johnfun1001 wrote:Because young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, like adults, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
(A) like adults
(B) unlike an adult
(C) as adults
(D) as adults do
(E) as an adult
Why the answer is not A but D?
Stacey, just for clarification, if I restructure the sentence as follows, would it be grammatically correct?
Because young children, unlike adults, do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, they may not notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
In my restructured example above, does your rule still apply?
So, logically, the sentence is not just comparing children to adults, but what children don't do to what adults do. Children don't organize systematically. Adults do organize systematically. Because the verb is part of this comparison, we have to use "as."
Is the verb still a part of the comparison in my reorganized sentence?
And I fully realize that I can't restructure the sentence into a format I want or like on the GMAT. I merely ask to clarify the distinction for my personal understanding. It would be my assertion that given the restructuring I've made to the original sentence above, that it would be acceptable to use "like/unlike". Am I right in my assertion or do I stand to be corrected?
Thanks in advance for the clarification!
