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Expanded E Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like its interest in nonfiction books, seems to be on the rise. –Here, if momentarily mask the modifier in between the commas, then it will be clear that the verb actually belongs to the public's appetite for documentary films; thus what follow like is not a clause but simply a noun phrase. Hence E is good.
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Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction books, seems to be on the rise.
A. like nonfiction books B. as nonfiction books C. as its interest in nonfiction books D.like their interest in nonfiction books E. like its interest in nonfiction books
here how can ITS refer to PUBLIC's
there is no reference to pronoun here right so how can E be the answer
E
can anyone please explain
Originally posted by venmic on 08 Jun 2012, 21:49.
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29 Aug 2007, 13:11
Piter wrote:
Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction books, seems to be on the rise.
a. like nonfiction books
b. as nonfiction books
c. as its interest in nonfiction books
d. like their interest in nonfiction books
e. like its interest in nonfiction books
I think E.
B&C is wrong because it is missing verb with the use of "as"
D is wrong because of "their"
A sounds like nonfiction books is on the rise where it should be interest
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29 Aug 2007, 13:34
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Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction books, seems to be on the rise.
a. like nonfiction books-wrong comparision
b. as nonfiction books-again the same as A
c. as its interest in nonfiction books-it is fine except fo AS d. like their interest in nonfiction books--sounds oK but find out whether public is plural or singular e. like its interest in nonfiction books -- i go for this
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grepro wrote:
Guys please correct me.
Her we are comparing actions (appetite and interest) and for comparing action we use "as" and not "like".
Should not the answer be C in that case.
I used to look at comparison that way, but it is incorrect. "As" and "like" can be used interchangeably. If C were correct, it would have had a verb after books.
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Remove first modifier "Based on.." and rewrite sentence Like its interest in nonfiction books, the public's appetite for documentary films seems to be on the rise
"its interest" and "the public's appetite" are compared and are in parallel
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"the public's appetite for [X], like the public's [something] for [nonfiction books], seems to be on the rise.
X&Y consistency
the format should be [something] for [nonfiction books]
So you want something in the form of answer (D) or (E).
(C) is no good because "as" does not draw a comparison---"like" is used for comparisons as in this case. (Notice I just used "as" because I wasn't drawing a comparison).
But between (D) and (E) which one?
Well, it's also testing singular vs plural (public - singular or plural?)
Public refer to a collection of people, but the word itself is SINGULAR.
So between (D) and (E), you have to choose (E): like its interest in nonfiction books.
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Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction books, seems to be on the rise.
d. like their interest in nonfiction books
e. like its interest in nonfiction books
The correct answer is E. In choice D, the pronoun "their" can only refer back to "public's", however "public's" modifies "appetite" and is not a noun in this sentence.
In choice E, "its" correctly references "appetite".
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Hey, please paste the complete question including underlining in the future. I'm not sure if those commas are a part of the underlining or not.
Either way, let me answer your specific question. The "it" here refers to the public. Its is the possessive form of that pronoun. Therefore, its refers to the public's...
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08 Jun 2012, 22:02
Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction books, seems to be on the rise. • like nonfiction books • as nonfiction books • as its interest in nonfiction books • like their interest in nonfiction books • like its interest in nonfiction books
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venmic wrote:
Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction books, seems to be on the rise.
here how can ITS refer to PUBLIC's
there is no reference to pronoun here right so how can E be the answer
E
can anyone please explain
like nonfiction books - you need to compare public's appetite for X vs public's interest for Y, hence, ruled out. as nonfiction books - as wrong comparison as its interest in nonfiction books - as-> wrong comparison again like their interest in nonfiction books - their cannot refer to public's like its interest in nonfiction books - logical comparison.
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