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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION



THE PROMPT

In the sentence, two nouns are compared: the original English cottage garden and a medieval pharmacy.
The English garden was similar to a medieval pharmacy because the garden contained healing plants that eased physical and mental pain; these "antidotes and antiseptics" were similar to what a person would find in a medieval pharmacy.

To compare a noun to a noun, use like, never as.
We use as to compare verbs and clauses.
→ The easiest guideline to remember is to avoid using like in the same phrase as a verb.
→ Like is a preposition that means similar to.

THE OPTIONS

• like is a preposition that should be followed by a noun or noun phrase, not by a verb (like . . . is → wrong)
• improper comparison (we must compare like things to like things)
The noun English cottage garden cannot be compared with medieval pharmacy is.
• nonsensical
→ a medieval pharmacy cannot be paired with the present tense is.
The medieval period was a long time ago.
ELIMINATE A

• do not use as to compare nouns

ELIMINATE B


• do not use as to compare nouns
We can use as with nouns when we mean in the role of.
→ As your army commander, I am ordering you to run five miles each day.
• nonsensical
→ a medieval pharmacy cannot be paired with the present tense is.
The medieval period was a long time ago.
• improper comparison (we must compare like things to like things)
The noun English cottage garden cannot be compared with medieval pharmacy is.
ELIMINATE C

• I do not see any errors
• like is used correctly to compare the nouns English cottage garden and medieval pharmacy.
KEEP

• do not use as to compare nouns
• bizarre comparison
→ The noun English cottage garden cannot be compared with a medieval pharmacy did
ELIMINATE E

The correct answer is D.

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