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by vineetbatra » Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:24 pm
Just like the background in art history needed by an archaeologist in order to evaluate finds of ancient art, the nautical archaeologist needs specialized knowledge of the history and theory of ship design in order to understand shipwrecks.

A. Just like the background in art history needed by an archaeologist in order to evaluate finds of ancient art, the
B. Just as an archaeologist who needs a background in art history to evaluate finds of ancient art, a
C. Just as an archaeologist needs a background in art history to evaluate finds of ancient art, so a
D. Like the archaeologist who evaluates finds of ancient art and requires a background in art history, so the
E. As evaluating finds of ancient art requires an archaeologist who has a background in art history, so the

OA is C, but why is B wrong.

Just as X, Y is also a correct construction.
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by lkm » Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:35 pm
I guess, Ron already explained this question to you in Manhattan forum. You won't find better teacher than him. I like his post most.

What else you are looking for? ^^
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by papgust » Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:35 pm
You should give the option A and underline the sentence.
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by thephoenix » Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:38 pm
lkm wrote:I guess, Ron already explained this question to you in Manhattan forum. You won't find better teacher than him. I like his post most.

What else you are looking for? ^^
can u provide the link
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by vineetbatra » Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:40 pm
Apologies, updated it.

I did see his response and I agree on his teaching skills. He mentioned that B is fragment, but why isn't needs a verb. That's my question.
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by lkm » Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:46 pm
thephoenix wrote:
lkm wrote:I guess, Ron already explained this question to you in Manhattan forum. You won't find better teacher than him. I like his post most.

What else you are looking for? ^^
can u provide the link
Here is the link:

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/jus ... t5971.html
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by lkm » Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:55 pm
vineetbatra wrote:Apologies, updated it.

I did see his response and I agree on his teaching skills. He mentioned that B is fragment, but why isn't needs a verb. That's my question.
I guess, you misread his reply. According to him, the (B) is fragment and as well as ungrammatical.


Why ungrammatical?

Because it lacks verb. In option (B), the sentence compare NOUN with VERB. I will rewrite the sentence for you with option (B) as underlined portion.


Just as an archaeologist who needs a background in art history to evaluate finds of ancient art, a nautical archaeologist needs specialized knowledge of the history and theory of ship design in order to understand shipwrecks.

Now look carefully,

AS - use to compare two actions.

1st part:- an archaeologist who needs a background in art history to evaluate finds of ancient art

- it tells about the an Archaeologist, not about his action. Here, his action is extra sentence which you can ignore.

So, 1st part describe about NOUN.

2nd part:- a nautical archaeologist needs specialized knowledge of the history and theory of ship design in order to understand shipwrecks

- it tells about the action performed by a nautical archeologist. So, it describes the ACTION performed by NOUN.


So, we are comparing NOUN with ACTION - Not Parallel.

Hence, option (B) is incorrect choice.

Let me know if you still have the confusion.
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by vineetbatra » Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:28 pm
That makes sense, thanks for the response.

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