(A) Unlike the United States, Japanese unions appear reluctant to organize
(B) Unlike those in the United States, Japanese unions appear reluctant to organize
(C) In Japan, unlike the United States, unions appear reluctant to organize
(D) Japanese unions, unlike the United States, appear reluctant to organize
(E) Japanese unions, unlike those in the United States, appear reluctant about organizing
Solution:
OG Solution: Idiom
The intention of this sentence is to contrast American union with Japanese unions. However, it mistakenly contrasts the United States with Japanese unions. This error is easily corrected by using the pronoun those to represent unions in the United States. The most effective structure is to begin the sentence, Unlike those in the United States, allowing the main clause to be about the Japanese unions.
(A) The United State, rather than unions in the United States, is contrasted with Japanese unions
(B) Correct. The contrasting element placed at the beginning of the sentence emphasizes difference; the correct contrast is drawn between Japanese unions and those (referring to union) in the United States.
(C) In Japan would have to be balanced by in the United States, but the preposition in cannot follow the preposition unlike, this
(D) Japanese union are contrasted with the United states rather than with unions in the United States.
(E) A more effective sentence begins with the contrasting element (unlike…) and then places the subject and verb of the main clause together; reluctant must be followed by an infinitive (to organize)
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