How to use "as with"? The difference with "li

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Can you explain how can I use "sa with" in gmat SC? What's the difference between "as with" and to I have known the difference between "similar to" and "like". The example is OG 2016 SC 101.
Similar to other Mississippi Delta blues singers, the music of Robert Johnson arose from an oral tradition beginning with a mixture of chants, fiddle tunes, and religions music and only gradually evolved into the blues.

A. Similar to other Mississippi Delta blues singers, the music of Robert Johnson arose from an oral tradition beginning with

B. Similar to that of other early Mississippi Delta blues singers, Robert Johnson made music that arose from oral tradition that began with

C. As with other early Mississippi Delta blues singers, Robert Johnson made music that arose from an oral tradition beginning as

D. Like other early Mississippi Delta music that arose from oral tradition beginning with

E. Like the music of other early Mississippi Delta blues singers , the music of Robert Johnson arose from an oral tradition that began as
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by fabiocafarelli » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:00 am
1. When AS WITH is used an an alternative to LIKE (in other words, to introduce a comparison between nouns, pronouns, or noun phrases), you can eliminate the option in which it appears, because it will always count as a mistake.

2. AS WITH could conceivably be used to make a parallel structure, as in this example:

There are not AS many problems WITH the use of solar panels AS WITH the use of windmills. What happens here is that you have the idiom AS MANY ... AS, and since WITH appears after AS MANY PROBLEMS it should also appear after AS to maintain a parallel structure.

3. Something that is SIMILAR TO something else is LIKE that thing. It would be unusual, however, to begin a sentence with SIMILAR TO, because just from the point of view of usage, one would say that SOMETHING IS SIMILAR TO SOMETHING - in other words, the adjective SIMILAR would be preceded by the first of the nouns that form the comparison. LIKE, on the other hand, is commonly used at the beginning of sentences to introduce a comparison, so in this example the only real candidates are options D and E.

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by Crystal W » Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:04 am
Thank you very much Fabiocafarelli! It's really helpful!

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