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Similar to rising interest rates, consumer and producer prices have been rising.
(A) Similar to rising interest rates, consumer and producer prices have been rising.
(B) Consumer and producer prices have been rising, as have interest rates.
(C) As interest rates are rising, so have consumer and producer prices.
(D) Consumer and producer prices have been rising, like interest rates do.
(E) Consumer and producer prices, as interest rates, have been rising.
(A) Similar to rising interest rates, consumer and producer prices have been rising.
(B) Consumer and producer prices have been rising, as have interest rates.
(C) As interest rates are rising, so have consumer and producer prices.
(D) Consumer and producer prices have been rising, like interest rates do.
(E) Consumer and producer prices, as interest rates, have been rising.
I am having a problem recognizing the "as" usage. Please can anyone provide some useful pointers in recognizing 'as' SCs.
Thanks.
Thanks.
06 Dec 2010, 15:14
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ajit257,
Good question. "As" in the context in which you are asking has to do with comparisons. Notice how the question substitutes "similar to" and "like" for "as" in the different answer choices. On the GMAT, "like" and "as" serve different purposes. (People very often use these wrong in speech, so be careful):
Like: Used to compare nouns
As: Used to compare clauses (clauses contain verbs)
"My uncle looks like my aunt." --> Correct: We're saying the two look SIMILAR TO each other. One noun (my uncle) is similar to another noun (my aunt).
"My uncle looks at me as my aunt does."--> Correct: We're saying they both look at me in a similar way. They both DO things in a similar way, so we're no longer comparing nouns and thus can't use "like."
"My uncle looks as my aunt." --> Incorrect. "My aunt" is a noun and and needs to be compared using "like."
"My uncle looks at me like my aunt does." --> Incorrect because we're comparing two clauses (how my uncle looks at me and how my aunt looks at me) and thus we need to use "as" instead of "like."
The question you want to ask yourself, then, is: "What is being compared to what?" If you're comparing nouns, use "like." If you're comparing clauses, use "as."
This all helps explain some of the wrong answers.
The next thing to notice here is that comparisons (which use "like" or "as") require parallel construction. If you look at a few of these answer choices, you see broken parallelism:
As (present tense), so (present perfect tense).
As (present perfect tense), so (present tense).
So we can also narrow down answer choices this way. Why don't you use this to take a guess and see how you do? I'll be notified when you respond.
Brett
Good question. "As" in the context in which you are asking has to do with comparisons. Notice how the question substitutes "similar to" and "like" for "as" in the different answer choices. On the GMAT, "like" and "as" serve different purposes. (People very often use these wrong in speech, so be careful):
Like: Used to compare nouns
As: Used to compare clauses (clauses contain verbs)
"My uncle looks like my aunt." --> Correct: We're saying the two look SIMILAR TO each other. One noun (my uncle) is similar to another noun (my aunt).
"My uncle looks at me as my aunt does."--> Correct: We're saying they both look at me in a similar way. They both DO things in a similar way, so we're no longer comparing nouns and thus can't use "like."
"My uncle looks as my aunt." --> Incorrect. "My aunt" is a noun and and needs to be compared using "like."
"My uncle looks at me like my aunt does." --> Incorrect because we're comparing two clauses (how my uncle looks at me and how my aunt looks at me) and thus we need to use "as" instead of "like."
The question you want to ask yourself, then, is: "What is being compared to what?" If you're comparing nouns, use "like." If you're comparing clauses, use "as."
This all helps explain some of the wrong answers.
The next thing to notice here is that comparisons (which use "like" or "as") require parallel construction. If you look at a few of these answer choices, you see broken parallelism:
As (present tense), so (present perfect tense).
As (present perfect tense), so (present tense).
So we can also narrow down answer choices this way. Why don't you use this to take a guess and see how you do? I'll be notified when you respond.
Brett
10 Dec 2010, 20:05
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C is wrong because it is not parallel. (Comparisons are basically just a special form of parallelism.)
C says: "As interest rates are rising, so have consumer and producer prices."
The verb in the first part is "are rising." This is a different tense than "have." Those two tenses need to be parallel.
You could correctly say: "As interest rates have risen, so too have prices."
Does that help?
Brett
C says: "As interest rates are rising, so have consumer and producer prices."
The verb in the first part is "are rising." This is a different tense than "have." Those two tenses need to be parallel.
You could correctly say: "As interest rates have risen, so too have prices."
Does that help?
Brett
