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like vs as - Verbal review

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by agarwalva » Sat May 05, 2012 3:16 pm
Like Rousseau, Tolstoi rebelled against the unnatural complexity of human relations in modern society.

A. Like Rousseau, Tolstoi rebelled
B. Like Rousseau, Tolstio's rebellion was
C. As Rousseau, Tolstoi rebelled
D. As did Rousseau, Tolstoi's rebellion was
E. Tolstoi's rebellion, as Rousseau's, was

easy
OA A

my question ... is the following changed sentence correct

As did Rousseau, Tolstoi rebelled against the unnatural complexity of human relations in modern society.
Last edited by agarwalva on Sun May 06, 2012 6:19 am, edited 1 time in total.
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sat May 05, 2012 4:48 pm
The easy way to choose is to use "like" when no verb follows and "as" when a verb does follow. Your change is indeed correct.
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by ihatemaths » Sat May 05, 2012 9:55 pm
@Bill
could you just elaborate by some sentence framing.btw use of like and as.
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