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by chidcguy » Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:43 pm
Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great Depression, was as present as the weather, and as much discussed

A)

B) present like the weather was and it was also discussed as much

C) as present and was discusses as the weather was

D) so present as to be discussed like the weather

E) present and discussed as often as the weather was
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by duke » Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:16 pm
chidcguy wrote:Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great Depression, was as present as the weather, and as much discussed

A)

B) present like the weather was and it was also discussed as much

C) as present and was discusses as the weather was

D) so present as to be discussed like the weather

E) present and discussed as often as the weather was
Vote for D.
B is wrong...present like the weather was
C&E...not quite attractive to be considered...
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by chidcguy » Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:58 pm
D is NOT correct
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by tanviet » Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:59 pm
A is wrong because "as much discussed" compare to what
B is wrong because "like" can not stand before a clause
C "present" and"discussed" can not be in comparative form
D chang meaning illogicall

E is right. I think
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by chidcguy » Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:00 pm
E is also NOT correct as per the OA
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by reachac » Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:15 pm
Thought it should have been D...but after a closer look, im confused 'to be discussed like weather".....ummm like cannot be used here, got to be 'as'.....wat say people??

IMO A.

but please post explainations, im confused in the use of As/Like
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by duke » Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:23 pm
chidcguy wrote:E is also NOT correct as per the OA
OK...then the OA says C???
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by chidcguy » Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:50 am
OA is A.

I went for E

We are comparing the presence of weather and discussion of weather with that of Baseball's. Definitely cant do that with like.

D changes the meaning with So as to be.

To me E was succinct and clear. How ever OA thinks otherwise.

Why is E wrong? Is it only comparing the discussion part and comparing the presence part?

Other reason why I left out A was because the second as is not matched with another as.
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by Ian Stewart » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:47 am
chidcguy wrote: Why is E wrong? Is it only comparing the discussion part and comparing the presence part?
It is not clear in E that baseball's 'presence' is being compared with weather's 'presence':

"Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great Depression, was present and discussed as often as the weather was."

Part of the sentence's intent is to convey the idea that 'Baseball was as present as the weather". One might understand E to say: "Baseball was present. And it was discussed as often as the weather was." So E doesn't make the intended comparison clearly, and is not the best answer.
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by chidcguy » Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:55 am
Thanks Ian.

Thats what I thought after looking at the answer. I fell for the missing as.
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by tanviet » Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:01 am
Pls, explain the meaning of "as much discussed"

I see this pattern "as much " many time. but do not understand it, pls help
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