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During an ice age, the buildup of ice at the poles and the drop in water levels near the equator speed up the Earth’s rotation, like a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn in.
(A) like a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn in
(B) like the increased speed of a figure skater when her arms are drawn in
(C) like a figure skater who increases speed while spinning with her arms drawn in
(D) just as a spinning figure skater who increases speed by drawing in her arms
(E) just as a spinning figure skater increases speed by drawing in her arms
Please explain the steps by which you eliminated the choices.
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I think the statement is comaring the speed of earth's rotation with a similar speed that is causeed by rotation.
Only B does the job. so I will pick that answer.
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ditto...B. Just as is way too strong of a comparison for this type of analogy.
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B it is!
All the others compare the Earth's rotation - an action, with the figure skater - a noun!
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B shud be it.
Aptly comapres the spinning of earth to that of the figure skater.
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I also choose B ..but OA is E. Can somebody explain? Thanks.
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Just as (as) is used to compare Actions. And Like is used to compare Nouns. Usage of Like is wrong in this sentence hence E.
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Re: SC: Earth's Rotation. [#permalink]
14 Sep 2005, 08:24
Agree with E and the explanation. Since the Earth's rotation speed is an action, you need "just as"
sgrover wrote: During an ice age, the buildup of ice at the poles and the drop in water levels near the equator speed up the Earth’s rotation, like a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn in.
(A) like a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn in
(B) like the increased speed of a figure skater when her arms are drawn in
(C) like a figure skater who increases speed while spinning with her arms drawn in
(D) just as a spinning figure skater who increases speed by drawing in her arms
(E) just as a spinning figure skater increases speed by drawing in her arms
Please explain the steps by which you eliminated the choices.
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Re: SC: Earth's Rotation. [#permalink]
02 Jan 2011, 12:50
could anybody elaborate on this one?
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Re: SC: Earth's Rotation. [#permalink]
02 Jan 2011, 22:11
(E)Comparison of verbs - Earth's rotation and spinning skater, so it should be 'as' (A) like a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn in (B) like the increased speed of a figure skater when her arms are drawn in (C) like a figure skater who increases speed while spinning with her arms drawn in (D) just as a spinning figure skater who increases speed by drawing in her arms (E) just as a spinning figure skater increases speed by drawing in her arms
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