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.
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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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This is a comparison question. Just as and Like can be used interchangeably. We just have to concern about meaning for the right comparison.

(A) Darwin and his fruitful voyage are compared with Baker's trip. Could have darwin's work.

(B) Meaningless comparison.

(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 CORRECT.

(D) With Darwin’s fruitful voyage Banks sailed is compared.

(E) With Darwin’s fruitful voyage Banks sailed is compared.

The correct answer is C
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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 Darwin is being incorrectly compared to "Banks’s trip". Eliminate.

(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 Same error as in (A). Eliminate.

(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 Correct answer. Comparison error is eliminated and no new errors are introduced.

(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 "Darwin’s fruitful voyage" is incorrectly being compared to "Banks". Eliminated.

(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 Same error as in (D). Eliminate.

Hope this helps.
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I sometimes really do not understand people, especially experts...

Everyone says that "meaning triumphs everything else". I know that meaning change is allowed to some extend that the correct AC will give the "intended meaning". But this clearly changes the "intended" meaning.

In this very question option C clearly changes the meaning:

1) It does not use "his", instead uses "a", which, in my point of view, gives a vague meaning. However, lets say it gives the same meaning and I do not get it since I am not a native speaker. This brings me to second change

2) "science" instead of "natural science"???? I mean how can this be? One may argue that "natural science" is a type/subgroup of "science". Yet, when you use "science" it may also mean "not natural science" as well. You cannot conclude or infer the same meaning.

Can someone please explain this to me?

I am aware that other options are wrong too, they have comparison issues. So please don't say this is correct because others are wrong.

And please, specifically give me a reason how on earth this changes the meaning and still accepted correct while everyone says "meaning is the most important thing"...

Forget all other choices and please tell me whether below two sentences give the same meaning
Option 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.
Intended Meaning in the Stem: Like Darwin’s fruitful voyage on the Beagle, Banks’s trip with Captain Cook on the Endeavour inspired and shaped his remarkable career in natural science.

If they are not the same, can you please tell me HOW "meaning triumphs everything else". Because
=> if "meaning triumphs everything else", then option C should be Wrong
=> if option C is Correct, then "meaning triumphs everything else" is wrong...

I can feel your pain Maldonado, and have some good news for you that would hopefully help you have a peaceful night's sleep .

In option C of the official sentence, natural science (and not just science) is present.

Request your attention Abhi077 to fix option C.
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This has made my day! Thank you very much EducationAisle

Abhi077 can you please fix the issue?