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iamcste
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jeevan.Gk wrote:This is Gmat prep question . what is wrong with my answer.
We can easily eliminate other 3 choices.. Remaining two sounds correct to me
Your choice D lacks parallelism.."that are to parallelsim" while in the not underlined part there is no "that "
I feel C could be the answer.
Marx's Das Kapital is to socialism is not underlined so correct
Look for similar format
A Smith's 2 major books are to DC
Just as ...(so) to is idiomatic
Also, i dont see any modification issue in C to eliminate it.
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x2suresh
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Major Books can be leading fiture
Adam Smith is leading figure
A,B,C are clearly out.
between D and E
Here we are comparing clauses. not nouns
A are to B what X is to Y is proper comparision
X is similar to Y (comparing X and Y) -- correct idiom
but
A are to B "similar to" X is to Y is not proper
Here it may mean B is similar to X ---> thats not logical.
Clearly E.
Adam Smith is leading figure
A,B,C are clearly out.
between D and E
Here we are comparing clauses. not nouns
A are to B what X is to Y is proper comparision
X is similar to Y (comparing X and Y) -- correct idiom
but
A are to B "similar to" X is to Y is not proper
Here it may mean B is similar to X ---> thats not logical.
Clearly E.
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mjjking
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this is clearly E. The initial statement refers to Adam Smith, hence A,B,C CANNOT be the subject of the sentence.
Between D and E, chose E because A is to X what B is to Y is the correct idiom.
Between D and E, chose E because A is to X what B is to Y is the correct idiom.
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