A leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment

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amirhakimi: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 97; Joined: Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:48 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 5 times

by amirhakimi » Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:09 am

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

Answer is E

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by amirhakimi » Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:13 am

He is my solution to this problem:

According to "A leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment", the subject should be a person. Noticing this, we can get rid of answer choice A,B, and C.

When we want to compare things, we use idiomatic expression x is to y what a is to b.
So, answer choice E is the correct one

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Amir,

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by theCodeToGMAT » Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:47 am

{A} - INCORRECT; "figure" is singular.. so subject must be singular as well.. "books" is plural
{B} - INCORRECT; "figure" is singular.. so subject must be singular as well.. "books" is plural
{C} - INCORRECT; "figure" is singular.. so subject must be singular as well.. "books" is plural
{D} - INCORRECT; "similar to" is incorrect
{E} - CORRECT

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by guptas » Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:32 pm

Ans: E
Didn't chose D because it sounded like capitalism is similar to Marx's.
I didn't know about the idiom.

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by [email protected] » Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:41 pm

Hi guptas,

There are a number of 2-part idiom/parallel phrases that you could see on the GMAT. Some of them are obvious:

Either.....or......
Neither....nor....
As.....as.....

While others are more subtle/complicated:

Not only....but also....
Just as....so....

Knowing the patterns that can appear in SCs makes the whole process of solving them a bit easier.

amirhakimi noticed the correct 2-parter for this SC (that is in the correct answer).

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