Ok this might sound like a very simple and easy question but I can't get a grasp of it.
Lets look at these sentences
"Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain ..."
--> Here we are comparing the land area so the comparison is wrong. But look at the following similar sentences:
"Aaron is as tall as Derek "
"Aaron is as tall as Derek is"
--> we are comparing the height of Aaron and Derek so shouldn't we use the second sentence instead of the first just like we did in the "Laos" sentence ?
Comparison?
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I agree we should use the second sentence . But some time these things are implied and are often omitted as they become redundant .neoreaves wrote:Ok this might sound like a very simple and easy question but I can't get a grasp of it.
Lets look at these sentences
"Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain ..."
--> Here we are comparing the land area so the comparison is wrong. But look at the following similar sentences:
"Aaron is as tall as Derek "
"Aaron is as tall as Derek is"
--> we are comparing the height of Aaron and Derek so shouldn't we use the second sentence instead of the first just like we did in the "Laos" sentence ?
Cant help much thats how the language is got to live with it
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hmmm ok but which one is correct then ....
"Aaron is as tall as Derek "
"Aaron is as tall as Derek is"
playing it by the ear ...i think the first one is ...but is it ? ...and it is not from any SC books so hopefully one of the Instructors can pitch in and help us out ?
"Aaron is as tall as Derek "
"Aaron is as tall as Derek is"
playing it by the ear ...i think the first one is ...but is it ? ...and it is not from any SC books so hopefully one of the Instructors can pitch in and help us out ?
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Yes that would be great if any instructors could chip in .neoreaves wrote:hmmm ok but which one is correct then ....
"Aaron is as tall as Derek "
"Aaron is as tall as Derek is"
playing it by the ear ...i think the first one is ...but is it ? ...and it is not from any SC books so hopefully one of the Instructors can pitch in and help us out ?
But dont go by the ear . Grammatically both
"Aaron is as tall as Derek "
AND
"Aaron is as tall as Derek is"
are correct . But as I said IS in the second sentence is redundant and "Aaron is as tall as Derek " wins since its concise .
In GMAT when you have two sentences that are grammatically correct choose the one that is more concise .
"Know thyself" and "Nothing in excess"