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by Crystal W » Fri May 20, 2016 6:45 pm
A leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism what Marx's Das Kapital is to socialism.
A Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism what
B Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism like
C Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism just as
D Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism similar to
E Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism what

I have a question about the explanation of Choice B on OG. In Choice, OG said "; like is an incorrect term for the comparison." I think like can be used to a term for the comparison such as OG 2016 SC 21 E and 101 E. Or this explanation means like is an incorrect conclusion to the comparison introduced by are to?
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by GMATGuruNY » Sat May 21, 2016 2:20 am
Crystal W wrote:I have a question about the explanation of Choice B on OG. In Choice, OG said "; like is an incorrect term for the comparison." I think like can be used to a term for the comparison such as OG 2016 SC 21 E and 101 E. Or this explanation means like is an incorrect conclusion to the comparison introduced by are to?
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like serves to compare NOUNS.
like may NOT serve to compare CLAUSES.

B: Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic socialism like Marx's Das Kapital is to socialism.
Here, like incorrectly serves to compare the two clauses in red.
Eliminate B.
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by OptimusPrep » Sat May 21, 2016 7:32 pm
Crystal W wrote:A leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism what Marx's Das Kapital is to socialism.
A Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism what
B Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism like
C Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism just as
D Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism similar to
E Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism what

I have a question about the explanation of Choice B on OG. In Choice, OG said "; like is an incorrect term for the comparison." I think like can be used to a term for the comparison such as OG 2016 SC 21 E and 101 E. Or this explanation means like is an incorrect conclusion to the comparison introduced by are to?
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Like is always used to compare NOUNS and not clauses,
In the option B, we are comparing 2 clauses. Hence incorrect,

Moreover, option B has another error of incorrect comparison
A leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment should be followed by Adam Smith, not "Adam Smith's two major books"
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by jain2016 » Mon May 23, 2016 1:04 am
Please confirm the OA.

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by Crystal W » Wed May 25, 2016 6:31 pm
jain2016 wrote:Please confirm the OA.

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OA is E.
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by Needgmat » Sat Jun 25, 2016 9:15 pm
Hi Experts ,

Can you please explain why optionD is incorrect?

Also in OG it says that the correct idiom is x is to y what a is to b, so can you please explain how this idiom used in the OA?

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by Needgmat » Mon Jun 27, 2016 12:24 am
Hi Experts ,

Please share your thoughts on this.

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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Jun 27, 2016 1:42 am
Needgmat wrote:Hi Experts ,

Can you please explain why optionD is incorrect?

Also in OG it says that the correct idiom is x is to y what a is to b, so can you please explain how this idiom used in the OA?

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A clause includes both a subject and a verb.
A preposition may not be followed by a clause.
D: similar to Marx's Das Kapital is
Here, to is incorrectly followed by the red portion, which includes both a subject (Marx's Das Kapital) and a verb (is) and thus constitutes a clause.
Eliminate D.

X is to Y what A is to B is an idiom.
OA: books that are to democratic capitalism what Marx's Das Kapital is to socialism.
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by Needgmat » Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:31 am
A preposition may not be followed by a clause.
Hi GMATGuruNY ,

Thank you so much for your reply.

Just a quick question, above is always true in GMAT?

Please confirm sir.

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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:08 am
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