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by KItuz » Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:24 pm
Growing evidence that [u]coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has[/u] led scientists and planners to urge a stringent new approach to limiting development along the nation's shoreline.

[a] coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has
[b] coastal erosion occurs continuously, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, has
[c] coastal erosion is continuously occurring, not in just calamitous bursts like hurricanes, having
[d] there is continuous coastal erosion, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, which has
[e] there is continuous coastal erosion occurring, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has

My answer was a but correct answer is b. Can you explain when to use not in just vs not just in?
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by aspirant2011 » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:23 am
A changes the meaning of the sentence....... I.e says coastal erosion occurs with in the bursts therefore is a wrong answer choice.......

Read it carefully u will get to know ur mistake :)
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by saketk » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:06 pm
KItuz wrote:Growing evidence that coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has led scientists and planners to urge a stringent new approach to limiting development along the nation's shoreline.

[a] coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has
coastal erosion occurs continuously, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, has
[c] coastal erosion is continuously occurring, not in just calamitous bursts like hurricanes, having
[d] there is continuous coastal erosion, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, which has
[e] there is continuous coastal erosion occurring, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has

My answer was a but correct answer is b. Can you explain when to use not in just vs not just in?


'Such as' is used to provide examples -- this is what the intended meaning of the sentece is .. whereas 'Like' is used to do comparision

Look at the difference -

A)not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes -- Awkward + usage of Like
B)not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes -- maintains the meaning and correctly uses 'Such as'

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by garima99 » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:34 am
such like is wrong in A
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by GmatKiss » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:13 am
IMO:B 1:12
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by abcgmat » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:49 am
Growing evidence that coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has led scientists and planners to urge a stringent new approach to limiting development along the nation's shoreline.

[a] coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has
coastal erosion occurs continuously, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, has
[c] coastal erosion is continuously occurring, not in just calamitous bursts like hurricanes, having
[d] there is continuous coastal erosion, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, which has
[e] there is continuous coastal erosion occurring, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has

I think we can solve this without 'not in just' and 'not just in'. I am not really sure whether it changes the meaning I didnt feel so.

'like' is not used for examples 'such as' is used . This leaves B and D
D- which doesnot refer 'Growing evidence' but it seems to refer to hurricanes
as there is verb between 'Growing evidence' and 'which'
This leaves B
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by niazsna786 » Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:13 am
Growing evidence that coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has led scientists and planners to urge a stringent new approach to limiting development along the nation's shoreline.

[a] coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has -- it should be such.. as.. not such.. like..
coastal erosion occurs continuously, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, has - seems fine
[c] coastal erosion is continuously occurring, not in just calamitous bursts like hurricanes, having -- examples should be preceded by "such as" not "like".. "like" should be used in comparison of nouns.
[d] there is continuous coastal erosion, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, which has -- wordy.. which modifies hurricanes not erosion
[e] there is continuous coastal erosion occurring, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has - -wrong
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by tuanquang269 » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:18 am
KItuz wrote:Growing evidence that coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has led scientists and planners to urge a stringent new approach to limiting development along the nation's shoreline.

[a] coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has
coastal erosion occurs continuously, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, has
[c] coastal erosion is continuously occurring, not in just calamitous bursts like hurricanes, having
[d] there is continuous coastal erosion, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, which has
[e] there is continuous coastal erosion occurring, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has

My answer was a but correct answer is b. Can you explain when to use not in just vs not just in?


When facing any problem, if you does not sure about the rule of one split. You can move on other splits. Furthermore, you should find the 2-3 split rather than 1-4 split, which is very temperate. In this sentence. The 2-3 split is "such as" vs "like", such as wins. Between B and D. Usage of "there is" in choice D change meaning; also, "which" decay the intending main verb "led" to main subject "growing evidence".
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