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by ketkoag » Wed May 13, 2009 10:29 am
More than thirty years ago Dr. Barbara Mc-Clintock, the Nobel Prize winner,
reported that genes can “jump,” as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.
(A) as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(C) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(D) like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(E) as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one

please explain with reasoning..
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by myohmy » Wed May 13, 2009 10:56 am
I think you can eliminate C and D off the bat because of the use of others ("from one necklace to others" is incorrect). E is similarly awkward and I think "from one to another" is the idiom we're looking for here. So we're choosing between A and B.

"Like" is a synonym for "similar to" whereas "as" (I believe) should only be used in comparison if it is comparing two verbs. '"Moving" is a participle so we can't use "as" here.

So the correct answer is B.
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by Arsene Lupin » Wed May 13, 2009 11:00 am
I'd say D

First it has to be "like" not "as" because you are comparing different things (genes and pearls).

So we are left with D and B. D has the correct parallel verb "do", so it is the correct one.
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by nillss » Wed May 13, 2009 12:04 pm
The correct answer is B.
this sentence is comparing genes with pearls... we use 'like' when we are comparing nouns... eg. in this case, genes ...like pearls...
so eliminate A, C,E..
left with only B and D
choice D is wrong as it uses 'like' to say like pearls do ...thereby indicating an action...(moving of the pearls)...so choice B.
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by ketkoag » Thu May 14, 2009 2:25 am
B it is!!
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