If the young golfer who last joined the tour enjoys success that is l

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If the young golfer who last joined the tour enjoys  success that is like Babe Didrikson Zaharias’s , a golf phenomenon of the 1950’s, she will break all records for money made by a female golfer in one year.

A. success that is like Babe Didrikson Zaharias's

B. success like that of Babe Didrikson Zaharias

C. success akin to Babe Didrikson Zaharias's

D. similar success as did Babe Didrikson Zaharias

E. similar success to Babe Didrikson Zaharias's

PositiveSoul · Answer

In this case the question is comparing the success, therefore for comparison we use "Like". Hence B is the answer. Let me know in case more details are required... else press kudos

sguptashared · Answer

Yeah "success that of" just doesn't sound right. I think it's D.

thangvietname · Answer

using our common sense of this world, we should know that "golf phenomenon" should refer to a person, Babe, not to a success.

so B is left.

sarthaknav · Answer

a golf phenomenon...  modifies  Didrikson Zaharias  therefore use of possessive is wrong
Eliminate A, C, and E
In option D the comparison is incorrect
 success  must be compared to success - use of  that  in option B makes the comparison correct

sarthaknav · Answer

a golf phenomenon...  modifies  Didrikson Zaharias  therefore use of possessive is wrong
Eliminate A, C, and E
In option D the comparison is incorrect
 success  must be compared to success - use of  that  in option B makes the comparison correct

arhumsid · Answer

1) A, C and E are out:
 Didrikson Zaharias's  a possessive noun gives a 3/2 split.
The modifier ' a golf phenomenon of the 1950's ' has to modify a person. Therefore the entity it follows after the comma must be a person's name.
Didrickson Zaharias's refers to Didrickson Zaharias's success and not to Didrickson Zaharias.

Hence, a vertical scan for all the choices that have an apostrophe at the end.

2) B vs D:
 D. similar success as  did  Babe Didrikson Zaharias 
By introducing  did , D incorrectly tries to compare success (a noun) with action  enjoy .

B.  success like that of  Babe Didrikson Zaharias  
Correctly compares the two successes (nouns). Hence the best answer.

Hope that makes sense.

thangvietname · Answer

i think phenominon should modify a person, not a success. this is hard to figure out. b and d left.

in d. meaning is redundant. similar success and as did somebody, both convey same meaning.

nuttyxtreme · Answer

Here is my approach to this question

The simple construction of this sentence is :
If the young golfer does something,she will break the all records...
here something is the success which is the same as BDZ's

E is out.It should be success similar to .. so that we have as adjective modifier phrase
D is out. Wrong comparison between the success and what BDZ did

Among the rest,I think B stands out;however,could spot any error from A and C
Can anyone please help me with this :?:

broall · Answer

In A and C, after the highlighted is "a golf phenomenon of the 1950’s", this clause refers to Babe Didrickson Zaharias, not Babe Didrickson Zaharias's.
Hence, A and C are incorrect

nuttyxtreme · Answer

Hi nguyendinhtuong , Thx for your help.. This is kind of subtle Never think of phenomenon to describe person Mostly,I'm familiar with the usage with event :oops:

LakerFan24 · Answer

can an expert please clarify why "B" is better than "D" here?

A/C/E easily out b/c of illogical comparison between golfer and Zaharias's.

back on B vs. D, aren't we comparing the SUCCESS of the young golfer to the SUCCESS of BDZ? this sounds like you're comparing an ACTION (the action here being "success"). thanks!

sayantanc2k · Answer

I am not sure what your confusion is - "to suceed" is a verb whose noun form is "success". In option B the noun forms of the  action  are compared (correctly) - "success" (of Young Golfer) and "that" (=success, of BDZ).

In option D, "success" is not compared at all, but something else, verb "to enjoy", is compared - here "did" should replace the verb "enjoyed". In order to use "did", the past form "enjoyed" should have occured somewhere else in the sentence, but only the present form "enjoys" is there. Hence ideally the use of "did" is not correct - the verb "enjoyed" should have been used instead. Moreover the word "similar" is redundant, because the comparison marker "as" already depicts the similarity.

ArtVandaley · Answer

Can't digest the fact that phenomenon can discribe a person. Do help

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