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Lets discuss ! After you get the answer please explain what's wrong with the others. Is "as with" idiomatically correct here? If so, why? Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he also received an education from English-speaking teachers. (A) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; (B) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was (C) Like many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant, living in two worlds, was (D) As with many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was (E) As with many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds;
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According to me, A and E cannot fit in, since ";" should separate 2 sentences which can stay alone. Here second part cannot stay alone. C looks fine. But, "Like many another" seems awkward. Among B and D the only difference is usage of "Like" and "As with". Now "like" should be used to compare people or things or nouns. Here we are not comparing the people rather we are comparing a clause of "people living in two different worlds". Hence it should be "As with". I would go with D. Please let us know the OA and explanation for the same.
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D is not the answer. Wanna try again !
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IMO A Like is good.. comparing two nouns D,E out B --> has modifier issue. Between C and A, I'll go with A
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Good Question.
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'many others' sounds good than many another.. C & E out.
Like to compare nouns.
A looks perfect and is free from modifier errors.
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Awesome ! Thanks the OA is A. As pointed out in this post B and D have modifier issue. "living in two worlds" starts modifying the "Native American leaders". Among A, C and E. The unidiomatic usage eliminates C and E. "many another" is wrong  vinay.kaipra wrote: According to me,
Among B and D the only difference is usage of "Like" and "As with". Now "like" should be used to compare people or things or nouns. Here we are not comparing the people rather we are comparing a clause of "people living in two different worlds". Hence it should be "As with".
I would go with D.
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So my first attempt was wrong. But, just wanted to clarify one thing here. Is the placement of ";" proper here. Can the second statement stay alone? I think I made the mistake because of that confusion also with the usage of "like". So here "Like" is comparing with people and Joseph Brant. Hence, that should be fine. But, could you please clarify about the usage of ";"?
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Indeed. Lets analyze option A Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he also received an education from English-speaking teachers. Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant ---> phrase modifier, noun1 + clause1 born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he ---> phrase modifier, pronoun + clause2 clause1 and clause2 are independent sentences BUT related (he in second sentence refers to Brant) - so they should be joined by semi-colon. vinay.kaipra wrote: So my first attempt was wrong. But, just wanted to clarify one thing here. Is the placement of ";" proper here. Can the second statement stay alone?
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I didn't see any kudos coming LOL dwivedys wrote: Very well explained! nusmavrik wrote: Indeed. Lets analyze option A Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he also received an education from English-speaking teachers. Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant ---> phrase modifier, noun1 + clause1 born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he ---> phrase modifier, pronoun + clause2 clause1 and clause2 are independent sentences BUT related (he in second sentence refers to Brant) - so they should be joined by semi-colon. vinay.kaipra wrote: So my first attempt was wrong. But, just wanted to clarify one thing here. Is the placement of ";" proper here. Can the second statement stay alone? _________________
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I did not like option A for the below reasons. Can someone please comment on where I am wrong in my understanding
(1) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant, - with 'Like' the comparison should be done only with 'Joseph Brant'. But the sentnece has 'Joseph Brant lived in two worlds'
So the correct structure will be:
(2) As many others of his generation of Native American leaders did, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds
Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he also received an education from English-speaking teachers.
(A) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds;
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Between A and E ..............
and A better than E ..........many other and Many others .already explained above
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IMO A. We don't need "As" here.. We need like... "As" is used to compare actions or clauses.. "Like" is used to compare nouns.. just as discussed in this sentence..
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Both sentences starting with As are poorly constructed, One another in E, and no clear referent in D
Only A is clear
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A  whats with the use of 'another' like nobody's business - c and e are out isnt the use of living a tense issue - which eliminates - b, c, d are out A
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A, Need to use Like to compare two nouns
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Quote: Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; born into an Iroquois community and instructed in traditional Iroquois ways, he also received an education from English-speaking teachers.
(A) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds;
(B) Like many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was
(C) Like many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant, living in two worlds, was
(D) As with many others of his generation of Native American leaders, living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was
(E) As with many another of his generation of Native American leaders, Joseph Brant lived in two worlds; Answer: A Strike one: Eliminate C and E. It should be 'others' and not 'another'. Strike two: modifier error - 'Joseph Brant' should come right after modifier '...Native American leaders,' . Eliminates B and D. Leaving us A as the answer. we can use below rule (as mentioned by Temp 33) to serve as a check for correctness! Quote: "As" is used to compare actions or clauses..
"Like" is used to compare nouns..
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Another A! ';' here separate 2 statements and ',' is used in both to separate modifier with the guy and pronoun! Interesting question!
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the sentence talks about Joseph (noun) so 'as' is incorrect. how to choose between A and B? the construction in which two modifiers simaltenously precede the noun is awkward in gmat. e.g. Like many others ..., living in two worlds, Joseph Brant was .. so A is the winner.
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A. Many another is not an option
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i chose a but i can not explain why b is out. can u help me  Posted from GMAT ToolKit
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