Bob Dylan

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aj5105: Legendary Member; Posts: 1169; Joined: Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:34 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 25 times

by aj5105 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:48 am

Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs that became anthems for a generation of antiwar activists.

a)Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs

b)Bob Dylan wrote songs like many of his contemporaries

c)As did many of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs

d)Like the songs of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs

e)As did many of Bob Dylan’s contemporaries, he wrote songs

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by anju » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:39 am

IMO: C

comparing contemporaries writing songs with Bob Dylan writing songs and hence as is required.

If the comparison was between Like Bob Dylan, many of his contemporaries then like is correct

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by aj5105 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:11 am

OA - C

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by gmatrant » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:39 am

agree with anju..
like is used to compare nouns
as is used to compare actions
in the above sentence we are comparing the action of "writing"

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by abhicoolmax » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:47 pm

aj5105 wrote:Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs that became anthems for a generation of antiwar activists.

a)Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs

b)Bob Dylan wrote songs like many of his contemporaries

c)As did many of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs

d)Like the songs of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs

e)As did many of Bob Dylanï¿½s contemporaries, he wrote songs

Is "As did X," correct? Is "As X did," better or worse?

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by krishp84 » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:43 pm

Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs that became anthems for a generation of antiwar activists.
"¢ Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs
"¢ Bob Dylan wrote songs like many of his contemporaries
"¢ As did many of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs
"¢ Like the songs of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs
"¢ As did many of Bob Dylan's contemporaries, he wrote song

This is definitely C...Comparison

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