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.

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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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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


Only C remains
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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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!

Thanks in adavnce!

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



Did this within 30 seconds by POE.
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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Hope it's clear.
Kudos for appreciation please.
Thanks in advance.

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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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A little late, but Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle is a noun phrase, not a prepositional phrase.
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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?

I have this exact same question.

I rejected C because it said "science" in the end instead of "natural science"

generis

Except C, all other choices has "NATURAL" Science word. Is C correct with "NATURAL" Science ?
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Hello Tdsftu & ravikiranp,

I am not sure whether you still have this doubt. Here is the answer nonetheless.


This official sentence "primarily" tests comparison. Choice C is the only answer choice that presents the logical comparison through the correct grammatical structure.

Also, the context of the sentence makes it clear that it means to mention Banks's career. Hence, the omission of the pronoun "his" does not lead to meaning change as such.

We must focus on deterministic errors such as comparison, not on nondeterministic errors such as pronoun usages while solving the SC problems.


Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha
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Hello OliveOyl2005,

I am not sure whether you still have this doubt. Here is the answer nonetheless.


This official sentence "primarily" tests comparison. Choice C is the only answer choice that presents the logical comparison through the correct grammatical structure.

It does not matter so much whether the sentence mentions exactly in which science Banks's made his career. The sentence must [resent logical comparison to present logical meaning. Hence, Choice C is superior to all the answer choices.


Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha
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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.

When you see like, think noun-to-noun comparison. The noun attached to like should never have its own verb.

As, on the other hand, can only be used to compare clauses, not nouns. In other words, each elements of the comparison needs its own verb.

Only C has a logical comparison -- Darwin's voyage vs Bank's trip.


(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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