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Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs that became anthems for a generation of antiwar activists.

A. Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs - wrong usage of LIKE
B. Bob Dylan wrote songs like many of his contemporaries - wrong comparison
C. As did many of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs - correct comparison
D. Like the songs of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs -wrong comparison
E. As did many of Bob Dylan’s contemporaries, he wrote songs -wrong comparison, HE Pronoun Error
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Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs that became anthems for a generation of antiwar activists.


A. Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs

B. Bob Dylan wrote songs like many of his contemporaries

C. As did many of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs

D. Like the songs of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs

E. As did many of Bob Dylan’s contemporaries, he wrote songs
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Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs that became anthems for a generation of antiwar activists.

A is incorrect from a grammatical stand point as we use Like only to compare nouns. Like is used here to compare the actions of Bob Dylan's contemporaries to Bob Dylan
(A) Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs

B is incorrect for similar reasons, but sentence also illogically communicates that Bob Dylan wrote songs that were similar to his contemporaries. Songs that are similar to humans? hmm?
(B) Bob Dylan wrote songs like many of his contemporaries

C is correct- AS is used to compare the actions here.
(C) As did many of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs

D illogically compares the songs of Bob Dylan's contemporaries to Bob Dylan himself
(D) Like the songs of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs

E illogically communicates that Bob Dylan's contemporaries did something. The "he" cannot refer correctly to the possessive here as it is a subject.

Only possessive pronouns can refer back to possessive nouns.

(E) As did many of Bob Dylan’s contemporaries, he wrote songs
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According to your post about this SC question: https://gmatclub.com/forum/recent-studi ... 69787.html

Answer E) should work just fine in that it compares the subject pronoun - he - back to the possessive one - Bob Dylan's contemporaries -

Nonetheless C) corrects the pronoun ambiguity between Bob Dylan and his contemporaries.

Would you confirm that option E) is grammatically correct though?

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I wanted to confirm, would it be correct to say "As many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs", if that were a choice?

"As" is used to compare verbs "did" and "wrote songs"
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I wanted to confirm, would it be correct to say "As many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs", if that were a choice?

"As" is used to compare verbs "did" and "wrote songs"

Hello testtakerstrategy,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "As many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs" is a grammatically correct construction, as it uses "As" to compare the actions "did" and "wrote".

We hope this helps.
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I agree with answer C, with the usage of as, but "his" does not have a clear antecedent, as we have not yet mentioned Bob earlier in the sentence, could someone please clarify!

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I agree with answer C, with the usage of as, but "his" does not have a clear antecedent, as we have not yet mentioned Bob earlier in the sentence, could someone please clarify!

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We can use pronouns in phrases and clauses beginning a sentence even if their antecedents have not appeared yet as long as the noun antecedent immediately follows the comma.
It is similar to how we use a modifier at the beginning and put the noun immediately after the comma.

e.g.

Since his divorce, Adam hasn't left home.
'his' stands for 'Adam.'

Since his divorce, I haven't seen Adam.
Not correct. 'Adam' should immediately follow the comma but here 'I' follows the comma.
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I agree with answer C, with the usage of as, but "his" does not have a clear antecedent, as we have not yet mentioned Bob earlier in the sentence, could someone please clarify!

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May want to be a bit flexible with this sort of pronoun usage. Here's an example of another one that could be a bit tricky if a person were too strict.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/although-she ... 08881.html
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Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs that became anthems for a generation of antiwar activists.


(A) Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs

(B) Bob Dylan wrote songs like many of his contemporaries

(C) As did many of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs

(D) Like the songs of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs

(E) As did many of Bob Dylan’s contemporaries, he wrote songs


This question is part of the GMAT Club Sentence Correction : Comparison" Revision Project.


LIKE can be only used for nouns/pronouns and not phrases so we can straight up eliminate A B and D

(A) Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs
(B) Bob Dylan wrote songs like many of his contemporaries
(D) Like the songs of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs


Nothing wrong with C technically so lets hold this for now
(C) As did many of his contemporaries, Bob Dylan wrote songs

E illogical comparison aside, HE here is clearly wrong. Should be Bob Dylan so straight up eliminate.
(E) As did many of Bob Dylan’s contemporaries, he wrote songs

Hence C
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