Sentence Correction

Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.

(A) Like Haydn, Schubert
(B) Like Haydn, Schubert also
(C) As has Haydn, Schubert
(D) As did Haydn, Schubert also
(E) As Haydn did, Schubert also

[spoiler]A vs B, which one is better and why???? Please explain your answer choice........[/spoiler]

aspirant2011 wrote:Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.

(A) Like Haydn, Schubert
(B) Like Haydn, Schubert also
(C) As has Haydn, Schubert
(D) As did Haydn, Schubert also
(E) As Haydn did, Schubert also

[spoiler]A vs B, which one is better and why???? Please explain your answer choice........[/spoiler]

IMO A

Nice question because i learned why Op C,D and E are incorrect. In terms of comparison, use of AS is perfect...no error related to comparison..then what's wrong with other options...the answer add a new concept to my DB.

By the way, B/w A and B

The use of ALSO in Op B is redundant, see the moment u see LIKE, UNLIKE, means the comparison is already made...means

Like Haydn, Schubert ---> here the word LIKE implies that Schubert is going to the same thing which Hayden did, so use of Adverb ALSO is redundant, because it is repeating or u can say emphasizing the same thing which the word LIKE has already done..

Hence A

+1 for A.. comparing two nouns...Like is good

IMO A.

I eliminated CDE due to AS.

I eliminated B because somehow I didnot like that.

In terms of comparison, use of AS is perfect...no error related to comparison..then what's wrong with other options...the answer add a new concept to my DB.

I couldnot get this one .. could you please help.


From your post,

I got that B,D and E are wrong due to reduntant also. But whats wrong in C since you said AS is perfect.

bubbliiiiiiii wrote:IMO A.

I eliminated CDE due to AS.

I eliminated B because somehow I didnot like that.

In terms of comparison, use of AS is perfect...no error related to comparison..then what's wrong with other options...the answer add a new concept to my DB.

I couldnot get this one .. could you please help.


From your post,

I got that B,D and E are wrong due to reduntant also. But whats wrong in C since you said AS is perfect.

Hi actually as u already know AS is used to compare actions and LIKE to compare NOUNS, in this questions u can compare action or u can compare NOUN as well, so Both AS and LIKE are correct in their own context...that why i googled for explanation and find the answer on Manhattan forum, from THE ONE-- RON..amazing guy

follow this link and u get some good learning

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/lik ... 10293.html

Atul,

Thanks for the link.

It helped a lot.

bubbliiiiiiii wrote: From your post,

I got that B,D and E are wrong due to reduntant also. But whats wrong in C since you said AS is perfect.

One more thing Pranay, what's wrong with C right???

See as you know a verb represents either a ACTION (mostly) or A STATE.

The book is on the table. Here verb is represent state not action

Now, in my opinion, in Op C, the verb HAS if you see represents STATE, and in the following clause u have an action WROTE...so what does that mean...?? u are comparing a STATE to an ACTION...this doesn't looks good to me, hence i drop this choice...but this is very unusual explanation and my personal opinion...if m wrong some expert can correct me on this.

For Op C:

can't we say that "has" is the present simple whereas "wrote" is the past simple and in this sentence Haydn acted before Schubert so there is a problem of tense???

thanks a lot atul for sharing this important information

mazwaz wrote:For Op C:

can't we say that "has" is the present simple whereas "wrote" is the past simple and in this sentence Haydn acted before Schubert so there is a problem of tense???

I don't think tense is an issue here...i take it in this way...

Schubert wrote something in past and Haydn did that same thing in present...i mean this happens in real life also...everyone is inspired from someone and some of them for example some artists create the same things in present what their idol did in past...isn't it...so seems okay..

aspirant2011 wrote:Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.

(A) Like Haydn, Schubert
(B) Like Haydn, Schubert also
(C) As has Haydn, Schubert
(D) As did Haydn, Schubert also
(E) As Haydn did, Schubert also

[spoiler]A vs B, which one is better and why???? Please explain your answer choice........[/spoiler]

IMO A..
If we remove also from D and E, both will be correct..

aspirant2011 wrote:Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.

(A) Like Haydn, Schubert
(B) Like Haydn, Schubert also
(C) As has Haydn, Schubert
(D) As did Haydn, Schubert also
(E) As Haydn did, Schubert also

[spoiler]A vs B, which one is better and why???? Please explain your answer choice........[/spoiler]

No error in A. If there's no error in the original sentence, and no other answer choice improves upon A, stick with the original sentence and choose A.

The correct answer is A.

In C, it is unclear what Haydn has done. The implication is that Haydn has written, but written does not appear elsewhere in the sentence; ellipsis should be used only to omit a word whose presence is understood because the omitted word appears elsewhere (ideally previously) in the sentence:

Just as Schubert has written for the stage, so too has Haydn.

Eliminate C.

Avoid also when making a comparison:

Like John, Mary also swims fast.

Also confuses the meaning. Mary also swims fast; John also swims fast. Is there another person -- besides Mary and John -- who swims fast?

In D and E, it is awkward for did to appear before the verb that it is replacing (wrote). Generally the verb being replaced should appear first:

Just as Haydn wrote for the stage, so too did Haydn.

Eliminate B, D and E.