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Like many famous jazz trumpet players, John Birks "Dizzy" played many other musical instruments, including the piano.
A. Like
B. As have
C. Just as with
D. Just like
E. As did

I was able to eliminate B,C, and D. But what's wrong with E?

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'As did' - distorts the meaning of the sentence.

When we use 'as did' the sentence wrongly conveys the meaning that John Birks played many other instruments in the same way it was played by other jazz players.
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Like many famous jazz trumpet players, John Birks 24 Mar 2012, 04:41
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Like..Option A is the right answer in my opinion
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you are not comparing the actions or the types of instruments that the new guys is playing, rather you are just saying X is like Y in the way he plays several instruments. But the core of the structure is to show similarity in people, what follows is secondary. This rules out B, C and E.

In D, Just like is longer than Like and doesn't significantly add or remove any more meaning than "Like", so redundancy.

Answer choice: A.
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Like many famous jazz trumpet players, John Birks 12 Apr 2017, 21:21
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Like is used to compare two nouns of the same kind; here the comparison is between other jazz players and John Birks.
Option A clearly compares John Birks with other players .
The confusion here is dizzy , but it is between two inverted commas so it clearly gives some characteristics of John .
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Like many famous jazz trumpet players, John Birks "Dizzy" played many other musical instruments, including the piano.
A. Like
B. As have
C. Just as with
D. Just like
E. As did

I was able to eliminate B,C, and D. But what's wrong with E?

Thanks.
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As is used to compare clauses; Like is used to compare nouns. In E, As cannot be used to compare nouns. Hence E is incorrect.

Option A is the correct answer as "like" is used to compare nouns.
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Hi, the usage of Like & As is well understood. However, I am not able to understand why option D is incorrect?
The question is also tagged as debatable OA?????????
Can someone explain difference between choice A & D? Expert comments are welcome.
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Hi, the usage of Like & As is well understood. However, I am not able to understand why option D is incorrect?
The question is also tagged as debatable OA?????????
Can someone explain difference between choice A & D? Expert comments are welcome.
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Like many famous jazz trumpet players, John Birks "Dizzy" played many other musical instruments, including the piano.
A. Like
B. As have
C. Just as with
D. Just like
E. As did
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Both option A and D are grammatically correct and conveys same meaning. Option D is little bit inferior to option A. Option D uses extra word "JUST" that's the only issue with option D as compare to option A.

IMO, GMAT likes only the words which are necessary to convey an idea.

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