papgust wrote:--[ IMPORTANT ]--

LIKE / AS RULE:

You make comparisons with LIKE when you compare nouns, or noun phrases (i.e., anything that doesn't have a VERB).
EXCEPTION:
Prepositional phrases take "As".
Note that there may be modifiers attached to these nouns. If there are, don't care. Modifiers are disposable.


You make comparisons with AS when you compare clauses (things that have real VERBS), or prepositional phrases.

NOTE: When you're deciding whether something is a clause or just a noun phrase, remember that -ING FORMS DO NOT COUNT AS VERBS (unless there's a helping verb attached to them).


Examples:
"Those babies are cute, like little pandas sliding down rainbows" -- CORRECT!
Note that:
* "sliding" is NOT a verb.
* "sliding down rainbows" is a modifier, and thus doesn't have to be considered in the grammar of the sentence.

"Those babies are cute, as are little pandas that slide down rainbows" -- CORRECT!
* "are" is a verb, so this is a clause.
* "that slide..." DOES NOT count, since it's part of a modifier.

"Those babies are cute, like little pandas that slide down rainbows" -- CORRECT!
* "little pandas" is a noun.
* "that slide..." DOES NOT count, since it's part of a modifier.

"Our family lives on a farm now, as in the 19th century." -- CORRECT! Prepositional phrases take "as"



Courtesy: Ron Purewal, GMAT Expert.

Emeraldweapon wrote:
Hmm, papgust, can u take a look at this sentence:

Sunspots, vortices of gas associated with strong electromagnetic activity, are visble as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on the Sun's poles or equator. (#14, SC-OG12)

I thought the underlined part is a noun phrase because we can rewrite that part like this: (correct me if I'm wrong)
"dark spots (that) are on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on the Sun's poles or equator"
However, you did say " You make comparisons with AS when you compare clauses (things that have real VERBS), or prepositional phrases". Can you explain why this rule is not true in this case?

Thanks

papgust wrote:"Aid" must be followed by the preposition "in" rather than by the infinitive "to X".



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