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by reply2spg » Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:12 pm
Trying to learn some of the basics of programming is the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager: some people end up going to engineering school, and others, twenty years later, remember nothing of the experience.

(A) the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager
(B) similar to a teenager tinkering with a car
(C) like tinkering with a car as a teenager
(D) the same as a teenager tinkering with a car
(E) like the teenager's tinkering with a car

OA A

However, as per the Prachi Pareekh's website (https://gmatsentencecorrection.blogspot. ... chive.html) it is C, I also selected C. Can someone please confirm?
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by max37274 » Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:33 pm
A) the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager Incorrect the same as to is AWKWARD
(B) similar to a teenager tinkering with a car Incorrect compares Trying with a teenager
(C) like tinkering with a car as a teenager
(D) the same as a teenager tinkering with a car Incorrect same problem as B
(E) like the teenager's tinkering with a car "THE TEENAGER'S TINKERING" is noun trying to learn shows action
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by camilaross » Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:42 pm
I agree with the above.... trying to learn is like tinkering with a car... that's the kernel of the sentence.
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by reply2spg » Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:46 pm
so is it A or C?
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by camilaross » Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:18 pm
In option A the verbs don't agree.... Trying doesn't agree with tinker...
So, I'd go with C
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by Shawshank » Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:28 am
IMO -- A

"As" is used to compare 2 clauses -- "to learn" and "to tinker"
Paralellism is also maintained.

The problem in "C" as per me
"like" is used to compare to noun phrases -- "tinkering" is used as a gerund, this part is correct, BUT the parallelsim part "to learn" and "tinkering with car" .. this is where it fails.
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by gmatmachoman » Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:46 am
reply2spg wrote:Trying to learn some of the basics of programming is the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager: some people end up going to engineering school, and others, twenty years later, remember nothing of the experience.

(A) the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager
(B) similar to a teenager tinkering with a car
(C) like tinkering with a car as a teenager
(D) the same as a teenager tinkering with a car
(E) like the teenager's tinkering with a car

OA A

However, as per the Prachi Pareekh's website (https://gmatsentencecorrection.blogspot. ... chive.html) it is C, I also selected C. Can someone please confirm?
Seems A is right..

Reasoning : The sentence comapres the usage of as Vs Like and parallelism

Trying to learn ........to tinker (parallelsim)

usage of "as": since 2 phrases are comapred,"as " is used.

Ok lets try POE :

1.Hold it
2.
Here we are supposed to compare the "actions" and not tne noun(teenager)--Rejected

3.Like....Hahhaah...U can't use them unless u r using it with a noun..

4.No parallelism

5.Again wrong usage of Like...

So A wins...
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by Fiver » Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:02 am
reply2spg wrote:Trying to learn some of the basics of programming is the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager: some people end up going to engineering school, and others, twenty years later, remember nothing of the experience.

(A) the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager
(B) similar to a teenager tinkering with a car
(C) like tinkering with a car as a teenager
(D) the same as a teenager tinkering with a car
(E) like the teenager's tinkering with a car

OA A

However, as per the Prachi Pareekh's website (https://gmatsentencecorrection.blogspot. ... chive.html) it is C, I also selected C. Can someone please confirm?
Agree with C
A] 'Trying' is a gerund and thus is not parallel to 'to tinker', which is an infinitive.
B] Incorrectly compares 'trying' to a 'teenager'.
D] Since 'tinkering' is a gerund, it must have been preceeded be 'teenager's' to make it gramatically correct.
E] Awkward, especially in comparison with option C.
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