fact that might be reflective of the more gregarious nature of the Italian national character.

a) Same as above.
b) Because there is no word meaning 'privacy' in the Italian language, as there is for German, there might be a reflection of
c) Unlike German, there is no word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, and that fact might reflect
d) Because there is not a word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, as there is in German, that might be a reflection of
e) There is no word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, as there is in German, a fact that might reflect

OA E

The question is testing 'parallelism'.

'Italian Language' & 'German language' would be appropriate
or
'Italian' & 'German'

Option E very rightly correct the parallelism.

[vaishalijain7]

why not 'C'? Can anybody please explain?

[Mr2Bits]

why not 'C'? Can anybody please explain?

Im with you as well :

[mals24]

c) Unlike German, there is no word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, and that fact might reflect

The phrase 'Unlike German' incorrectly modifies 'there' instead of the word 'Italian'.

[gmat740]

C changes the complete meaning of the sentence.

in original sentence, both Italian and German are said to have the same feature, that is they don't have "privacy" word

C makes a contrast and says

Unlike German, there is no word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, and that fact might reflect

This means, German has the word while Italian does not.

Hope this helps

[dumb.doofus]

C seems incorrect to me because, after "Unlike German" the word that should come is "Italian".. this is what we are talking about.. also "that fact might".. sounds wordy..

E is the best among all. simple and precise..

[dumb.doofus]

C changes the complete meaning of the sentence.

in original sentence, both Italian and German are said to have the same feature, that is they don't have "privacy" word

C makes a contrast and says

Unlike German, there is no word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, and that fact might reflect

This means, German has the word while Italian does not.

Hope this helps

C does not change the meaning.. if you read it again.. the original sentence is actually trying to bring a contrast not a similarity..

[thetrystero]

There is not a word meaning 'privacy' in the Italian language, as there is in German, a fact that might be reflective of the more gregarious nature of the Italian national character.

a) Same as above.
b) Because there is no word meaning 'privacy' in the Italian language, as there is for German, there might be a reflection of
c) Unlike German, there is no word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, and that fact might reflect
d) Because there is not a word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, as there is in German, that might be a reflection of
e) There is no word meaning 'privacy' in Italian, as there is in German, a fact that might reflect

My Answer: E

"Because" and "might reflect" are redundant and logically contradict each other (the former implies a certain causation, while the latter is a softer implication). Eliminates B,D

"no word" and "Italian" is preferable to "not word" and "Italian language", respectively. Eliminates A.

In C, the conjunction "and" does not properly relate the two clauses (they are cause-effect rather than two distinct ideas). Eliminates C.

E successfully presents the cause-effect relationship while fluently incorporating the contrast to German.