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maverick_me: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 10; Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:06 pm; Location: Bangalore

by maverick_me » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:35 am

1.Even as they never forgave the Crusaders who overran their homeland, the Syrians have never absolved the French for taking territory from them.

(A) Even as they never forgave
(B) While they never forgave
(C) Just like they never forgave
(D) Similarly to not forgiving
(E) In spite of their never forgiving

i dont understand why is the answer not C?

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maverick_me: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 10; Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:06 pm; Location: Bangalore

by maverick_me » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:36 am

would C have been correct if it would have been "as construction" in place of "like construction"??

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by sl750 » Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:51 am

Is this question correct in it's entirety? The underlined portion says, The Syrians never forgave the french. The non-underlined portion says, they never absolved them. If the Syrians never forgave them in the first place, we can assume that they didn't absolve them either

Just like introduces a comparison. We are not trying to compare anything here

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by GmatKiss » Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:58 am

IMO:B wat is OA?

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by Frankenstein » Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:59 am

maverick_me wrote:1.Even as they never forgave the Crusaders who overran their homeland, the Syrians have never absolved the French for taking territory from them.

(A) Even as they never forgave
(B) While they never forgave
(C) Just like they never forgave
(D) Similarly to not forgiving
(E) In spite of their never forgiving

i dont understand why is the answer not C?

Hi,
'like' cannot be used to compare clauses. Use 'as' to compare clauses.

Hence, A

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