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by resilient » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:10 pm
when a product costs more, be it a bottle fo fwine or handbag, the more likely it is to be esteemed by consumers.

a.
b when a product costs more, whether it is
c. as a product becomes more and more costly, like
d. the more a product costs, like
e.the more a product costs, whether it is

qa is e. however, I am trying to see what is wrong with D. Like can be used to bring up nouns. I want a better reason than "sounds good" to pick e over d!
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Re: kaplan SC

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:16 pm
Enginpasa1 wrote:when a product costs more, be it a bottle fo fwine or handbag, the more likely it is to be esteemed by consumers.

a.
b when a product costs more, whether it is
c. as a product becomes more and more costly, like
d. the more a product costs, like
e.the more a product costs, whether it is

qa is e. however, I am trying to see what is wrong with D. Like can be used to bring up nouns. I want a better reason than "sounds good" to pick e over d!
(d) changes the meaning of the sentence.

"be it a bottle of wine or a handbag" means "regardless of whether it's a bottle of wine or a handbag". "Like a bottle of wine or a handbag" means "for example, a bottle of wine or a handbag", which isn't the same thing as "be it".

So, (e) keeps the original meaning and (d) doesn't: choose (e).
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by cjiang16 » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:09 pm
the more, the more.. The answer is E

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Re: kaplan SC

by mohish » Thu May 21, 2009 8:45 am
Stuart Kovinsky wrote:"Like a bottle of wine or a handbag" means "for example, a bottle of wine or a handbag", which isn't the same thing as "be it".
Stuart, from what I know, 'like' in GMAT is used to express similarity. So, 'like' in this sentence might perhaps not mean 'for example' as you have suggested. In GMAT, it is my impression that the phrase 'such as' needs to be used if the intent is 'for example'.

Pls let me know if my understanding is not correct.

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Re: kaplan SC

by Svedankae » Thu May 21, 2009 8:51 am
mohish wrote:
Stuart Kovinsky wrote:"Like a bottle of wine or a handbag" means "for example, a bottle of wine or a handbag", which isn't the same thing as "be it".
Stuart, from what I know, 'like' in GMAT is used to express similarity. So, 'like' in this sentence might perhaps not mean 'for example' as you have suggested. In GMAT, it is my impression that the phrase 'such as' needs to be used if the intent is 'for example'.

Pls let me know if my understanding is not correct.

i think you are correct. however E makes more sense than D as the latter kind of implies that only products similar to wine and handbags will be esteemed less with rising prices. the original sentence however wants to express that this is valid for all kinds of products, so chose E.

generally, when in doubt and there are two choices, i would always go with the "whether" sentence...

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Re: kaplan SC

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Thu May 21, 2009 3:22 pm
mohish wrote:
Stuart Kovinsky wrote:"Like a bottle of wine or a handbag" means "for example, a bottle of wine or a handbag", which isn't the same thing as "be it".
Stuart, from what I know, 'like' in GMAT is used to express similarity. So, 'like' in this sentence might perhaps not mean 'for example' as you have suggested. In GMAT, it is my impression that the phrase 'such as' needs to be used if the intent is 'for example'.

Pls let me know if my understanding is not correct.
You're correct - on the GMAT it's actually quite rare for "like" to be used, other than in comparisons.
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