As Vs Like: Correct and Incorrect usages

Dear Thulsy,

Thanks for your question. I will ask Payal to look at this tomorrow.

On another note,here is another article that you may enjoy.

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-Rajat

Would
As with human DNA, the DNA of grape plants contains sites where unique sequences of nucleotides are repeated over and over.

be correct?

thank you Shraddha. I thought "as with" was correct based on Payal's note:


How do we solve this question based on the methodolgy above?

More than thirty years ago Dr. Barbara Mc-Clintock, the Nobel Prize winner,
reported that genes can “jump,” as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.
(A) as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(B) like pearls moving mysteriously 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

When I tried, this comes up a comparison and not a function. If genes can jump is being compared - I tried all three choices with as, but none of them were parallel as none had ability (using or not using can). but then I forcefully chose one of them. Please help.

From my experience of Gmat study the SC is one of the most important part of prep in which we should spend some time on every question to analyse why the answer is wrong for reasons other than selected by us.

(A) as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another - I can see only one error - usage of as pearls is wrong : AS+ Clause should be the pattern
(B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another - correct usage of like - Like+ noun
(C) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others - other than wrong usage of as, one necklace to others is wrong too.
(D) like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others - same as above
(E) as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one - wrong usage

good explanation and concept discussion e-GMAT!! thanks once again!

Hi,

As in the case of human DNA, the DNA of grape plants contains sites where unique sequences of nucleotides are repeated over and over.

or

As with that of humans, the DNA of grape plants contains sites where unique sequences of nucleotides are repeated over and over.

correct? Please help..

Thanks!

Thanks Payal and Shraddha for the explanation.

Can you please provide an example wherein the intended meaning changes when you compare nouns vs actions.

Thanks
H

Hi there,

As with that of humans, the DNA of grape plants contains sites where unique sequences of nucleotides are repeated over and over.

This sentence only corrects the number error by changing "those" in the origibnal sentence to "that" in your example. We still don't know what the function of "with" is. So this sentence is incoorect.

As in the case of human DNA, the DNA of grape plants contains sites where unique sequences of nucleotides are repeated over and over. This sentence is again incorrect because the comparison is not clear here. The preopsitional phrase after "as" fails to establish the comparison.

The correct sentence would be:
As it is with human DNA, the DNA of grape plants contains sites where unique sequences of nucleotides are repeated over and over.

Thanks.
Shraddha.

Hi Himanshu,

Analyze these two sentences:

1. Like honeybees, hummingbirds collect nectar from flowers.
2. As honeybees do, hummingbirds collect nectar from flowers.

Both the sentences are correct as the usages of "like" and "as" are correct in sentences 1. and 2. respectively. However, there is a very slight change in the meaning of both the sentences.

Sentence 1. just compares the two creatures. Honeybees and hummimhgbirds, both collect nectar from flowers.

Sentence 2. compares the way in which these two creatures collect nectar. The difference in meaning is very slight though.

Thanks.
Shraddha.

Thanks Shraddha for your inputs.

I have seen some questions where instead of nouns, clauses gets compared. Could you please present an example here, where two clauses gets compared rather than nouns. I would like to gauge your though process on those type of comparisons.

Thanks
H

Hi

Could you please explain what pronoun IT is referring to in the above written sentence ??

Thanks
H

Let us know if you have more questions regarding this concept. We are soon adding a few more examples.

Excellent article Payal/Shardhha.
Kudos..and Shardhha: I remember your message,so no mistake this time..hope you got it.

I got it right but I'm 5.5 months late to get the award....at that time I didn't even join the Club

BTW,as you've mentioned you'll come up with more 700+ qs...so can't wait to face those.
Start firing the bullets guys....

Hey Shradhha/Rajat,
Pretty long time guys since I last got 700+ questions on this topic from you...

It would be great if you share some challenging GMAT like 700+ questions guys on 'As Vs Like' !

Hi Shradha,
Can you help me with following question,
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
Why A is not the answer? t does compare goals of two generation, which are both nouns

hi,

try this...i found this one good

like-a-protein-rich-diet-that-the-healthy-genes-need-to-prod-155864.html#p1245833

Hi Tavish,
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.

In this question, we need to pay attention to the structure of the sentence to actually understand the two entities that have been compared in the sentence.

So let’s start with a few simple sentences:
• Like Jane, Julia loves ice cream.
• Julia loves ice cream, like Jane.

In the above two, it is very clear that Julia has been compared to Jane. But also pay attention to the structure of the sentence. In the first sentence, “Like + noun” is followed by a comma. When we have a construction like this, then the noun following “like” is compared to the subject of the following clause.
In the second sentence, “like + noun” appears at the end of the clause preceded by a comma. In a construction like this also, the noun following “like” is compared to the subject of the preceding clause.

Now let’s analyze the structure of the official sentence. Here, “like + that of earlier generations” appears after the main clause preceded by a comma. This means “that of earlier generations” must be compared to the subject of the preceding clause.

Now the subject of the preceding clause is “owning and living in a freestanding house…”. In fact, “that” in “that of earlier generations” actually stands for this noun. Is this a logical comparison? Certainly not. This is the reason why choice A is incorrect.

So with this knowledge, analyze the rest of the sentence and find out the correct answer. You can post your analysis here.

Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha