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Hi

Would it be correct to claim that "other" and "some other" in some of the options are incorrect because they require nouns after them? e.g. some other JEWELRY

Thanks

GMATNinja Shraddha mikemcgarry

Hi sonusaini1,

Thanks generis for tagging me here! Yes, I can respond for Mike

It would not make sense to replace "others" with "one another" here:

as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to one another

But it would make sense to replace "others" with "another" (then it is clear that the pearls are moving from one necklace to another necklace). It's not necessary to repeat the noun (necklace), since the parallelism makes it clear:

as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to another

If "others" had been replaced with "another", then C would definitely be a bit better, but it still would be too wordy compared to B (that was the original reason why we eliminated C). The "that" clause in option C is still incorrect, and so B would still be the correct answer in this case.

I hope that helps!
-Carolyn
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I am confusing too ...how can possible ?!! there is 2 action "jump" in this case but we must use "like" ~!!!!!!!!!!!!!????? could someone explain /? this question remove in these days.

but I finally think "jump" in this case is just a noun !! not a action because it is in the ""
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That's just to show that jump is not a perfectly accurate way to describe what genes do. Can jump is definitely a verb.
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Isn't this comparing jumping of Genes with jumping of pearls i.e action. So "as" should be used. Can you please explain??

So the song "Love me like you do, love love love me like you do" is grammatically wrong?? I used to use English songs to learn English back in the day

Hi mikemcgarry ,

I am curious to know on whether is it not mandatory to apply parallelism as the first part of the sentence conveys an action with a clause and the second part just mentions a noun

"Genes can jump" - Is a clause, so isn't it important to maintain parallelism?

In that case, how about the following simplified sentence from OG

Owning a house is still a major goal of younger generations, like the goal of earlier generations?

This sentence was marked wrong Quoting parallelism as a reason! Link for question https://gmatclub.com/forum/according-to-a-recent-poll-owning-and-living-in-a-freestanding-house-107775.html

OG mentions that the portion before Like is a full clause, and the portion following like should be a full clause too

GMATNinja, @e-GMAT, please kindly help on this clarification, whether is it important to maintain the parallelism or not?

In case if I miss understood, please correct me

Thank You,
MB

Hi,
My doubt arised from another OG question

let us consider the below sentence,
Owning a house is the goal of Younger generation, like the goal of Earlier generation
Many discussions in that section point that we can't use like as the first part of the sentence is a clause and hence second part should be a clause too
LINK to that question
https://gmatclub.com/forum/according-to ... 07775.html
If we go by that example, in this question, we also have the first portion which is a clause
Genes can jump, like pearls moving from X to Y.
Another similar sentence is:
John aced the test, like Dany - Is this sentence in correct?

Let's look at a couple examples to illustrate the difference between the sentences in question:

1) "Genes, like pearls, can jump."

• Here we are comparing "genes" and "pearls" -- two things that can apparently "jump".
• We use "like" to compare two nouns, and that's exactly what we want here.

2) "Owning a house, like the goal of earlier generations, is still a goal of a majority of young adults."

• Now we are comparing "owning a house" to "the goal of earlier generations" -- two things that, apparently, are still goals of a majority of young adults.
• But what WAS the goal of earlier generations? Owning a house? Owning a Ferrari? Breaking 700 on the GMAT?? With this structure, the goal of earlier generations can really be anything, as long as it's a goal shared by a majority of young adults today.
• In other words, this sentence does NOT make it entirely clear that both groups -- earlier generations and the majority of young adults today -- share the same goal (owning a house).

3) "Owning a house is still a major goal of younger generations, like the goal of earlier generations."

• This is basically the same as the previous example. The "like" clause has been moved, but the sentence still has the same weakness.
• We are really trying to say that "Owning a house IS still a major goal, JUST AS owning a house WAS a goal of earlier generations." That makes it perfectly clear that both groups shared the same goal. But we can't use "like" to compare two clauses.

So even though this question looks a bit like the "earlier generations" question, it's an entirely different animal!
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GMATNinja
This explanation has made my understanding of comparisons a lot better
You are the GUY
Thank you so much

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I think here I could only understand the issue with "to some other" its awkward ..... otherwise I was convinced for E

GMATNinja
Hello sir,
Thanks for the nice explanation. My intuition says that the goal of 'earlier generations' and 'majority of young adults' are same, Owning a house. Could you clarify why their goals are not same, please?

It seems that 2) and 3) convey the same meaning (apart from 'like' issue)
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Could you share why author used inverted comma with jump. Does it play role as verb or noun?
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Does this post help?
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AjiteshArun
I read that post before making comment, but I can't figure out what you mean actually. Could you elaborate, please?
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mSKR
Please can you explain Why E is incorrect? I thought like is used for noun comparison whereas as is used for verb comparison in this case why as is incorrect?

You are right in definition of like vs as. The same definition you need to apply here.

Refer below examples:
1.) I will jump up LIKE a CLOWN
2.) I will jump up AS a CLOWN

Can you spot the difference between these 2?
1.) says I will jump in a clownish manner . It doesn't mean he jump as clown jumps.
Other examples:
I sing like a frog. It does n't I really sing like a frog.
=> Here I am comparing Noun vs Noun ( similar to). I am singing
I run like a cheetah( indicates I run very fast)- my running is not compared as cheetah runs.
Think from a meaning perspective: My action is compared or still its Noun what is being compared.

2.) says I literally jump up as a clown jumps ( here my action is compared with an action)
Other example:
I sing as she wants ( here it doesn't matter about I or she but what matters is how I sing and how she wants)

Summary,
when compare noun, use LIKE
when compare action, use AS

So far so good, so by now you might have shortlisted B and E.

B is XYZ like UVW
E is XYZ do as UVW do

Now here comes the next level of understanding. Both seems grammatical correct.

I will jump up like a clown --( B option)

I will jump up as a clown might ( E option)
I will jump up as clown do

In above examples, in literal sense Clown can actually JUMP, so it is quite possible that I am near clown and I am practicing how a clown jump. so in literal sense, this sentence can exist.

Now see our example:

(B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another ( Noun Nounphrase)
(E) as do pearls that move mystreiously from one necklace to some other ( Noun verb)

E says pearl can move as genes can jump . Think for a moment: Can in literal sense , pearls can move? Impossible. so it is hypothetical situation . It means move vs jump comparison is wrong. What matters here how genes can jump. Genes can jump like a pearl .( At that moment genes were behaving like pearl). Remember I jump like a clown. At that jumping moment I was like a clown.

Now you know why B is correct.

Summary: You go on meaning approach. check what I need to compare? Action vs action(literal meaning) OR some noun vs noun ( or noun in hypothetical situation)


You can practice other examples:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/just-like-th ... 21750.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/like-the-one ... 82881.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/like-the-gra ... 10047.html

https://gmatclub.com/forum/almost-like- ... td#p162368
https://gmatclub.com/forum/as-the-honey ... 78082.html

( you can get all correct if you can understand correctly what is compare with what . if no comparison we don't need as/like)

I hope it helps.

Isn't the action of "jumping" of genes and "moving" of pearls compared here? If that's the case then in case where there is a role/action, "as" should be the correct usage, right?