Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi

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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi

by vaibhav.iit2002 » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:07 pm
45. According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother's and the body like his wife's.
(A) modeled the face of the statue like his mother's and the body like his wife's
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that of his wife
(C) modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
(D) made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his wife

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Re: Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi

by maihuna » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:27 am
vaibhav.iit2002 wrote:45. According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother's and the body like his wife's.
(A) modeled the face of the statue like his mother's and the body like his wife's
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that of his wife
(C) modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
(D) made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his wife
IMO:B modeled x after y
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by riteshbindal » Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:37 pm
B is doing right comparisons.

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by vaibhav.iit2002 » Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:33 pm
Whats problem with A?
modeled the face of the statue like his mother's[face] and the body like his wife's[body].

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by nervesofsteel » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:35 am
i believe... Modeled after is the right idiom...
as compared to modeled like...
so IMO B