SC-Crusaders

[gmat009]

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

[niraj_a]

C dude

you gotta see the intended meaning of the sentence.

[Mani_mba]

None of the options appears correct to me.

I would have chosen C if it were "Just as they never ..... ".

[gmat009]

I picked C because it was better than other options but OA is A

[Bidisha800]

"Just like" compares nouns.

Just like Pizzas, burgers are very popular in Italy.

[codesnooker]

IMO (A), because LIKE is use to compare nouns whereas AS is use to compare actions. In the current questions, the author compares FORGAVE with ABSOLVED.

Hope this helps...

[wonder]

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

The Syrians never forgave the Crusaders.
(at the same time)
The Syrians never absolvd the French.
a. "even as" signifies "at the same time". that is our intended meaning here
b. "while" would act like "although", that is, if some opposite act was to be shown (eg "while" syrians forgave the crusaders, syrians ever absolvd the French.) hence, this will be incorrect here.
c. just like is redundant. only 'like' should do wherever needed. but ofcourse as already pointed out, 'like' is only used to compare nouns.
d. awkward...wordy...modifier problem too
e. 'in spite of' is always wordy... and changes intended meaning


hoping it helps!

[eshahid]

Of all the choices 'C' looked relatively correct to me.
Obviously the 'Just like' construction looked troublesome.
All thanks to wonder for clarifying.

[NSNguyen]

imo: A