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aninditasivaram2406
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Can anyone please tell me why "like" is preferred to "as" in the below example? The correct answer is B and not A as I had thought. Thanks..
126. More than thirty years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock,
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
126. More than thirty years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock,
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
