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Margaret Mead, the best-known anthropologist of the twentieth century, helped shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with the relative merits of competition and cooperatoin.
A. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with
B. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and
c. to shape public opinion about such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, also about
d. the shaping of public opinion for fundamentally important areas such as attitudes toward children and families, and those toward
e. the shaping of public opinion around fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, and those of
[spoiler] : B[/spoiler][/spoiler]
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Margaret Mead, the best-known anthropologist of the twentieth century, helped shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with the relative merits of competition and cooperatoin.
A. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with
use of LIKE is wrong
B. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and
It is parallel and use SUCH AS
c. to shape public opinion about such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, also about
such...like wrong
d. the shaping of public opinion for fundamentally important areas such as attitudes toward children and families, and those toward
The shaping is awkward and those is wrong( it does not refer to public opinion and there is no FOR to be parallel )
e. the shaping of public opinion around fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, and those of
like is wrong
A. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with
use of LIKE is wrong
B. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and
It is parallel and use SUCH AS
c. to shape public opinion about such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, also about
such...like wrong
d. the shaping of public opinion for fundamentally important areas such as attitudes toward children and families, and those toward
The shaping is awkward and those is wrong( it does not refer to public opinion and there is no FOR to be parallel )
e. the shaping of public opinion around fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, and those of
like is wrong
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First of all, the underlined text is not same as the option A. Considering the underlined text is the right one, let's proceed. 'Such as' is correct and 'Such like' doesn't exists. This eliminates options C. "helped the shaping of public opinion..." is wordy and awkward. That eliminates D and E. ‘Such as’ is used to give examples; whereas 'like' is used to make a comparison. This eliminates A. Also, in option B, "attitudes toward children and families and the relative merits of competition and cooperatoin" maintains the parallelism.j3nnie wrote:From GMAT prep
Margaret Mead, the best-known anthropologist of the twentieth century, helped shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with the relative merits of competition and cooperatoin.
A. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with
B. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and
c. to shape public opinion about such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, also about
d. the shaping of public opinion for fundamentally important areas such as attitudes toward children and families, and those toward
e. the shaping of public opinion around fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, and those of
[spoiler] : B[/spoiler][/spoiler]
Though, B is the best among the given options, I feel, 'to' should come after 'helped' i.e. 'helped to shape' rather than 'helped shape'. Thoughts???
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Helped shape is correct in GMAT world: See Q94 OG11karmayogi wrote:First of all, the underlined text is not same as the option A. Considering the underlined text is the right one, let's proceed. 'Such as' is correct and 'Such like' doesn't exists. This eliminates options C. "helped the shaping of public opinion..." is wordy and awkward. That eliminates D and E. ‘Such as’ is used to give examples; whereas 'like' is used to make a comparison. This eliminates A. Also, in option B, "attitudes toward children and families and the relative merits of competition and cooperatoin" maintains the parallelism.j3nnie wrote:From GMAT prep
Margaret Mead, the best-known anthropologist of the twentieth century, helped shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with the relative merits of competition and cooperatoin.
A. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with
B. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and
c. to shape public opinion about such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, also about
d. the shaping of public opinion for fundamentally important areas such as attitudes toward children and families, and those toward
e. the shaping of public opinion around fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, and those of
[spoiler] : B[/spoiler][/spoiler]
Though, B is the best among the given options, I feel, 'to' should come after 'helped' i.e. 'helped to shape' rather than 'helped shape'. Thoughts???
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simple !!
Such as is used to list differnt things associated with the main subject !!
so first elimination ! happens removing all the as and like words !
and between shaping of ! which is infinitive so remainign is B
Vishu
Such as is used to list differnt things associated with the main subject !!
so first elimination ! happens removing all the as and like words !
and between shaping of ! which is infinitive so remainign is B
Vishu
KILL !! DIE !! or BEAT my FEAR !!! de@D END!!
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From readability point of view I agree that we need comma, but from grammar point of view, I THINK (not sure), we can skip comma.cartera wrote:In B I think the first and is redundant:
shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and
should it be changed for a comma?
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Mead helped 2 thingskarmayogi wrote:From readability point of view I agree that we need comma, but from grammar point of view, I THINK (not sure), we can skip comma.cartera wrote:In B I think the first and is redundant:
shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and
should it be changed for a comma?
1. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and 2. the relative merits of competition and cooperatoin
Disagree with the explantion.piyush_nitt wrote:Mead helped 2 thingskarmayogi wrote:From readability point of view I agree that we need comma, but from grammar point of view, I THINK (not sure), we can skip comma.cartera wrote:In B I think the first and is redundant:
shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and
should it be changed for a comma?
1. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and 2. the relative merits of competition and cooperatoin
IMO Mead helped shape public opinion...in areas X and Y
In the first post there is a mistake, as the variant A appears in the GMAT software without "such"
A: shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes towards children and families, along with
there is no "Such" here. Furthermore, according to the Longman dictionary of english language and
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (see the link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/define. ... &dict=CALD)
the use of "like" meaning "such as" is correct. So there must be another explanation for ruling out the variant A.
however, i am not sure which could it be
A: shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes towards children and families, along with
there is no "Such" here. Furthermore, according to the Longman dictionary of english language and
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (see the link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/define. ... &dict=CALD)
the use of "like" meaning "such as" is correct. So there must be another explanation for ruling out the variant A.
however, i am not sure which could it be
I agree. I picked (A) as well for my answer, which I still don't understand why I was wrong.balseraph wrote:In the first post there is a mistake, as the variant A appears in the GMAT software without "such"
A: shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes towards children and families, along with
there is no "Such" here. Furthermore, according to the Longman dictionary of english language and
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (see the link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/define. ... &dict=CALD)
the use of "like" meaning "such as" is correct. So there must be another explanation for ruling out the variant A.
however, i am not sure which could it be
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when we in The field of GMAT we must obey the rules set by GMATanthoj wrote:I agree. I picked (A) as well for my answer, which I still don't understand why I was wrong.balseraph wrote:In the first post there is a mistake, as the variant A appears in the GMAT software without "such"
A: shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes towards children and families, along with
there is no "Such" here. Furthermore, according to the Longman dictionary of english language and
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (see the link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/define. ... &dict=CALD)
the use of "like" meaning "such as" is correct. So there must be another explanation for ruling out the variant A.
however, i am not sure which could it be
like .....is used for comparing two noun
as ......for comparing actions or phrases
such as for qouting examples
and such as is correct idiom
there is nothing like.....such......like