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OG - SC - #122

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cindyqtran
 Post subject: OG - SC - #122
 Post Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:53 pm 
122. More than 30 yrs ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can "jump," as pears moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.
(a) same
(b) like perals moving mmysteriously from one necklace to another
(c) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(d) like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(e) as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one

I came down to A and B, and I chose A because genes can jump is a verb phrase. But the answer is B, which uses the word like. Can someone explain?
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StaceyKoprince
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 Post Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:21 pm 
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See this thread for a complete explanation of this one:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/sc-og-11th-ed-122-t684.html?highlight=mcclintock

You're right that comparing clauses requires "as." But we're just comparing genes to pearls, not "genes can jump."

Don't forget that you have to have two clauses to use "as," not just one. If you look at the second part of the sentence "(like / as) pears moving mysteriously from one necklace to another" - that's a phrase, not a clause.

The "ing" form of a verb can function as a verb, noun, adjective, or adverb! The easiest way to deal with this is to remember that the "ing" form only functions as a verb when it is paired with a form of "to be" - such as, "she is going to the store." Since we don't have that here, "moving" does not function as a verb, and nothing else in that big after "jump" is a verb, so we have a phrase, not a clause. Therefore, we can't use "as."

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