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Originally Posted by thangduong

Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, the Italians’ disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria. (A) Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, (B) Like Edvard Grieg, who the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, (C) Just as Edvard Grieg was long refused recognition by the Scandinavians, (D) Just as the Scandinavians long refused to recognize Edvard Grieg, so (E) Like the Scandinavians’ long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg

pls, help to explain , Erin, thank you

IMO E
here the sentence:" the Italians’ disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria" has Italians' as a subject. In the preceeding senctence this sentence has been compared.

Now Italians can not be compare to Edvard Grieg, Instead Intalians need to be compared to Scandinavians’ . this eliminates A,B and C as option.

In D and E
As Vs Like and Refused Vs Refusal

Now the comparision is b/w Italians’ disregard and Scandinavians’ long refusal .Hence E is correct.

Erin por favor, El Señor give your expert comments.