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GEORGES DE LA TOUR

by poonam197 » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:55 am
The paintings of Georges de la Tour reflect an almost sensuous fascination with the properties of light, much like Vermer

A) much like Vermer
B) much as Vermeer
C) much as Vermeer did
D) much like Vermeer's do
E) much as Vermeer's do

The correct option is E

Please advice why not option D.
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by Bidisha800 » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:57 am
you are not comparing nouns. you are comparing actions ..... therefore "as" is required.
Read the sentence like this :

The paintings of Georges de la Tour reflect an almost sensuous fascination with the properties of light much as Vermeer's [paintings reflect] do.
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by skyline77 » Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:57 pm
Bidisha800 wrote:you are not comparing nouns. you are comparing actions ..... therefore "as" is required.
Read the sentence like this :

The paintings of Georges de la Tour reflect an almost sensuous fascination with the properties of light much as Vermeer's [paintings reflect] do.

Can you explain why "C" is incorrect?

Thanks.
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by James_83 » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:39 pm
@skyline77

Here, the comparison is between the paintings where option C is comparing "paintings with a person." Hence, you can eliminate C.

C) much as Vermeer did.

You can rewrite the sentence with the option C

The paintings of Georges de la Tour ---------- much as Vermeer did.

So, now you can see the what is actually comparing with option C.
Now,you can understand the explanation of @Bidisha800.
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by dimonya » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:43 pm
it is simple:

"did" in c implies past tense, whereas subject's action (reflect) is presented in present tense :)
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by raunekk » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:06 am
as Bidisha800 said... actions are compared... thus "as" is used...


Paintings are not compared but what they "reflect" is being compared...


thanks.
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