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In many upper class Egyptian homes, French was spoken within the family, just as it had once been among the Russian aristocracy. A. just as it had once been among the Russian aristocracy B. just like it once had been among the Russian aristocracy C. just as the Russian aristocracy had once done D. similar to what the Russian aristocracy had done once E. like what had once been done by the Russian aristocracy
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amritgodofwar wrote: In many upper class Egyptian homes, French was spoken within the family, just as it had once been among the Russian aristocracy.
A. just as it had once been among the Russian aristocracy
B. just like it once had been among the Russian aristocracy
C. just as the Russian aristocracy had once done
D. similar to what the Russian aristocracy had done once
E. like what had once been done by the Russian aristocracy In this sentence two actions are being compared. Action of language being spoken. so LIKE can be eliminated altogether as like is used for comparing nouns. B and E gone. Now between A & C, we see that non- underlined part of sentence is in passive voice. 'french was spoken ' , so the underlined part of sentence should have a similar construction. french was spoken - just as it had once been. Both are in passive , Thus A is correct. Look at C it doesn't emphasis the language but instead emphasises the russian aristocracy and changes the construction to active voice. We can't have two forms of voice in one sentence . so B and D out.
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Re: In many upper class Egyptian homes... [#permalink]
06 Aug 2011, 09:43
I chose C.
A- it refers to an act rather than something concrete- wrong
B- same as above- wrong
C- correct, and concise too
D- done once.. once? not again??- wrong
E- like... - wrong
Can someone please explain why the answer is A and not C.
Thanks.
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Re: In many upper class Egyptian homes... [#permalink]
06 Aug 2011, 14:13
well answer choices can be eliminated as below
A- let's keep it for a while
B- Like is used to compare nouns/pronouns...whereas here sentence is comparing use of french
C and D - Wrong modifiers as, not Russian Aristrocracy but french Language Use had to be modified.
E- Missing pronoun for Subject on what was done by Russian's
Out of all only possible is A
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Re: In many upper class Egyptian homes... [#permalink]
06 Aug 2011, 20:02
+1 for A.
A good "like" vs "as" question.
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Re: In many upper class Egyptian homes, French was spoken within [#permalink]
21 Dec 2011, 07:26
Parallelism is required. Like cannot be used. A
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Re: In many upper class Egyptian homes, French was spoken within [#permalink]
21 Dec 2011, 07:46
Y, just as X Choice A is the correct one.
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21 Dec 2011, 08:29
Its should be A, in C C the meaning is reverse
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+1 A , good question to brush up the parallel question basics
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Re: In many upper class Egyptian homes... [#permalink]
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Aj85 wrote: amritgodofwar wrote: In many upper class Egyptian homes, French was spoken within the family, just as it had once been among the Russian aristocracy.
A. just as it had once been among the Russian aristocracy
B. just like it once had been among the Russian aristocracy
C. just as the Russian aristocracy had once done
D. similar to what the Russian aristocracy had done once
E. like what had once been done by the Russian aristocracy In this sentence two actions are being compared. Action of language being spoken. so LIKE can be eliminated altogether as like is used for comparing nouns. B and E gone. Now between A & C, we see that non- underlined part of sentence is in passive voice. 'french was spoken ' , so the underlined part of sentence should have a similar construction. french was spoken - just as it had once been. Both are in passive , Thus A is correct. Look at C it doesn't emphasis the language but instead emphasises the russian aristocracy and changes the construction to active voice. We can't have two forms of voice in one sentence . so B and D out. Hi AJ85, I would like to emphasize that use of Active & passive voice is NOT THE MAIN difference between option A & C. Option C compares two actions "French was spoken in many Egyptian homes" & "Russian aristocracy has done once" but the comparison does not make any logical sense. On the contrary option A compares two actions "French was spoken in many Egyptian homes" & "French had once been spoken among Russian aristocracy" , and thus the comparison makes any logical sense. Even though option A is best among the rest, but i feel the quality of this question is quite POOR for 2 reasons:- a) Split infinitive is used in option A (Incorrect most of the times) b) Pronoun "IT" cannot stand for a Clause/action. Hope it helps. Fame
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