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Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle Banks’s trip [#permalink] New post  27 Apr 2019, 01:30
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Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped his remarkable career in natural science.

(A) Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped his remarkable career in natural science

(B) Just as Darwin had a fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped a remarkable career in natural science

(C) Like Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped a remarkable career in science

(D) Just as Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour, inspiring and shaping his remarkable career as a natural scientist

(E) Like Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour, which inspired and shaped a remarkable career in natural science



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Re: Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle Banks’s trip [#permalink] New post  27 Apr 2019, 03:01
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Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped his remarkable career in natural science.

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A) Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped his remarkable career in natural science

We can't compare "Darwin and his voyage" to "Bank's trip". Also, "his" is referring to?

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B) Just as Darwin had a fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped a remarkable career in natural science

Again, can't compare "Darwin" to "Bank's trip".

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C) Like Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped a remarkable career in science

Proper comparison. :please

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D) Just as Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour, inspiring and shaping his remarkable career as a natural scientist

"Just as" needs to be a clause. There's no working verb here. "Darwin's" can't be compared with "Banks". What is "his" referring to?

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E) Like Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour, which inspired and shaped a remarkable career in natural science

"Darwin's fruitful voyage" can't be compared with "Banks"...also, "which" is referring to the ship Endeavour, which could not have "inspired and shaped a career." Well, it could...but given the intended meaning, we assume the sentence is trying to say that the voyage inspired his career, not the ship itself.


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Re: Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle Banks’s trip [#permalink] New post  29 Apr 2019, 02:15
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Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped his remarkable career in natural science.


Split 1 - Illogical comparison - in most cases a noun is compared to a possessive

A) Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped his remarkable career in natural science

B) Just as Darwin had a fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped a remarkable career in natural science

D) Just as Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour, inspiring and shaping his remarkable career as a natural scientist

E) Like Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour, which inspired and shaped a remarkable career in natural science


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C) Like Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped a remarkable career in science
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Re: Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle Banks’s trip [#permalink] New post  23 Jul 2019, 06:16
Hi Experts
Although the comparison in C seems to be slightly logical when compared to other options, I read that "like" can never be used before prepositional phrases so how can C be correct.

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Re: Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle Banks’s trip [#permalink] New post  24 Jul 2019, 13:17
Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped his remarkable career in natural science.

(A) Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped his remarkable career in natural science

(B) Just as Darwin had a fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped a remarkable career in natural science

(C) Like Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped a remarkable career in science

(D) Just as Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour, inspiring and shaping his remarkable career as a natural scientist

(E) Like Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour, which inspired and shaped a remarkable career in natural science



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1. We need like and not as since we are comparing 2 nouns- banks and Darwin.
2. Reject the options that have an Illogical comparison - in most cases a noun is compared to a possessive.
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Re: Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle Banks’s trip [#permalink] New post  29 Apr 2020, 09:44
MAnkur wrote:
Hi Experts
Although the comparison in C seems to be slightly logical when compared to other options, I read that "like" can never be used before prepositional phrases so how can C be correct.

GMATNinja daagh please give your insights!

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Hey mate. you were mislead by some source I Guess. Like can compare nouns without any problems unless its illogical to do so.
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Re: Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle Banks’s trip [#permalink] New post  29 Apr 2020, 18:18
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Hi Experts
Although the comparison in C seems to be slightly logical when compared to other options, I read that "like" can never be used before prepositional phrases so how can C be correct.

GMATNinja daagh please give your insights!

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A little late, but Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle is a noun phrase, not a prepositional phrase.
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Re: Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle Banks’s trip [#permalink] New post  16 May 2020, 08:21
Anyone please enlighten me on this:
The meaning of the original sentence is that Bank's trip shaped and inspired his career.
However in C: the trip shaped and inspired a career, not necessarily "his". Doesn't this create a difference in meaning from the original sentence?
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Re: Like Darwin and his fruitful voyage on the Beagle Banks’s trip [#permalink] New post  22 Jul 2020, 21:59
Tdsftu wrote:
Anyone please enlighten me on this:
The meaning of the original sentence is that Bank's trip shaped and inspired his career.
However in C: the trip shaped and inspired a career, not necessarily "his". Doesn't this create a difference in meaning from the original sentence?


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