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by martin.jonson007 » Sat Jun 26, 2010 6:39 am
Acc to some reliable resources :

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"Those babies are cute, like little pandas sliding down rainbows" -- CORRECT!


"Those babies are cute, like little pandas that slide down rainbows" -- CORRECT!

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BUT

as i learned, this is INCORRECT...!

(ofcourse am not considering later part of sentence , which starts after pandas )


It would be great if Expert's can plesae comment on this....!

Thanks...!
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by martin.jonson007 » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:15 am
It seems that Experts are enjoying weekend... :)
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by martin.jonson007 » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:51 am
If subject line is mention with name of Expeerts that doesn't mean that others can't respond.... :)


it is just that it wud be great if they cud comment.... :)
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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:55 am
martin.jonson007 wrote:Acc to some reliable resources :

=======================================================

"Those babies are cute, like little pandas sliding down rainbows" -- CORRECT!


"Those babies are cute, like little pandas that slide down rainbows" -- CORRECT!

=======================================================


BUT

as i learned, this is INCORRECT...!

(ofcourse am not considering later part of sentence , which starts after pandas )


It would be great if Expert's can plesae comment on this....!

Thanks...!


When you say this is incorrect, what does the pronoun this refer to? (See? That's why the pronoun this shouldn't be used all by itself!)

"Those babies are cute, like little pandas that slide down rainbows."

Not good. In this version, pandas that occasionally slide down rainbows are cute no matter what, even when they're not sliding down rainbows. But the intended meaning of the sentence is that pandas look cute only when they're sliding down rainbows.

Those babies are cute, like little pandas sliding down rainbows.

Better. In this version, pandas are cute only when they're sliding down rainbows.
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by martin.jonson007 » Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:06 am
GMATGuruNY wrote:
martin.jonson007 wrote:Acc to some reliable resources :

=======================================================

"Those babies are cute, like little pandas sliding down rainbows" -- CORRECT!


"Those babies are cute, like little pandas that slide down rainbows" -- CORRECT!

=======================================================


BUT

as i learned, this is INCORRECT...!

(ofcourse am not considering later part of sentence , which starts after pandas )


It would be great if Expert's can plesae comment on this....!

Thanks...!


When you say this is incorrect, what does the pronoun this refer to? (See? That's why the pronoun this shouldn't be used all by itself!)

"Those babies are cute, like little pandas that slide down rainbows."

Not good. In this version, pandas that occasionally slide down rainbows are cute no matter what, even when they're not sliding down rainbows. But the intended meaning of the sentence is that pandas look cute only when they're sliding down rainbows.

Those babies are cute, like little pandas sliding down rainbows.

Better. In this version, pandas are cute only when they're sliding down rainbows.


Thanks a lot GMATGuruNY....

Fisrt of all , i want to say that

i considered CUTE as VERB , so that's why i got confused... but now i guess it is being used as NOUN . and this is why LIKE is there in place of AS ( ofcourse do or some verb must be there with AS)


Right ....? Please confirom on that.

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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:12 am
martin.jonson007 wrote:
Thanks a lot GMATGuruNY....

Fisrt of all , i want to say that

i considered CUTE as VERB , so that's why i got confused... but now i guess it is being used as NOUN . and this is why LIKE is there in place of AS ( ofcourse do or some verb must be there with AS)


Right ....? Please confirom on that.

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Babies are cute.

Babies = noun
are = verb
cute = adjective

The adjective cute is describing the noun babies.

The word like is used to compare nouns.

The sentence uses the word like because the babies are like the pandas.
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by martin.jonson007 » Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:20 am
GMATGuruNY wrote:
martin.jonson007 wrote:
Thanks a lot GMATGuruNY....

Fisrt of all , i want to say that

i considered CUTE as VERB , so that's why i got confused... but now i guess it is being used as NOUN . and this is why LIKE is there in place of AS ( ofcourse do or some verb must be there with AS)


Right ....? Please confirom on that.

