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Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go [#permalink]
 16 Oct 2007, 13:33
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Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go without food for long periods, hibernating bears exist for months on only their excess fat.
(A) Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go
(B) Unlike human beings, who waste away when they go
(C) Unlike human beings, wasting away when going
(D) Dissimilar to human beings, wasting away when
(E) Lacking similarity to human beings, who waste away when
Please explain your answers.
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Re: SC 1000: Hibernating bears [#permalink]
16 Oct 2007, 13:40
eyunni wrote: Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go without food for long periods, hibernating bears exist for months on only their excess fat.
(A) Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go
(B) Unlike human beings, who waste away when they go
(C) Unlike human beings, wasting away when going
(D) Dissimilar to human beings, wasting away when
(E) Lacking similarity to human beings, who waste away when
Please explain your answers.
B looks right!!
A - that - is weird
C - wasting - going - odd
D - Wasting - exist - not //lel
E - not sure ..but dint like it
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Re: SC 1000: Hibernating bears [#permalink]
16 Oct 2007, 13:41
eyunni wrote: Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go without food for long periods, hibernating bears exist for months on only their excess fat.
(A) Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go
(B) Unlike human beings, who waste away when they go
(C) Unlike human beings, wasting away when going
(D) Dissimilar to human beings, wasting away when
(E) Lacking similarity to human beings, who waste away when
Please explain your answers.
I would go for B.
Shortlist B and C. B is parallel and clear. In C " wasting...when going.." sounds unidiomatic.
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A is wrong because you're comparing "that of human beings" to hibernating bears, not the same thing.
C is wrong because you have "wasting away" and "exist", they should be in the same tense.
D is wrong for the same reason as C.
not really sure between B and E, iwould go for B because E sounds wrong.
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E also lacks verb:
....when without food....
B corrects it:
....when go without food....
Last edited by IrinaOK on 16 Oct 2007, 14:39, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: SC 1000: Hibernating bears [#permalink]
16 Oct 2007, 15:15
eyunni wrote: Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go without food for long periods, hibernating bears exist for months on only their excess fat.
(A) Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go
(B) Unlike human beings, who waste away when they go
(C) Unlike human beings, wasting away when going
(D) Dissimilar to human beings, wasting away when
(E) Lacking similarity to human beings, who waste away when
Please explain your answers.
Def. B
Parallelism of Nouns/subjects.
Unlike Human Beings..., bears...
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It boils down to B and C because you have to compare like with like, in this case: human beings to bears
I choose B, although i cant really say why C is wrong
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Re: SC 1000: Hibernating bears [#permalink]
16 Oct 2007, 17:22
eyunni wrote: Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go without food for long periods, hibernating bears exist for months on only their excess fat.
(A) Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go
(B) Unlike human beings, who waste away when they go
(C) Unlike human beings, wasting away when going
(D) Dissimilar to human beings, wasting away when
(E) Lacking similarity to human beings, who waste away when
Please explain your answers.
Its B....
D and E are just wordy....Don't understand what "that' is refering to in A...
Between B and C, you need "who" to modify "human Beings"...
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Re: SC 1000: Hibernating bears [#permalink]
16 Oct 2007, 19:47
eyunni wrote: Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go without food for long periods, hibernating bears exist for months on only their excess fat.
(A) Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go
(B) Unlike human beings, who waste away when they go
(C) Unlike human beings, wasting away when going
(D) Dissimilar to human beings, wasting away when
(E) Lacking similarity to human beings, who waste away when
Please explain your answers.
B -> "that" is not necessary when comparing human beings and bears.
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kaleoncheng wrote: Whats the OA?
OA is B.
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Re: SC 1000: Hibernating bears [#permalink]
17 Oct 2007, 10:28
eyunni wrote: Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go without food for long periods, hibernating bears exist for months on only their excess fat.
(A) Unlike that of human beings, who waste away when they go
(B) Unlike human beings, who waste away when they go
(C) Unlike human beings, wasting away when going
(D) Dissimilar to human beings, wasting away when
(E) Lacking similarity to human beings, who waste away when
Please explain your answers.
B.
A: compares the wrong things. that of human beings to bears--- Wrong.
C: should have who. wasting away when going is awkward.
D: dissimilar is not the correct use for contrasts here, like is much better. Who should be used after human beings.
E: lacking similarity does not contrast w/ bears correctly.
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Re: SC 1000: Hibernating bears
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