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by hariharakarthi » Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:27 am
Like Austen, the characters of Forster are concerned largely with achieving economic security in a world riddled with class distinctions.


A. Like Austen, the characters of Forster

B.Like Austen, Forster's characters

C. Like Austen's, Forster's characters

D. As with Austen, Forster's characters

E. As are Austen's Forster's characters
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by madhur_ahuja » Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:06 am
Its C
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:05 pm
madhur_ahuja wrote:Its C
One more for C...

For comparsion of nouns....the preferred ones are Like/unlike....
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by mehravikas » Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:07 pm
Can I ask what's wrong with A?
goelmohit2002 wrote:
madhur_ahuja wrote:Its C
One more for C...

For comparsion of nouns....the preferred ones are Like/unlike....
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:42 pm
mehravikas wrote:Can I ask what's wrong with A?
IMO..

A says "Like Austen, the characters of Forster".....here Austen is wrongly....compared to characters

Comparison should be between comparable things..
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by mehravikas » Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:34 pm
IMO - like can also have a meaning "similar to"...
goelmohit2002 wrote:
mehravikas wrote:Can I ask what's wrong with A?
IMO..

A says "Like Austen, the characters of Forster".....here Austen is wrongly....compared to characters

Comparison should be between comparable things..
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by real2008 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:55 pm
mehravikas wrote:IMO - like can also have a meaning "similar to"...
goelmohit2002 wrote:
mehravikas wrote:Can I ask what's wrong with A?
IMO..

A says "Like Austen, the characters of Forster".....here Austen is wrongly....compared to characters

Comparison should be between comparable things..
So what? again 'similar to' also is used for comparison only....
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by goelmohit2002 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:15 pm
mehravikas wrote:IMO - like can also have a meaning "similar to"...
Just to add what real2008 said already....

Manhattan SC giuide say:

like = similar to [but not including]

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by shahdevine » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:13 pm
hariharakarthi wrote:Like Austen, the characters of Forster are concerned largely with achieving economic security in a world riddled with class distinctions.


A. Like Austen, the characters of Forster

B.Like Austen, Forster's characters

C. Like Austen's, Forster's characters

D. As with Austen, Forster's characters

E. As are Austen's Forster's characters
C


apples to apples comparison in part of speech
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by blackarrow » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:36 pm
Another Vote for C,
comparison of nouns will take Like and not As
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by yalakaluma » Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:53 am
My vote goes for C too.

If we add a coma after "Austen's", would E be acceptable?

"As are Austen's, Forster's characters are concerned largely with achieving economic security in a world riddled with class distinctions."

Is it the correct use of "As"?
Isn' t it a bit "wordy"?

Thanks for the help.
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