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HI Mike,

I have doubt regarding Noun and noun phrase with like and unlike.

If one believes what Sigmund Freud writes about forgetting, being unable to remember a name is an act of willful repression, like amnesia, in which one is unaware of having forgotten.

A. like
B. whereas
C. similar to
D. unlike
E. apart from

now in this answer is unlike, i agree as er the meaning question require contrast, but like and unlike compares noun entity, can amnesia here in original sentence compares with noun phrase "being unable to remember a name is an act of willful repression". PLease correct me if i am missing something.
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noun phrase instead of noun with like and unlike 08 Dec 2015, 16:28
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HI Mike,

I have doubt regarding Noun and noun phrase with like and unlike.

If one believes what Sigmund Freud writes about forgetting, being unable to remember a name is an act of willful repression, like amnesia, in which one is unaware of having forgotten.

A. like
B. whereas
C. similar to
D. unlike
E. apart from

now in this answer is unlike, i agree as er the meaning question require contrast, but like and unlike compares noun entity, can amnesia here in original sentence compares with noun phrase "being unable to remember a name is an act of willful repression". PLease correct me if i am missing something.
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Dear sudhirmadaan,
I'm happy to respond. :-) First of all, what is the source of this question? I don't think highly of it as a GMAT SC practice question.

Also, I would recommend dropping the sloppy and imprecise term "noun phrase." In this sentence, "being" is a gerund, and a gerund acts as a noun. The phrase "being unable to remember a name" is a gerund phrase. For more, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-gramm ... d-phrases/
A gerund or gerund phrase takes the role of a noun, and can be a subject (as the sentence in this problem), or the object of a preposition, or a direct object. Just about anything that an individual noun can do, a gerund can also do. It's perfectly legitimate to use "like" to compare a noun to a gerund.

Does all this make sense?
Mike :-)
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HI Mike,

I have doubt regarding Noun and noun phrase with like and unlike.

If one believes what Sigmund Freud writes about forgetting, being unable to remember a name is an act of willful repression, like amnesia, in which one is unaware of having forgotten.

A. like
B. whereas
C. similar to
D. unlike
E. apart from

now in this answer is unlike, i agree as er the meaning question require contrast, but like and unlike compares noun entity, can amnesia here in original sentence compares with noun phrase "being unable to remember a name is an act of willful repression". PLease correct me if i am missing something.
Dear sudhirmadaan,
I'm happy to respond. :-) First of all, what is the source of this question? I don't think highly of it as a GMAT SC practice question.

Also, I would recommend dropping the sloppy and imprecise term "noun phrase." In this sentence, "being" is a gerund, and a gerund acts as a noun. The phrase "being unable to remember a name" is a gerund phrase. For more, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-gramm ... d-phrases/
A gerund or gerund phrase takes the role of a noun, and can be a subject (as the sentence in this problem), or the object of a preposition, or a direct object. Just about anything that an individual noun can do, a gerund can also do. It's perfectly legitimate to use "like" to compare a noun to a gerund.

Does all this make sense?
Mike :-)
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Thanks mike for replying. My friend posted this to me, and i had a doubt about whether gerund phrase can be used as noun.
Thanks its cleared now.