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by [email protected] » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:47 pm
4. The aristocratic values expressed in the writings of Marguerite Yourcenar place her within the French classical tradition, as does her passionate interest in history, particularly Roman history.
(A) as does
(B) so do
(C) as do
(D) so is the case with
(E) similarly, does

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by PinkBox » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:30 pm
(A) as does
correct
(B) so do
we need a singular verb here bc "passion" is singular
(C) as do
we need a singular verb here
(D) so is the case with
wordy
(E) similarly, does
run on sentence
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:47 pm
PinkBox wrote: (E) similarly, does
run on sentence
Can you please tell how "E" is run on sentence ?
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by PinkBox » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:23 pm
if "," before "similarly" were ";" the sentence would be fine. it seems like the comma is creating a run on sentence
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by TedCornell » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:04 pm
E would be incorrect even if we replaced the "," with ";" in front of similarly. Remove the junk in the middle and you get

A) The values place her within the tradition, so does her interest
E) The values place her within the tradition, similarly, does her interest

E is certainly a run-on sentence

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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:22 am
are you talking about sentence fragment or Run on sentence.

E. similarly, does her interest....

Can you please tell how the above is run on sentence....as per my understanding, the run one sentence has both subject and verb....IMO the above sentence contains verb = does but does not contain subject.

Please tell what I am missing here.

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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:30 am
Can someone please help me understand what is the problem with "E" above ? How it is creating run-on sentence?
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by mbadrew » Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:43 pm
E--does not create a run on sentence. However, it does creat wordiness and redundancy of comma use. With use of similarly, you're comparing expressed values with interests. Expressed values and interests are not exactly similar. They can be different.
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:21 pm
I think that E is wrong because as Manhattan says we need semicolon ";" before conjunctive adverb like instead, however, similarly etc...

Can someone please tell is my reasoning right to kick out E ?
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by viju9162 » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:17 am
I would like to learn how A is the answer...
"Native of" is used for a individual while "Native to" is used for a large group
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by [email protected] » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:52 am
Can someone explain why C is the wrong answer?
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by sbasha » Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:10 am
[email protected] wrote:Can someone explain why C is the wrong answer?
C is wrong b'cos :

we are comparing singular action : "Passionate".
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by goelmohit2002 » Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:13 pm
goelmohit2002 wrote:I think that E is wrong because as Manhattan says we need semicolon ";" before conjunctive adverb like instead, however, similarly etc...

Can someone please tell is my reasoning right to kick out E ?
Can someone please help in clearing this ?
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by scoobydooby » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:23 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:
goelmohit2002 wrote:I think that E is wrong because as Manhattan says we need semicolon ";" before conjunctive adverb like instead, however, similarly etc...

Can someone please tell is my reasoning right to kick out E ?
Can someone please help in clearing this ?
am not aware of the rule.
"as" is used to compare clauses. so the use of "similarly" does seem awkward.

the sentence makes better sense with "as"

(shift the "does" to the end to see)

The aristocratic values expressed in the writings of Marguerite Yourcenar place her within the French classical tradition, as her passionate interest in history, particularly Roman history does
(does: places her within the French classical tradition)

"as" replaced with "similarly" looks awkward.
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:31 am
scoobydooby wrote:
goelmohit2002 wrote:
goelmohit2002 wrote:I think that E is wrong because as Manhattan says we need semicolon ";" before conjunctive adverb like instead, however, similarly etc...

Can someone please tell is my reasoning right to kick out E ?
Can someone please help in clearing this ?
am not aware of the rule.
"as" is used to compare clauses. so the use of "similarly" does seem awkward.

the sentence makes better sense with "as"

(shift the "does" to the end to see)

The aristocratic values expressed in the writings of Marguerite Yourcenar place her within the French classical tradition, as her passionate interest in history, particularly Roman history does
(does: places her within the French classical tradition)

"as" replaced with "similarly" looks awkward.
Thanks Scooby.
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