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As with the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused more compartments to flood with water than was believed possible by the ship architects and sank the “unsinkable” ship.
A. As with the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused
B. As with the RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of the SS Andrea Doria caused
C. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, causing
D. Like the RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of SS Andrea Doria caused
E. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused
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As with the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused more compartments to flood with water than was believed possible by the ship architects and sank the “unsinkable” ship.
A. As with the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused
B. As with the RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of the SS Andrea Doria caused
C. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, causing
D. Like the RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of SS Andrea Doria caused
E. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused
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As with the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused more compartments to flood with water than was believed possible by the ship architects and sank the “unsinkable” ship.
A. As with the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused
B. As with the RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of the SS Andrea Doria caused
C. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, causing
D. Like the RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of SS Andrea Doria caused
E. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused
The options show we must examine the items being compared and the idiomatic terminology for comparisons (“as” or “like) to accurately correct this sentence.
The first part of the comparison is “RMS Titanic,” which is a ship, so the most logical comparison would be another ship. However, Options B and D have “the damage inflicted” as the second item in the comparison. If we were comparing the damage of the RMS Titanic to the damage of the SS Andrea Doria, that would work, but these options compare one ship to the damage of another ship. These comparisons are not parallel. Options B and D cannot be the best answers.
Option C compares ship with ship, but it uses “causing” instead of “which caused.” “Causing” makes sense with the first part of this clause (causing more compartments to flood with water than was believed possible by the ship architects), but the clause has two parts. The part after the “and” needs to work with “causing.” In this option, the clause says “causing sank” or “starboard side, sank the.” Neither of those is grammatically correct, and they make no sense. Option C is not the correct answer.
Now we are left with the comparisons “as with the” or “like the.” Idiom dictates that we use “like” to compare nouns and “as” to compare actions or verb phrases. In our sentence we are comparing a ship to a ship, which are two nouns. “Like” is used to compare nouns, so Option E is the best answer.
A. As with the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused
B. As with the RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of the SS Andrea Doria caused
C. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, causing
D. Like the RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of SS Andrea Doria caused
E. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused
The options show we must examine the items being compared and the idiomatic terminology for comparisons (“as” or “like) to accurately correct this sentence.
The first part of the comparison is “RMS Titanic,” which is a ship, so the most logical comparison would be another ship. However, Options B and D have “the damage inflicted” as the second item in the comparison. If we were comparing the damage of the RMS Titanic to the damage of the SS Andrea Doria, that would work, but these options compare one ship to the damage of another ship. These comparisons are not parallel. Options B and D cannot be the best answers.
Option C compares ship with ship, but it uses “causing” instead of “which caused.” “Causing” makes sense with the first part of this clause (causing more compartments to flood with water than was believed possible by the ship architects), but the clause has two parts. The part after the “and” needs to work with “causing.” In this option, the clause says “causing sank” or “starboard side, sank the.” Neither of those is grammatically correct, and they make no sense. Option C is not the correct answer.
Now we are left with the comparisons “as with the” or “like the.” Idiom dictates that we use “like” to compare nouns and “as” to compare actions or verb phrases. In our sentence we are comparing a ship to a ship, which are two nouns. “Like” is used to compare nouns, so Option E is the best answer.
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It’s a nice tricky one.
One can’t answer it right unless he/she is aware that “like/unlike” must modify a noun or a noun phrase when used for comparisons — always on the GMAT.
“As”, when used for comparisons requires a verb
Eg.
Brian is as smart as Adam (is).
Another thing to note— “which” Modifies the noun it touches or is closest to — in case there are modifiers between them.
Coming to answer options-
I’m highlighting the errors within brackets as I’m unable to see the colour options on my phone and I’m doing this while I’m unable to sleep, so bear with me here
A. As (with the) RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard (side, which) caused
“As did x, y did” is the right way to compare using adjective “as”
Comparison is done okay here, but “with” is a wrong word.. As “did” X, Y “did/suffered”
And “side” can’t cause anything.. wrong usage of “which”
B. As (with the) RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of the SS Andrea Doria caused
Wrong comparison of RMS titanic to the damage
C. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS
Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, causing
It’s right. “Causing” correctly defines the cause and effect relationship and like is perfectly used to compare two nouns
D. Like the RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of SS Andrea Doria caused
Like is wrongly used to compare a noun and a noun phrase
E. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused
Correct as C)
But “which” modifies “side “
Which can’t cause any damage/flooding as seen in the original sentence
Leaving C as our winner here
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One can’t answer it right unless he/she is aware that “like/unlike” must modify a noun or a noun phrase when used for comparisons — always on the GMAT.
“As”, when used for comparisons requires a verb
Eg.
Brian is as smart as Adam (is).
Another thing to note— “which” Modifies the noun it touches or is closest to — in case there are modifiers between them.
Coming to answer options-
I’m highlighting the errors within brackets as I’m unable to see the colour options on my phone and I’m doing this while I’m unable to sleep, so bear with me here
A. As (with the) RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard (side, which) caused
“As did x, y did” is the right way to compare using adjective “as”
Comparison is done okay here, but “with” is a wrong word.. As “did” X, Y “did/suffered”
And “side” can’t cause anything.. wrong usage of “which”
B. As (with the) RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of the SS Andrea Doria caused
Wrong comparison of RMS titanic to the damage
C. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS
Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, causing
It’s right. “Causing” correctly defines the cause and effect relationship and like is perfectly used to compare two nouns
D. Like the RMS Titanic, the damage inflicted on the starboard side of SS Andrea Doria caused
Like is wrongly used to compare a noun and a noun phrase
E. Like the RMS Titanic, the SS Andrea Doria suffered damage to the starboard side, which caused
Correct as C)
But “which” modifies “side “
Which can’t cause any damage/flooding as seen in the original sentence
Leaving C as our winner here
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The GMAT can be tricky that way!
