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Like the works of an operatic genius or a master painter, a great sportsman draws you into an ocean of timelessness.

A. Like the works of an operatic genius or a master painter,

B. Like that of an operatic genius or a master painter,

C. Like the performance of an operatic genius or a master painter,

D. As is the case of an operatic genius or a master painter,

E. Like an operatic genius or a master painter,
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Re: Like the works of an operatic genius or a master painter, a great [#permalink] New post   14 Dec 2020, 02:25
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A. Like the works of an operatic genius or a master painter,
-incorrectly compares "the works" of a person with another person.

B. Like that of an operatic genius or a master painter,
- THAT has no antecedent.

C. Like the performance of an operatic genius or a master painter,
- Incorrectly compares the performance with a person.

D. As is the case of an operatic genius or a master painter,
- We are not comparing clauses here, so LIKE should be used instead of AS. Also, "as is the case" of is unidiomatic

E. Like an operatic genius or a master painter,
- correctly compares an operatic genius or a painter with a sportsman using LIKE

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Like the works of an operatic genius or a master painter, a great [#permalink] New post   14 Dec 2020, 11:49
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Like the works of an operatic genius or a master painter, a great sportsman draws you into an ocean of timelessness.

Error: Comparison

The sentence is comparing two un-parallel entities, Works and Sportsman.

A.Like the works of an operatic genius or a master painter,

>> Incorrect due to unparallel comparison.

B. Like that of an operatic genius or a master painter,

>> the pronoun that do not have an antecedent + the comparison is un-parallel like in A

C. Like the performance of an operatic genius or a master painter,

>> Here the performance is compared with a person. Hence Incorrect.

D. As is the case of an operatic genius or a master painter, >> Idiom usage >

>> For comparing Nouns we need to use Like. As is used to compare Verbs.

E. Like an operatic genius or a master painter, >> Correct
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Re: Like the works of an operatic genius or a master painter, a great [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2020, 23:33
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As vs Like
Like is a Preposition and mostly used for comparison "Similar to". When comparing nouns use of "Like" is recommended.
As is a conjunction and should be followed by a clause.

A. Like the works of an operatic genius or a master painter, - Incorrect
This statement compare works of an operatic genius to a great sportsman, this is comparison error.

B. Like that of an operatic genius or a master painter, - Incorrect
This statement compare works of an operatic genius to a great sportsman, this is comparison error.

C. Like the performance of an operatic genius or a master painter - Incorrect
Same error as above - comparison error.

D. As is the case of an operatic genius or a master painter, - Incorrect
As is used for verbs and not nouns, we need 'Like' here

E. Like an operatic genius or a master painter,correct
This statement correctly compares operatic genius or a master painter to the sportsman.
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