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by [email protected] » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:53 am
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Earthquakes, seismic waves created by sudden releases of energy in the Earth's crust, are felt as shaking ground but are rarely experienced at locations in the middle of tectonic plates or locations vastly distant from fault lines.

A] are felt as shaking of the ground but are rarely experienced at
B] are felt as shaking ground that are rarely experienced at
C] feel like shaking of the ground although never felt at
D] the ground feel like shaking, although never having been felt at
E] felt as shaking of the ground, which have never been felt at"


According to me the OA should be C but the OA given is A.

'Like' is better than 'as' in this sentence.... as shaking is not a clause but its a noun!!

Experts pls help
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by avik.ch » Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:15 am
You need a passive voice here,

Earthquakes are felt by someone....are experienced by someone.

Be + past participle : are + felt, are experienced -- this construction ( be + past participle) is used only in passive voice

So we are left with A and B.

From the meaning of the sentence : its the earthquakes that are experienced and not the shaking ground. This eliminates B.

Moreover, we can eliminate C from the fact that: ( please note GMAT do not recognize this, refer verbal review SC#95 explanation - "like an expert" and "as an expert does" both are correct) :

Like is used for metaphorical comparison
As is used for real world comparison.

Based on this we can eliminate C - as this is not a metaphorical comparison here.

But this sentence do not test "like" and "as" difference.

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by [email protected] » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:01 am
Thanks avik!! for a good explanation.. Yes you are right, this is the case of parallelism...
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by sk8legend408 » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:03 am
I agree with A.

Also on your next post please:

1. Underline the portion in the passage that is being tested
2. Have choice A match the passage
3. Use the spoiler for the answer choice so you hide the answer and allow people to try and attempt the question prior to knowing the answer

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by avik.ch » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:35 pm
[email protected] wrote:Thanks avik!! for a good explanation.. Yes you are right, this is the case of parallelism...
With a parallelism marker - one can be an active voice and other can be a passive voice. Please refer OG-12 SC # 36. So I won't generalize this, only my personal view on this.

Parallelism is a rhetorical device and not a grammatical concept.
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by killer1387 » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:20 pm
To add on to continuing discussion Option C changes the sense by mentioning the extreme word 'never' as compared to 'Rarely'.
Hence its option A.
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