OG verbal SC65

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OG verbal SC65

by Cinji18 » Sat May 22, 2010 8:02 pm
The market for recycled commodities like aluminum and other metals remain strong despite economic changes in the recycling industry.

A. commodities like aluminum and other metals remain
B. commodities like those of aluminum and other metals are remaining
C. commodities such as aluminum and other metals remains
D. commodities, such as aluminum and other metals, remain
E. commodities, like the commodities of aluminum and other metals, remains

I choose C.

What threw me off isn't the question, but what is stated in the explanation in the OG. It states, "While there has been some dispute over the use of like to mean "for example," this is an acceptable use." (page 298 in OG Verbal) Really? Is this contradiction correct? I have always known that like means "similar to," and only such as can be used to mean "for example."
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by adi_800 » Sat May 22, 2010 9:26 pm
Oh...Something new....
Till this point...I was thinking that you should not be using like to introduce any example...
But now the official guide itself says that use of like to introduce example is an acceptable use...

I m stumped!!

The problems and explanations given in og12 n verbal supplement makes me feel that...GMAT sc is changing...
I have seen few options in OG12...that you would simply reject on stylistic ground but answer to these options are in fact answer to the question...
I have seen very poor construction made up of Being...I know being is not wrong on GMAT...But you tend to reject option when you see being on the question... What GMAT is doing is creating a the sentence in the worst possible way that you would think..this is simply wrong... But GMAT is making other options wrong grammatically and the one you just rejected a grammatically correct one...

One example of this kind(at least I think) is Problem # 101 in OG12...

Also, in this problem, OG does not reject E because is uses like...The meaning of the sentence is changed in E...

One more problem in which GMAT has changed its explanatn is problem # 10 in OG12 when compared to what is given in OG11 for same problem.... In OG12, OG does not reject option A for using which n goes on to say that "Some writers
follow the convention that which can only be used for nonrestrictive clauses, but insistence on this rule is controversial, and both (A) and (C) can be rejected on other grounds."

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