Samuel Sewall viewed marriage, as other seventeenth-century colonists, like a property arrangement rather than an emotional bond based on romantic love.
(A) Samuel Sewall viewed marriage, as other seventeenth-century colonists, like a property arrangement
rather than
(B) As did other seventeenth-century colonists, Samuel Sewall viewed marriage to be a property
arrangement rather than viewing it as
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(C) Samuel Sewall viewed marriage to be a property arrangement, like other seventeenth-century
colonists, rather than viewing it as
(D) Marriage to Samuel Sewall, like other seventeenth-century colonists, was viewed as a property
arrangement rather than
(E) Samuel Sewall, like other seventeenth-century colonists, viewed marriage as a property arrangement
rather than
I got the ans as (E), but hv a confusion between this phrase
"viewed marriage as a property arrangement" &
"viewed marriage like a property arrangement"
My ques is how we come to know that where to use "as" & where to use "like".
(A) Samuel Sewall viewed marriage, as other seventeenth-century colonists, like a property arrangement
rather than
(B) As did other seventeenth-century colonists, Samuel Sewall viewed marriage to be a property
arrangement rather than viewing it as
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(C) Samuel Sewall viewed marriage to be a property arrangement, like other seventeenth-century
colonists, rather than viewing it as
(D) Marriage to Samuel Sewall, like other seventeenth-century colonists, was viewed as a property
arrangement rather than
(E) Samuel Sewall, like other seventeenth-century colonists, viewed marriage as a property arrangement
rather than
I got the ans as (E), but hv a confusion between this phrase
"viewed marriage as a property arrangement" &
"viewed marriage like a property arrangement"
My ques is how we come to know that where to use "as" & where to use "like".
