More than thirty years ago Dr XX, the nobel prize winner, reported that genes can "jump", as pearls moving misteriously from one necklase to another.
why the solution say that it should be ......
B)like pearls......
we use as for the actions..... and like for comparing the noun.....???
am i wrong???
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well here as would be appropiate if we were to write like this
More than thirty years ago Dr XX, the nobel prize winner, reported that genes can "jump", as pearls moving misteriously from one necklase to another DO.
by addin DO in the end we imply that genes jump in the same way as pearls jump
but without DO we imply they jump LIKE pearls so here we comare nouns only not their action
hope it's now clear
or someone plz correct me if i m wrong
regards
More than thirty years ago Dr XX, the nobel prize winner, reported that genes can "jump", as pearls moving misteriously from one necklase to another DO.
by addin DO in the end we imply that genes jump in the same way as pearls jump
but without DO we imply they jump LIKE pearls so here we comare nouns only not their action
hope it's now clear
or someone plz correct me if i m wrong
regards
well deniz it's so hard for me to explain buddy coz i myself am not very good at sc
actually meaning of 'as'='in the same way'
but yes i read in spidey's notes [that r availible on this website]
one example i read there is
my cat moves LIKE a lion stalking its prey
my cat moves AS[in the same way] a lion stalking its prey MOVES
i m actually not very comfortable while explaining but u can ur self read it there
or i may guess some cool sc expert on this website such as mrsprachiparekh
may help you
take another example
Maria was said to sing LIKE a nightangle.
Maria was said to sing AS{in the same way} a nightangle SINGS.
plz some sc expert correct me if i m wrong
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actually meaning of 'as'='in the same way'
but yes i read in spidey's notes [that r availible on this website]
one example i read there is
my cat moves LIKE a lion stalking its prey
my cat moves AS[in the same way] a lion stalking its prey MOVES
i m actually not very comfortable while explaining but u can ur self read it there
or i may guess some cool sc expert on this website such as mrsprachiparekh
may help you
take another example
Maria was said to sing LIKE a nightangle.
Maria was said to sing AS{in the same way} a nightangle SINGS.
plz some sc expert correct me if i m wrong
:arrow: :!: :
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cooldude has the right idea. here is the motivating rule behind his discussion, spelled out for all to see:
like goes with nouns (or their equivalents, such as pronouns and noun phrases). like does not go with clauses. ever.
as goes with clauses.
just to clear the air,
pearls mysteriously jumping...
is not a clause, because jumping is not a verb; it's a participle. if you want to know whether something is a verb, try it in a very simple sentence - just subject + verb (+ object, if the verb takes an object) - and see if the sentence makes any sense:
pearls jumping. --> not a sentence; therefore 'jumping' is not a real verb
pearls jump. --> legitimate sentence; 'jump' is a verb.
pearls jumped. --> legitimate sentence; 'jumped' is a verb.
etc.
like goes with nouns (or their equivalents, such as pronouns and noun phrases). like does not go with clauses. ever.
as goes with clauses.
just to clear the air,
pearls mysteriously jumping...
is not a clause, because jumping is not a verb; it's a participle. if you want to know whether something is a verb, try it in a very simple sentence - just subject + verb (+ object, if the verb takes an object) - and see if the sentence makes any sense:
pearls jumping. --> not a sentence; therefore 'jumping' is not a real verb
pearls jump. --> legitimate sentence; 'jump' is a verb.
pearls jumped. --> legitimate sentence; 'jumped' is a verb.
etc.
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