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For some reason the new consultant treats his clients like [#permalink]
 05 Dec 2008, 10:08
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310. For some reason the new consultant treats his clients like idiots, talking to them like they were mentally deficient and incapable of understanding more than the simplest ideas.
(A) like idiots, talking to them like they
(B) as if they were idiots, talking to them like they
(C) like idiots, talking to them as if they
(D) as idiots, talking to them like they
(E) like idiots who
Is E wrong?
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I think its C.
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I agree, C is the correct answer.
"who" or "like" cannot work because of the past tense in the second part.
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C is th best choice lgon wrote: 310. For some reason the new consultant treats his clients like idiots, talking to them like they were mentally deficient and incapable of understanding more than the simplest ideas.
(A) like idiots, talking to them like they
(B) as if they were idiots, talking to them like they
(C) like idiots, talking to them as if they
(D) as idiots, talking to them like they
(E) like idiots who
Is E wrong?
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Yes OA is C only, thanks. echizen wrote: I agree, C is the correct answer.
"who" or "like" cannot work because of the past tense in the second part.
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E is fundamentally changing the intended meaning by modifying "idiots". C is best - i.e. we need modifying clause to modify the whole pre-comma section.
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agree with C
P.S
like is used to compare nouns and 'as' is used in phrase
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C IMO
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Can someone explain this??
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treating clients like idiots, who were.. who were refers to idiots more than the clients here.. doesn't really make sense in this way..
treating clients like idiots as if they were.. 'as if they', meaning that they refer to the clients being treated AS idiots
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echizen wrote: I agree, C is the correct answer.
"who" or "like" cannot work because of the past tense in the second part. Can you give me an example?? ... I don't understand why A is wrong ...
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roopika2990 wrote: echizen wrote: I agree, C is the correct answer.
"who" or "like" cannot work because of the past tense in the second part. Can you give me an example?? ... I don't understand why A is wrong ... A is wrong For some reason the new consultant treats his clients like idiots, talking to them like they were mentally deficient and incapable of understanding more than the simplest ideas. To make comparison followed by clause "as" should be used.. "like" should not be followed by clause. So C will be choice here
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