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by mmshaban » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:18 pm
Popular child psychologists have advocated that parents discipline male children similarly to the fashion in which they discipline daughters.

a) similarly to the fashion in which they discipline
b) in the same manner that they would use with
c) like they would handle
d) as they discipline
e) as they would

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by arorag » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:31 pm
IMO D

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by nil4700 » Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:43 pm
This will help you:

Use LIKE before a noun or pronoun. Use AS before a clause, adverb or prepositional phrase.

In A and B the language used doesn't look simple, in C, LIKE is followed by THEY which is not the word that is being compared to MALE CHILDREN, E doesn't convey the complete meanin. Option D has everything right in place, AS followed by THEY DISCIPLINE.

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by tanviet » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:45 pm
Could you explain why "would" in e is not complete in meaning.

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by netigen » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:33 pm
D is parallel

that parents discipline male children as parents discipline daughters.

E is not

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by s_raizada » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:24 pm
Use of 'would' adds uncertainity to the sentence, whereas in the original sentence the meaning is certain. 'parents discipline male children similarly to the fashion in which they discipline'

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by leo700 » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:43 pm
i picked D also, however the Kaplan verbal workbook says that the correct answer is E, because D changes the meaning...
I still believe D is the correct answer