A fact that only few are aware of is that like Marie Curie

Question

A fact that only few are aware of is that   like Marie Curie  , her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize.

A. like Marie Curie
B. as Marie Curie was
C. just as Marie Curie
D. similar to Marie Curie
E. as Marie Curie

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alldaytestprep · Answer

Tough question. I'm not 100% sure on this but this is how I would approach it.

"Like" is used when comparing things that are similar but not equal to each other. In this case the exact same thing happened to both people - they each were awarded the nobel prize - therefore "like" does not work. Eliminate A and I would also eliminate D for same reason.

In choosing between B, C, and E I think it comes down to parallelism. For Marie Curie, we need something parallel to "Irene Joliot-Curie WAS awarded". Therefore, I would choose B since it implies "just as Marie Curie WAS awarded the nobel prize, so WAS her daughter awarded the nobel prize"

Also, C & E make it sound like Irene Joliot-Curie won the award as Marie Curie.

Answer: B

akash3074 · Answer

IMO B as the action of giving award is compared.

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prashant6923 · Answer

Pushpit OE please. Not able to understand why A is OA.

sarwarraza · Answer

A for me. The comparison is between Marie Curie and her daughter. Therefore 'as' cannot be used (as is used to compare clauses). Eliminate B, C and E. Similar to is not used to show comparison, out D. 
Like+Noun is used to compare nouns, thus A is correct

Norgay · Answer

A. like Marie Curie -> correct. Like is used to compare nouns. Correct usage. Her daughter is compared to Marie curie

B. as Marie Curie was -> incorrect. as Marie curie was what? Also, Clause is compared with noun. Incorrect comparison.

C. just as Marie Curie -> incorrect. Wrong idiom . Correct usage is ' just as X, Y' where X and Y should be parallel. Here X and Y are not parallel as X is noun and Y is clause.

D. similar to Marie Curie -> incorrect. Gives wrong meaning that her daughter was similar to Marie curie.

E. as Marie Curie -> incorrect. As with nouns is used to show role/function. 
Ex As a mother, Tina was supposed to take care of her child.
'As Marie curie' is wrong because it gives a meaning that her daughter was playing the role of Marie curie. Wrong

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AliciaSierra · Answer

why is b wrong ?

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

ammuseeru 
This question is something like: 
 Like X, Y is/was blah blah... 
or,
 Unlike X, Y is/was blah blah... 
Here the core is:
 A fact  that only few are aware of  is that like Marie Curie,  her daughter  Irene Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize. 
or, in more concise:
  A fact is that  like Marie Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize. 
So, the   core   is:
  Like Marie Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize.  
So, if you put verb  was  (like choice B), it'll not make sense-It'll not be replica of  Like/Unlike  pattern.

Maxximus · Answer

Here is a brief video explanation-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svVF9VRJogk

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kavitaverma · Answer

Hello,
I am unable to understand the 'like' and 'as' comparison concept in this one.
As far as I know, 'like' is used to compare nouns and 'as' is used to compare clauses.
In this sentence the second part is a clause. Not sure why we are using 'like' here.

Thank you.

DmitryFarber · Answer

kavitaverma

Keep in mind that any time we have a comparison, we will see a clause on one side or the other. Otherwise we wouldn't have a sentence! That alone doesn't tell us that we are comparing clauses.

In fact, since the first part of the comparison (Marie Curie), is just a noun, we CANNOT be comparing clauses. We are saying that the daughter was like the mother. How are these two people (nouns) alike? Both were awarded the Nobel Prize.

Flower_Child · Answer

A is the correct choice and below is my understanding of why that is .

First , for comparisons - 'LIKE' should be followed by noun entities and 'AS' should be followed by a clause .

The given statement can be properly written in two ways :
1. A fact that only few are aware of is that like Marie Curie, her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize.

2. A fact that only few are aware of is that Irene Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize as her mother Marie Curie was.
understood as
A fact that only few are aware of is that Irene Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize as her mother Marie Curie was (awarded the Nobel Prize).

In 1 , Marie Curie is compared with her mother . Like is only followed by a noun and the point of comparison is getting awarded the Nobel Prize.

In 2, the comparison is between the action of getting awarded. And so, AS is used.
Note that ellipsis is in play here as the verb can be omitted and still the meaning will not change. For that, omitted words should  already exist  somewhere  BEFORE  in the clause. This is the reason by B is incorrect.

Hope it's clear now.

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