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can somebody explain this to me [#permalink]
 25 Jun 2006, 02:26
More than thirty years ago Dr. Barbara Mc-Clintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can “jump,â€
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^ B ^
We are comparing genes with pearls . So, "like" is appropriate here.
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Will go with B here.
As put by selene, comparing nuns hence "like"
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B.
like is preferred with nouns.
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Re: can somebody explain this to me [#permalink]
28 Jun 2006, 03:27
[quote="sharadGmat"]More than thirty years ago Dr. Barbara Mc-Clintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can “jump,â€
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As is used to compare action of a noun, while like is used to compare noun.
So here like is needed. out of B and E, B is more accurate
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"As is used to compare action of a noun, while like is used to compare noun"
Shiva, could you give an example of this rule?
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Re: can somebody explain this to me [#permalink]
11 Jul 2006, 14:01
[quote="firebollB looks OK
(A) a verb after 'pearls', not ~ing
(B) OK
(C) 'do that move' ==> awkward, 'others' should be 'another'
(D) 'do' after 'like' ==> not grammatical
(E) the same with (C), 'some other one' ==> 'another'[/quote]
Agree with B.
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