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While Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger, his courage in the face of physical threats and verbal attacks was not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. (A) not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused (B) not unlike Rosa Parks, who refused (C) like Rosa Parks and her refusal (D) like that of Rosa Parks for refusing (E) as that of Rosa Parks, who refused This SC i found tough
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spriya wrote: While Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger, his courage in the face of physical threats and verbal attacks was not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
(A) not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused
(B) not unlike Rosa Parks, who refused
(C) like Rosa Parks and her refusal
(D) like that of Rosa Parks for refusing
(E) as that of Rosa Parks, who refused
This SC i found tough the difficult part is understanding the meaning of "not unlike". I am not sure what it means. But here we are comparing JR's courage with that of RP. I guess ... is it A ?
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amitdgr wrote: spriya wrote: While Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger, his courage in the face of physical threats and verbal attacks was not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
(A) not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused
(B) not unlike Rosa Parks, who refused
(C) like Rosa Parks and her refusal
(D) like that of Rosa Parks for refusing
(E) as that of Rosa Parks, who refused
This SC i found tough the difficult part is understanding the meaning of "not unlike". I am not sure what it means. But here we are comparing JR's courage with that of RP. I guess ... is it A ? OA is A indeed!! But i opted for E since not unlike does not sound correct to me !!!
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spriya wrote: While Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger, his courage in the face of physical threats and verbal attacks was not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
(A) not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused
(B) not unlike Rosa Parks, who refused
(C) like Rosa Parks and her refusal
(D) like that of Rosa Parks for refusing
(E) as that of Rosa Parks, who refused
This SC i found tough Where ever you see a double negative, remove the two negatives and see what the stem is telling you. Here the stem tells us that- "Jackie Robinson's courage in the face of physical threats and verbal attacks was like that of Rosa Parks". (B) compares courage with Rosa Parks. (C) compares courage with Rosa Parks (D) correctly uses "that", but "for refusing" is awkward contsruction (E) courage of A was "as that of" B is an incorrect comparison/usage. To compare two noun phrases, "like" should be used and not "as". Hence (A)
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leonidas wrote: spriya wrote: While Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger, his courage in the face of physical threats and verbal attacks was not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
(A) not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused
(B) not unlike Rosa Parks, who refused
(C) like Rosa Parks and her refusal
(D) like that of Rosa Parks for refusing
(E) as that of Rosa Parks, who refused
This SC i found tough Where ever you see a double negative, remove the two negatives and see what the stem is telling you. Here the stem tells us that- "Jackie Robinson's courage in the face of physical threats and verbal attacks was like that of Rosa Parks". (B) compares courage with Rosa Parks. (C) compares courage with Rosa Parks (D) correctly uses "that", but "for refusing" is awkward contsruction (E) courage of A was "as that of" B is a correct comparison. Hence (A) I found E good !! can u explain why Is A better than E !!!
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Sorry in my post. should have been: (E) courage of A was "as that of" B is an incorrect comparison/usage. To compare two noun phrases, "like" should be used and not "as".
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leonidas wrote: Sorry in my post.
should have been:
(E) courage of A was "as that of" B is an incorrect comparison/usage.
To compare two noun phrases, "like" should be used and not "as". Right NOUN VS NOUN -> LIKE ok then nothing wrong in using not unlike !!! i will remember this
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