German Shepherds

[rrakesh]

Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers,there is an unwilligness on the part of many people to believe that pit bulls might be fully domesticated.


A.Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers,there is an unwilligness on the part of many people to believe that pit bulls might be fully domesticated.

B.Many people,willing to believe that German shepherds and Doberman pinchers might be fully domesticated, are unwilling to believe the same of pit bulls.

C.Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers,pit bulls bring out an unwilligness in many people to believe that they might be fully domesticated.

D.Many people are unwilling to believe that pit bulls might be fully domesticated even while they are willing to believe that German shepherds and Doberman pinchers might be.

E.Unlike German shepherds and Doberman pinchers, which many people are willing to believe can be fully domesticated,such belief does not extend to pit bulls

Gurus : What is wrong with Answer C?

[nverma]

Originally Posted by rrakesh

Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers,there is an unwilligness on the part of many people to believe that pit bulls might be fully domesticated.


A.Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers,there is an unwilligness on the part of many people to believe that pit bulls might be fully domesticated.

B.Many people,willing to believe that German shepherds and Doberman pinchers might be fully domesticated, are unwilling to believe the same of pit bulls.

C.Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers,pit bulls bring out an unwilligness in many people to believe that they might be fully domesticated.

D.Many people are unwilling to believe that pit bulls might be fully domesticated even while they are willing to believe that German shepherds and Doberman pinchers might be.

E.Unlike German shepherds and Doberman pinchers, which many people are willing to believe can be fully domesticated,such belief does not extend to pit bulls

Gurus : What is wrong with Answer C?

IMO B..

In Option C (INCORRECT)
Pit bull itself doesn't bring anything. We are talking abt, how people feel abt the dog.

[sham12345]

Like is used to compare nouns .

so A, C, E are out.

we are not comparing the nouns, but the domestication .

Out of B and D.
B - there is no verb Parallelism ( willing---, are unwilling---)


in D . are unwilling-------are willing----

so D.


is the OA D ?

[santroz]

Originally Posted by rrakesh

Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers,there is an unwilligness on the part of many people to believe that pit bulls might be fully domesticated.


A.Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers,there is an unwilligness on the part of many people to believe that pit bulls might be fully domesticated.

B.Many people,willing to believe that German shepherds and Doberman pinchers might be fully domesticated, are unwilling to believe the same of pit bulls.

C.Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers,pit bulls bring out an unwilligness in many people to believe that they might be fully domesticated.

D.Many people are unwilling to believe that pit bulls might be fully domesticated even while they are willing to believe that German shepherds and Doberman pinchers might be.

E.Unlike German shepherds and Doberman pinchers, which many people are willing to believe can be fully domesticated,such belief does not extend to pit bulls

Gurus : What is wrong with Answer C?

rrakesh, gramatically nothing wrong with C...C makes the comparison logical by casting German Shepherds/Doberman pinchers as the subject of the sentence...however pit bulls bring out unwillingness...is awkward and unidiomatic..by making pit bulls as the agent of the action, it sounds that pit bulls are the agents that makes Earthlings. to be unwilling to domesticate pit bulls..however it's the belief of the Earthlings. (that pit bulls can not be domesticated) that make them unwilling to domesticate pit bulls...

Refer to SC question# 31 in OG10..there is a similar question..

[GMAT_700+]

C: Pit bulls bring out unwillingness to believe
A & B & D: people are unwilling to believe

There is change in meaning in those 2 sentences. C is very very tempting as it corrects modifier error in A, however there are 2 errors:
1>they has 2 referent
2>bring out an unwillingness is wordy and changes the meaning and also illogically suggest that pit bull try something to create unwillingness(huh???)

Applying POE:
Between B & D, D is definitely wordy and not preferable over B.

Hope that answer thy query!

[sham12345]

D cant be the right answer.

THEY....it refers to the pit bull


so yes....its B

[arindambanerji]

IMO D

A.Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers,there is an unwilligness on the part of many people to believe that pit bulls might be fully domesticated.

Invalid comparision

B. Many people, willing to believe that German shepherds and Doberman pinchers might be fully domesticated, are unwilling to believe the same of pit bulls.

Unnecessary fragmentation, also there is no verb in the main clause “willing to…” Also the contrast is not properly stated. We need some word such as while, although, even though, etc to state the contrast.

C. Unlike German shepherds or Doberman pinchers, pit bulls bring out an unwilligness in many people to believe that they might be fully domesticated.

To whom is “they” referring to people or pit bulls? Ambiguous antecedent.

D. Many people are unwilling to believe that pit bulls might be fully domesticated even while they are willing to believe that German shepherds and Doberman pinchers might be.

Correct. Contrast is stated using “while”. Also there is parallelism in the sentence structure both before and after “while”, the contrast word.

E.Unlike German shepherds and Doberman pinchers, which many people are willing to believe can be fully domesticated,such belief does not extend to pit bulls

Invalid comparision

[arindambanerji]

What is OA?

[Meggieski]

Who has the OA?

I was between B and D. I chose B but am second guessing myself now.

[rrakesh]

Thanks for the responses. OA is B.