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Babies are cute.

Babies = noun
are = verb
cute = adjective

The adjective cute is describing the noun babies.

The word like is used to compare nouns.

The sentence uses the word like because the babies are like the pandas.
okie... that means while comparing adjective too (apart from noun and noun phrases ), we need to use LIKE in place of AS

OR

otherwise too possible.. i mean to say that

is it possible to use AS while comparing adjective... . if YES.. plz give an eg.. that wud be very great...!

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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:54 am
Like is used to compare nouns:

Like you, Mary is happy. (Mary is being compared to you).

As is used to compare verbs:

Mary is as happy as you are. (We're comparing the way Mary is to the way you are.)

Neither like nor as is used to compare adjectives.
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by martin.jonson007 » Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:44 am
=======================================================

"Those babies are cute, like little pandas sliding down rainbows" -- CORRECT!


"Those babies are cute, like little pandas that slide down rainbows" -- CORRECT!


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GMATGuruNY,

If i write above sentence in the following way., wch are mentioned below. then will they be correct or not...???


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"Those babies are cute, AS little pandas sliding down rainbows ARE

"Those babies are cute, AS little pandas that slide down rainbows ARE

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This is my last ques...

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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:08 am
martin.jonson007 wrote:
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"Those babies are cute, AS little pandas sliding down rainbows ARE

"Those babies are cute, AS little pandas that slide down rainbows ARE

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This is my last ques...

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Close. The GMAT writers likely would say:

Just as pandas sliding down rainbows are cute, so too are those babies.

The idiom just as x, so too y is being used to compare the two verbs. We're comparing the way pandas are to the way those babies are.
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by viju9162 » Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:12 am
GMATGuruNY wrote:Like is used to compare nouns:

Like you, Mary is happy. (Mary is being compared to you).

As is used to compare verbs:

Mary is as happy as you are. (We're comparing the way Mary is to the way you are.)

Neither like nor as is used to compare adjectives.
Dear GMATGuruNY,

Like is used to compare nouns, and "AS" is used to compare verbs. This is quite helpful while solving above type of problems. However, I get stuck when I am confronted with noun phrases, or adjective phrases attached to the noun.

It is really to difficult to identify whether like or as to be used. Can you please enlighten on this topic ? It would be really helpful.

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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:27 am
viju9162 wrote:
GMATGuruNY wrote:Like is used to compare nouns:

Like you, Mary is happy. (Mary is being compared to you).

As is used to compare verbs:

Mary is as happy as you are. (We're comparing the way Mary is to the way you are.)

Neither like nor as is used to compare adjectives.
Dear GMATGuruNY,

Like is used to compare nouns, and "AS" is used to compare verbs. This is quite helpful while solving above type of problems. However, I get stuck when I am confronted with noun phrases, or adjective phrases attached to the noun.

It is really to difficult to identify whether like or as to be used. Can you please enlighten on this topic ? It would be really helpful.

Thanks,
Viju
Hi, Viju:

Keep it simple:

Whenever the sentence is making a comparison, and the answer choices use like or as:

- Make sure any answer choice that uses the word like is comparing nouns. If the word like is being used to compare verbs, eliminate the answer choice.

- Make sure any answer choice that uses the word as is comparing verbs. If the word as is being used to compare nouns, eliminate the answer choice.

Please also be aware of the following:

When a sentence seems to be comparing adjectives, it likely is comparing either nouns or verbs:

Like John, Mary is happy. (Even though the sentence states that both John and Mary are happy, it is comparing John to Mary, so it is comparing nouns.)

John is as happy as Mary. (Even though the sentence states that John and Mary are equally happy, it is comparing the way John is to way Mary is, so it is comparing verbs.)
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by viju9162 » Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:25 pm
Dear Mitch,

Thank you very much for the explanation. I will keep these points in mind while solving "Like/as" questions.

Thanks,
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