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Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the water as a person standing on land. A. water as a B. water as to a C. water; just as it would to D. water, as it would to the E. water; just as to the
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I will go for B.
C and D are out because of "it". E is out because of "just as".
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Nihit wrote: Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the water as a person standing on land.
A. water as a
B. water as to a
C. water; just as it would to
D. water, as it would to the
E. water; just as to the There is no doubt that B is the answer but don't you guys think that in D a do(appear) is missing ? natural phenomena would appear the same to X as it (natural phenomena) would do (appear) to Y.
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I'l go with "B" as it is clear and concise..
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D is wrong because the comma after water makes the comparison choppy and the "the person" is used in place of "a person". Completely different meanings.
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A compares manifestation to person, C and D use wrong pronoun, and E is wordy, also use of semi colon is wrong as the words after semicolon dont make a full sentence.
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+1 FOR B. Correct Idiom is same to X as to Y
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It's tough memorizing all these idioms. but yes I agree with B.
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I will go with the option B because the idiom used is "the same to X as to Y".
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I have chosen B for the answer:
A. This answer choice does not maintain parallelism with the comparison. The reason is because we are missing a "to."
You could look at the comparison like this:
Natural phenomena would appear the same:
- to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the water AS
- to a someone (or person in this case) standing on land
B. This comparison is clear and maintains parallelism.
C. The semicolon creates a sentence fragment because we are left wondering where the other half of the comparison is. Also, the semicolon creates a break in logical meaning, but we want this to be continuous.
D. This answer does not maintain parallelism because of the addition of the word "would." I wasn't sure if the pronoun "it" was ambiguous, but this wasn't the deciding factor for me anyway.
E. Again, the semicolon creates a break in the comparison and it leaves the main clause as a fragment.
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scthakur wrote: I will go for B.
C and D are out because of "it". E is out because of "just as". Why is It wrong in answer choice D, it clearly refers to natural phenomena
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tejastalak wrote: scthakur wrote: I will go for B.
C and D are out because of "it". E is out because of "just as". Why is It wrong in answer choice D, it clearly refers to natural phenomenaIssue in D is subject verb agreement. Phenomena (plural) would appear to X as IT would to Y. Additionally, I feel that the comma is unnecessary.
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Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the water as a person standing on land. A. water as a B. water as to a C. water; just as it would to D. water, as it would to the E. water; just as to the Correct idiom: Same to X as to Y.
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