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Anyone who undertakes the effort to study its nuances  has come to realize that, as all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism  that cannot be preserved, only described.

A) has come to realize that, as all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism

B) comes to realize that, like all languages are, the English language is a living, changing organism

C) has come to realize that, as all languages do, the English language is a living, changing organism

D) will come to realize that, like all languages were, the English language is a living, changing organism

E) will come to realize that, like all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism

generis · Answer

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sumitkrocks · Answer

1. In non underline part of the sentence we have present tense initiating a fact/certainty to have consistency we shall look for present tense/future tense in the second part  
 A & C out

2. We can either compare Noun "all languages " with English language using Like or Compare action/effect of language with the action/effect of English language using "As" .

A, B & D out

We are left with E

TarunKumar1234 · Answer

Anyone who undertakes the effort to study its nuances has come to realize that, as all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism that cannot be preserved, only described.

like --> to compare nouns
as --> to compare clauses

A, B and D are out

A) has come to realize that, as all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism

B) comes to realize that, like all languages are, the English language is a living, changing organism

D) will come to realize that, like all languages were, the English language is a living, changing organism

Now C vs. E, there is only difference with verb tenses.

C) has come to realize that, as all languages do, the English language is a living, changing organism --> makes no sense to use present perfect tense

E) will come to realize that, like all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism --> correct

asishron29181 · Answer

Anyone who undertakes the effort to study its nuances  has come to realize that, as all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism  that cannot be preserved, only described.

A)  has come  to realize that,  as  all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism -Incorrect

B)  comes  to realize that, like all languages are, the English language is a living, changing organism-Incorrect

C)  has come  to realize that,  as  all languages do, the English language is a living, changing organism-Incorrect

D) will come to realize that, like all languages  were , the English language is a living, changing organism-Incorrect

E) will come to realize that, like all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism -Correct

IMO E.

zhanbo · Answer

My answer is (E) . It took me 02:03. Verb tense is tricky here. I think simple present and simple future tenses are totally fine. For present perfect tense ("has come to realize"), the relative clause may also need to use perfect tense. I am not sure. It turns out that we can eliminate options (A) through (D) via as / like alone. (A) If "as" is used as a preposition, it typically means "in the capacity of" or "the role or purpose of a person or thing" (See https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/gra ... grammar/as). We don’t use as + noun to mean ‘similar to’. We use like + noun. (B) "Like" cannot be used as a conjunction. (C) "as all languages do" should be "as all languages are" to be parallel with "the English language is...". (D) See (B) (E) Correctly use "like + noun" to mean ‘similar to’.

minalgambhir · Answer

ERROR ANALYSIS -

1) 'as' - is always followed by a clause
2) Noun modifier needs to be used to modify 'English language'

ANSWER CHOICE ANALYSIS - 
A) 'as' - is always followed by a clause
B) 'like' - is always followed by a noun/pronoun
C) Noun modifier needs to be used to modify 'English language'
D) 'as' - is always followed by a clause
E) CORRECT

Adambhau · Answer

Anyone who undertakes the effort to study its nuances  has come to realize that, as all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism  that cannot be preserved, only described.

like --> to compare nouns
as --> to compare clauses

A, B and D are out

A) has come to realize that, as all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism

B) comes to realize that, like all languages are, the English language is a living, changing organism

D) will come to realize that, like all languages were, the English language is a living, changing organism

Now C vs. E, there is only difference with verb tenses.

C) has come to realize that, as all languages do, the English language is a living, changing organism  --> makes no sense to use present perfect tense

E) will come to realize that, like all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism  --> correct

Adambhau · Answer

C) has come to realize that, as all languages do , the English language is a living, changing organism --> makes no sense to use present perfect tense I think the comparison is right. "as all languages do" and "the English language is" are parallel. generis can you explain please. Can you also clarify the verb tenses? Thanks!

Green2k1 · Answer

Anyone
---------who undertakes the effort to study its nuances 
- has come to realize that
-----, as all languages, 
-------the English language is a living, changing organism  
------------that cannot be preserved, only described.

Error Analysis:
1. SV pairs seem to be fine
2. VT - the way sentence is written - "Anyone" - should be written either in simple present tense or future tense - but this does not appears to be definite error. Lets look for other error
3. "all languages" has been compared with "the English Language" - when "As" is used for comparison, it is generally followed by clause - therefore original sentence has comparison error

A) has come to realize that,  as all languages , the English language is a living, changing organism  - Comparison Error

B) comes to realize that,  like all languages are,  the English language is a living, changing organism -  when "like" is used for comparison, it is followed by NOUN 
 
C) has come to realize that, as all languages  do , the English language is a living, changing organism -  here two NOUN are being compared "all languages" and "English Language" - therefore use of "do" is incorrect
- English is not doing any action, Author is just highlighting characteristic of English language

D) will come to realize that , like all languages were , the English language is a living, changing organism
 - Like is followed by Clause

E) will come to realize that, like all languages, the English language is a living, changing organism
 - Based on the POE, this appears to be CORRECT
- Like is followed by NOUN, Future tense appears to acceptable here

ArindamLucky · Answer

IMO E

Anyone who undertakes the effort to study its nuances -- this means it is refer to in general that in future if anyone studies it's nuances

Following verb should be a future one like will . Hence A ,B ,C out

Out of D and E , like is used to compare two different nouns here in D the presence of were violates it . Hence E wins

D) will come to realize that,  like all languages were , the English language is a living, changing organism

E) will come to realize that,  like all languages , the English language is a living, changing organism

Out of D and E , like is used to compare two different nouns here in D the presence of were violates it . Hence  E  wins

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