sandy217 wrote:Over a century ago, a prescient educator discovered that children simultaneously process information through multiple sensory channels, as a multitude of rivers flowing into the ocean.
A. as a multitude of rivers flowing into the ocean
B. like a multitude of rivers flowing into the ocean
C. as a multitude of rivers do that flow into the ocean
D. like a multitude of rivers do that flow into the ocean
E. as do the multitude of rivers that flow into that ocean
OA Later
Mary works as a doctor means that Mary works in the role of a doctor.
In A,
children process...as a multitude of rivers means that children process
in the role of a multitude of rivers; this meaning is nonsensical. Eliminate A.
As is used to compare actions.
C and E imply that children
process information...
as a multitude of rivers
process information. This meaning is nonsensical. Eliminate C and E.
Like is used to compare nouns; as is used to compare actions.
In D,
like is incorrectly used to compare actions:
children process...like a multitude of rivers do. Eliminate D.
The correct answer is
B.
B implies that the
multiple sensory channels are
like a
multitude of rivers. This comparison makes sense.
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