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Post subject: As everybody before you - SC  Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:41 am |
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As everybody before you, you're going to die and thanks to modern medicine and health practices, you'll probably live much longer as your ancestors did. A. As everybody before you, you're going to die and thanks to modern medicine and health practices, you'll probably live much longer as your ancestors did. B. Like everybody before you, you're going to die but thanks to modern medicine and health practices, you'll probably live much longer than your ancestors. C. As everybody before you has done, you're going to die and despite modern medicine and health practices, you'll probably live much longer than your ancestors did. D. Like everybody before you, you're going to die for thanks to modern medicine and health practices, you'll probably live much longer than your ancestors do. E. Like everybody before you, you're going to die but thanks to modern medicine and health practices, you'll probably live much longer than your ancestors did. source: Aristotle SC Grail, please explain OA. OA is ECan you please explain when to use Like or As. Manhattan GMAT Prep states that "Like" should be followed by a noun.
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Post subject: Re: As everybody before you - SC Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:12 am |
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E. Like everybody before you, you're going to die but thanks to modern medicine and health practices, you'll probably live much longer than your ancestors did.
Here like compares two nouns, i.e. everybody & you
So we could say that - like everybody, you ......
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Post subject: Re: As everybody before you - SC Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:09 pm |
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"Like" is used to compare nouns: This team is like last year's team. "As" is used to compare clauses, which include a noun and a verb in a tense: I ran very fast, as did my brother. See this thread: like-vs-as-t1517.html
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Post subject: Re: As everybody before you - SC Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:24 am |
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"everybody before you" is noun , i think we can ignore "before you" to make it clear
Like everybody , you are going to die but( contrast) thanks to modern medicine and health practices, you'll probably live much longer than your ancestors did( lived ).
Like , but , did ... E
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Post subject: Re: As everybody before you - SC Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:31 pm |
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Yes, "everybody" is compared to "you" with the word "like".
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Post subject: Re: As everybody before you - SC Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:06 am |
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Is B incorrect because the two sides of "than" must be parallel?.
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Post subject: Re: As everybody before you - SC Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:27 am |
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nileshdalvimumbai wrote: Is B incorrect because the two sides of "than" must be parallel?. Correct! B is incorrect because we have an incorrect comparison. We need to say: You are going to live[/b] longer than your ancestors did(did stands in for "are going to live"). Otherwise the comparison is not parallel.
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