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davetzulin
 Post subject: Re: GMAT Prep: she was less successful after
 Post Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:04 pm 
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RonPurewal wrote:
davetzulin wrote:
(A) She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to her native germany

Ron,

Am i correct about my interpretation of "compared to"? maybe a different way to get to the same conclusion you gave.

as you said "compared to" is not to be used with other comparison markers, less/more, etc. then the way i interpreted choice A is "New York - Compared to - Her native germany". Two items just stated. I saw it similar to parallelism where it's a 1-part marker, and I can select how much before I'd like to compare.

so then she is less successful after she had emigrated to new york compared to after she had emigrated from her native germany

all the answer choices with "compared to" have the same problem.


right, but you're forgetting that you have to end up with a comparison that actually makes sense.
the problem here -- all considerations of omitted words, etc. notwithstanding -- is that nothing is actually being compared with germany.
in other words, if you have “compared to germany”, then the context of the sentence must actually have an intended comparison between germany and some other place.

viz.
the unemployment rate in county x is 5%, compared to 8% in county y
(a correct sentence)
--> note that this sentence actually compares what it is intended to compare. i.e., “compared to 8%” is actually sensible, because the intended comparison is actually between the two percentage values.


Ron, thanks again. and yes i didn't explicitly say it, but I totally agree the comparison does not make sense in any of the "compared to" cases .

I wanted to make a case for it grammatically and then eliminate it on meaning... sort of in anticipation for the grammatically correct, but meaning flawed answer choices
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 Post subject: Re: GMAT Prep: she was less successful after
 Post Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:16 am 
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shanmupoy
 Post subject: Re: GMAT Prep: she was less successful after
 Post Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 2:10 pm 
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Hi,

If answer choice, D had been

Although less successful after she emigrated to New York than she had been in....

Would it be correct? (Not compared to C, but just looking at D alone)

The thing I am trying to understand is, whether "Although" and "Nevertheless" can be used together?

Thanks,
Shan
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jlucero
 Post subject: Re: GMAT Prep: she was less successful after
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:01 pm 
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shanmupoy wrote:
Hi,

If answer choice, D had been

Although less successful after she emigrated to New York than she had been in....

Would it be correct? (Not compared to C, but just looking at D alone)

The thing I am trying to understand is, whether "Although" and "Nevertheless" can be used together?

Thanks,
Shan


Your revised sentence looks fine. Although and nevertheless can be used together in the same sentence. Moral of the story: don't think about how you would write the sentence, look for grammatical errors.

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