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Like many self-taught artists, Perle Hessing did not begin to paint until she was well into middle age.
(A) Like
(B) As have
(C) Just as with
(D) Just like
(E) As did
(A) Like
(B) As have
(C) Just as with
(D) Just like
(E) As did
Choice A, the best answer, is concise and grammatically correct, using the comparative preposition like to express the comparison between many self-taught artists and Perle Hessing. Choices B and E, which replace A’s prepositional phrase with clauses introduced by as, use auxiliary verbs that cannot properly be completed by any part of the verb phrase in the main clause: neither have...did not begin nor did...did not begin is logically or grammatically sound. In C and D, Just as with and Just like are both unnecessarily wordy.
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/11/books/in-short-nonfiction-art-in-the-affirmative.html
Like many self-taught artists, Perle Hessing didn't begin to paint until she was well into middle age.
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The problem with B and E is not that they have verbs in them. For instance, we could say "As did her predecessors, Perle learned by trial and error." The real problem is that "did" and "have" do not work as stand-ins for "did not begin." "Have" is simply the wrong tense, but "did" is wrong because it is not negative! We can't say "As I did, my sister did not quit school."
As for C, "Just as with" creates a modifier, so we would need another modifier for parallelism, e.g. "Just as with X, with Y we must exercise caution."
That leaves us with A and D. The official GMAT explanation is that D is "wordy." This is an explanation I never accept from students, and it annoys me greatly when the OG stoops that low! It's true that A works perfectly well as it is, so there's no real need to add "just." Aside from that, "just like" implies that two things are identical in some respect ("She sounds just like her mom"), and that may be a stretch here.
As for C, "Just as with" creates a modifier, so we would need another modifier for parallelism, e.g. "Just as with X, with Y we must exercise caution."
That leaves us with A and D. The official GMAT explanation is that D is "wordy." This is an explanation I never accept from students, and it annoys me greatly when the OG stoops that low! It's true that A works perfectly well as it is, so there's no real need to add "just." Aside from that, "just like" implies that two things are identical in some respect ("She sounds just like her mom"), and that may be a stretch here.
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Hey All,
I was asked to take this one on, so I will, even though most of the important issues have already been discussed.
This is a comparison question, mostly regarding the difference between "as" and "like". As many of you have said, "as" is used to compare clauses (basically, clauses have subjects and verbs, with verbs being the important thing to look for here), "like" is used to compare nouns. This means that if you have the word "as", it better have a verb nearby. If you have the word "like", it better not have a verb nearby (and by nearby, I generally mean within the section that's set off by commas).
Like many self-taught artists, Perle Hessing did not begin to paint until she was into middle age.
a) Like
ANSWER: "Like" here is followed by "many self-taught artists". There's no verb here, which means it's not a clause, which means we MUST use like.
b) As have
PROBLEM: The use of "as" is technically correct here, because we've added the verb "have". Unfortunately, it doesn't parallel correctly to anything in the second half of the sentence. Honestly, even if we did have the parallel it would be highly awkward. For example: "As have many other artists, Eskimo artists have used ice in many of their sculptures."
c) Just as with
PROBLEM: This one tries to use "as" even though there's no verb. Nice try, GMAT.
d) Just like
PROBLEM: No reason to add the "just".
e) As did
PROBLEM: This version adds the verb "did", much as answer choice b adds "have". This one does parallel correctly ("Perle Hessig did"), and as I said it would in b, it's created a highly awkward sentence. We're trying to parallel "did" and "did not", which doesn't make any sense.
Hope that helps!
-t
I was asked to take this one on, so I will, even though most of the important issues have already been discussed.
This is a comparison question, mostly regarding the difference between "as" and "like". As many of you have said, "as" is used to compare clauses (basically, clauses have subjects and verbs, with verbs being the important thing to look for here), "like" is used to compare nouns. This means that if you have the word "as", it better have a verb nearby. If you have the word "like", it better not have a verb nearby (and by nearby, I generally mean within the section that's set off by commas).
Like many self-taught artists, Perle Hessing did not begin to paint until she was into middle age.
a) Like
ANSWER: "Like" here is followed by "many self-taught artists". There's no verb here, which means it's not a clause, which means we MUST use like.
b) As have
PROBLEM: The use of "as" is technically correct here, because we've added the verb "have". Unfortunately, it doesn't parallel correctly to anything in the second half of the sentence. Honestly, even if we did have the parallel it would be highly awkward. For example: "As have many other artists, Eskimo artists have used ice in many of their sculptures."
c) Just as with
PROBLEM: This one tries to use "as" even though there's no verb. Nice try, GMAT.
d) Just like
PROBLEM: No reason to add the "just".
e) As did
PROBLEM: This version adds the verb "did", much as answer choice b adds "have". This one does parallel correctly ("Perle Hessig did"), and as I said it would in b, it's created a highly awkward sentence. We're trying to parallel "did" and "did not", which doesn't make any sense.
Hope that helps!
-t
