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Which is better to reason like an expert or to reason as an [#permalink] New post  15 Mar 2012, 21:37
Which is better to reason like an expert or to reason as an expert does and why?
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Re: which is better [#permalink] New post  Updated on: 15 Mar 2012, 22:47
Hi,

I would go with the first one "to reason like an expert" since we comparing nouns i.e. expert

Hope this helps

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Re: which is better [#permalink] New post  15 Mar 2012, 22:42
Hi,
Got a ques on OG that says that says there is no difference between the two



boomtangboy wrote:
Hi,

I would go with the first one "to reason like an expert" since we comparing nouns i.e. expert

Hope this helps
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Re: which is better [#permalink] New post  15 Mar 2012, 22:49
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Hi devinawilliam83,

Not really good with SC but gave you information based on some verbal notes I went through a couple of days. It was for distinction between 'such as' & 'like'. I used the same logic to reason for the question you posed.

Can you quote the source from where you got this? May some verbal gurus might shed some light then
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Re: which is better [#permalink] New post  16 Mar 2012, 12:26
Dont remember exactly but the question was among the hard ones in the GMAT verbal review 12th EDN

boomtangboy wrote:
Hi devinawilliam83,

Not really good with SC but gave you information based on some verbal notes I went through a couple of days. It was for distinction between 'such as' & 'like'. I used the same logic to reason for the question you posed.

Can you quote the source from where you got this? May some verbal gurus might shed some light then
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Re: which is better [#permalink] New post  17 Mar 2012, 19:46
Both the versions are correct.

like is used to compare(express similarity) noun clauses/phrases.
as is used for verb clauses.

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Re: which is better [#permalink] New post  17 Mar 2012, 19:50
Just because I learnt somewhere that 'Like' is used to indicate similarity, I will be inclined towards that one. Not a great explanation, I know, but I am trying to stick to the rules that I have at least heard/ read.
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Re: Which is better to reason like an expert or to reason as an [#permalink] New post  10 Mar 2014, 23:05
clause+like+noun=clause +as+clause
this is proved by og questions. the meaning is: the two things do something in the same way

but
like+noun,+clause
is different. the meaning here is that two nouns are the same because they do the same job.

there is clear difference in meaning
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Re: Which is better to reason like an expert or to reason as an [#permalink] New post  13 Apr 2014, 23:44
i reasons like an expert,= comparing me and the expert, while i reason as an expert does =comparing my reasoning skills with skills of the expert ........
am i right ??
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Re: Which is better to reason like an expert or to reason as an [#permalink] New post  07 May 2014, 12:20
manishgmat1 wrote:
i reasons like an expert,= comparing me and the expert, while i reason as an expert does =comparing my reasoning skills with skills of the expert ........
am i right ??


we can understand the difference between like and as by taking following sentences which express physical action rather than mental action as stated in above example. it is difficult to express change in meaning with above example.

I jumped like a clown : implies i wore a clown's dress and did makeup and inherited clown's properties and jumped.

I jumped as a clown does. : implies I jumped in a clownish manner; I copied the jump of clown.
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Re: Which is better to reason like an expert or to reason as an [#permalink] New post  07 May 2014, 21:26
devinawilliam83 wrote:
Which is better to reason like an expert or to reason as an expert does and why?



Both are grammatically correct..

The choice you make depends upon the contextual meaning of that sentence.
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Re: Which is better to reason like an expert or to reason as an [#permalink] New post  08 May 2014, 00:38
Both can be used, no difference... Ya remembered the qn in Verbal Review.
Like an expert or as an expert does.
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