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by gmat740 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:44 am
928. While Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger, his courage in the face of physical threats and verbal attacks was not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

(A) not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused
(B) not unlike Rosa Parks, who refused
(C) like Rosa Parks and her refusal
(D) like that of Rosa Parks for refusing
(E) as that of Rosa Parks, who refused
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by madhur_ahuja » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:12 am
IMO A

While Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger, his courage in the face of physical threats and verbal attacks was not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

(A) not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused ... Correct
(B) not unlike Rosa Parks, who refused ... wrong comparison
(C) like Rosa Parks and her refusal .... and her refusal distort meaning
(D) like that of Rosa Parks for refusing .... for refusing is incorrect here
(E) as that of Rosa Parks, who refused ..... distorted meaning.
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by gmat740 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:54 am
madhur_ahuja wrote:IMO A

While Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger, his courage in the face of physical threats and verbal attacks was not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

(A) not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused ... Correct
(B) not unlike Rosa Parks, who refused ... wrong comparison
(C) like Rosa Parks and her refusal .... and her refusal distort meaning
(D) like that of Rosa Parks for refusing .... for refusing is incorrect here
(E) as that of Rosa Parks, who refused ..... distorted meaning.
can u elaborate E??

I think "that" is required
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by btg760 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:58 am
(E) is not wrong because of distorted meaning.

It is wrong because of usage of AS in the sentence.

Like is use to compare nouns etc whereas AS is use to compare action.

Since 'courage' is noun, hence, usage of AS in (E) is incorrect.
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by hemanth28 » Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:24 am
in option A what is "who refused to move to the back of a bus " referring to ? Rosa or Jackie ?
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by sunnyjohn » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:00 pm
Hey Guys,

there is a good concept here, if you see Option A
unlike : not like
so it means : was not not like...
that really confused me, but there is no other option here which matches the answer.

Here is some information i found on internet on the usage of 'not unlike':

It is quite common to use such a structure in English, and it's not considered a double negative. For example, we say things like "the new law is not unfair," "the car was not inexpensive," or "his comments were not unrelated."

We usually do this, as I explain in class (almost everybody asks the same question about this SC), when we want a little "wiggle room," i.e., some room for error in our sentence. Think of an adjective as having three degrees of quality, rather than only two. Things are not often "like" or "unlike;" they often fall in the middle--not quite "like," but not quite "unlike," either.

Let's take the above example of a car--if I told somebody I'd just bought, say, a new Honda Accord, some people (who can afford BMW's or Mercedes') might say that that car is an inexpensive one. I might respond that, to me, it's "not an inexpensive car."

In this case, I'm saying that the Accord falls into the middle area, between expensive and cheap.
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by viju9162 » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:28 am
who refused to move to the back of a bus - should refer to Jackie right ... But in "A", it seems it is refering to Rosa...
"Native of" is used for a individual while "Native to" is used for a large group
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