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by GmatKiss » Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:55 pm
A leading figure in the Scottish enlightenment, Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism what Marx's Das Kapital is to socialism.
A. Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism what
B. Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism like
C. Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism just as
D. Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism similar to
E. Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism what

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by garima99 » Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:45 pm
GmatKiss wrote:A leading figure in the Scottish enlightenment, Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism what Marx's Das Kapital is to socialism.
A. Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism what
B. Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism like
C. Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism just as
D. Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism similar to
E. Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism what

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by Krk » Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:24 am
To keep the sentence parallel, my choice is:
E. "Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism like "
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by mukgera » Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:47 am
As per my understanding the answer should be A.
Firstly to we need the idiom in proper format (x is to y what w is to z)
Only choices A and E satisfies this condition.

Now to maintain parallelism in the two part of sentence
"Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism"
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"Marx's Das Kapital is to socialism"

It should be mentioned in the sentence what is being compared b/w the two which is explained only by choice E only "wrote".
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by mukgera » Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:48 am
Correction : Answer should be E.
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by saketk » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:46 am
mukgera wrote:As per my understanding the answer should be A.
Firstly to we need the idiom in proper format (x is to y what w is to z)
Only choices A and E satisfies this condition.

Now to maintain parallelism in the two part of sentence
"Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism"
&
"Marx's Das Kapital is to socialism"

It should be mentioned in the sentence what is being compared b/w the two which is explained only by choice E only "wrote".
In option A, the problem is with the modifier. It illogically says that "Adam Smith's two major books" were the leading figure whereas it is Adam Smith who is the Leading Figure.. This rules out option A.

Option E looks the best choice. Correct use of Idiom -- 'x is to y what w is to z'
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:02 am
yup I agree what saketk has explained........
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by GmatKiss » Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:46 am
OA is E
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