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Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, so Parliament is the legislative body of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (A) Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, so (B) As Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, (C) As Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, in the same way (D) Just as Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, so (E) Just as the Federal government of the United States's legislative branch is Congress,
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I go with D. Just as.. so.. is the correct idiom.
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A- Unidiomatic. B- Unidiomatic. C- Unidiomatic. D- Correct Ans. E- Parallelism error.
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bigtreezl wrote: vscid wrote: Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, so Parliament is the legislative body of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ?of? Northern Ireland.
a] Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, so
b] As Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States,
c] As Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, in the same way
d] Just as Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, so
e] Just as the Federal government of the United States's legislative branch is Congress, E I disagree with myself..should be D
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bergkamp10 wrote: I go with D. Just as.. so.. is the correct idiom. So the correct idiom is 'just as X, so Y' ?
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vscid wrote: bergkamp10 wrote: I go with D. Just as.. so.. is the correct idiom. So the correct idiom is 'just as X, so Y' ? That's right. Just as Congress is.. so Parliament is.. Just as.. so. is a correct idiom. IMO, D is the correct answer.
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Agree with D just as X, so Y is correct idiom.
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yes answer is D 
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I concur; the correct idiomatic expression is "just as X, so Y." X:Congress is the legislative branch of... Y:Parliament is the legislative body of... The correct response is D.
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Just as X so Y is the correct idiom.
D it is.
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Straight D....I D I O M JUST AS X....SO Y
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Here comparing two phrases so Just as is correct
The idioms goes like Just as X.. so Y...
D is Correct
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Agree with D. Just as..so. Still doesn't look right to me though.
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+1 D Just as...., so Parallelism: congress is...../ Parliament is....
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D has the correct idiom Posted from my mobile device 
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In option B if we have' Like congress' instead of 'As congress' will B is more preferable than D. Experts please suggest when to use As, Like, Just As....
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