Idiom question

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wonderland130: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 18; Joined: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:23 pm

by wonderland130 » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:17 am

I was on a gmat club test that asked you to select the correct idiom.

The answer below is the third item. In this case internet and direct media channel are nouns so i thought like was acceptable. I am a native english speaker so the third one did "sound" the best but can someone clarify this rule? Thanks

Sponsors increasingly use the Internet like a direct media channel to customers.
Sponsors increasingly use the Internet to be a direct media channel to customers.
Sponsors increasingly use the Internet as a direct media channel to customers.

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by bpgen » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:35 am

I could say, answer could be 2nd/3rd option, Note that there is no such comparison made, it's just amplifying / modifying 'internet'
2. Making 'Internet' to be a direct media, looks good.
3. Making 'Internet' to be more specific as 'direct media'

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by thephoenix » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:36 am

wonderland130 wrote:I was on a gmat club test that asked you to select the correct idiom.
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imo definitely internet and direct media are nouns , but does the s/c is comparing those nouns ans is no
the s/c is saying how the sponsors uses the internet......
and the correct form of ans is they use internet as direct media channel to customers

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by nervesofsteel » Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:07 pm

wonderland130 wrote:I was on a gmat club test that asked you to select the correct idiom.

The answer below is the third item. In this case internet and direct media channel are nouns so i thought like was acceptable. I am a native english speaker so the third one did "sound" the best but can someone clarify this rule? Thanks

Sponsors increasingly use the Internet like a direct media channel to customers.
Sponsors increasingly use the Internet to be a direct media channel to customers.
Sponsors increasingly use the Internet as a direct media channel to customers.

The correct idiom is Use X as Y...
so answer should be 3rd option...

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