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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:31 am

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ans?what is being compared?living verb so should weuse as? e?very confusing...plz help.i get these type of questions always wrong

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:31 pm

Suyash wrote:

According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.
(A) like that of earlier generations
(B) as that for earlier generations
(C) just as earlier generations did
(D) as have earlier generations
(E) as it was of earlier generations

ans?what is being compared?living verb so should weuse as? e?very confusing...plz help.i get these type of questions always wrong

E it is ..

B,C and D can be straight away rejected..
Out of A and E, as per OG explanation, 'that' can refer to Owning (gerund) but here we are comparing goals .. hence applying parellellism, A is wrong and hence E is the right choice ..

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