"Too short"Pattern 2:Keep That of or Those of if you need to

[manish.sm.mishra]

In GM/S-V/Parallelism -"Too short" Pattern 2:Keep That of or Those of if you need to-The example given says "The face i see in ads every day is that of a famous actor",and written that here That stands for face,but in Pronoun chapter it is given that use that or those to indicate new copy.
So here face is not a new copy then why that of is used. Shouldn't it be only "The face i see in ads every day is of a famous actor".

[RonPurewal]

if this is actually tested on the GMAT exam, then you'll see...
...some answer choices with "...is a famous actor",
...other answer choices with "...is that of a famous actor".
in this case, "...is a famous actor" is clearly nonsense (a face isn't a whole person), so, you would eliminate those choices and keep the ones with "that of".

[PhuongD794]

Hi Ron,

Just to make sure I understand your post. You told us that GMAC will not test the split "...is of a famous actor"/"...is that of a famous actor", right?

Actually I'm not sure whether I can differentiate these two structures, so it will be a good news to me if such split is not likely to happen in GMAT SC questions.

[Sage Pearce-Higgins]

I'd encourage you to be responsive in your study: look at real questions and learn from your mistakes, rather than worrying about all possible splits. I don't know whether Ron is correct in saying that GMAT would never give such a split (actually, no-one knows exactly what questions will come up in the future!).

Good job, Manish, for seeing an inconsistency in our Strategy Guide!