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Re: Rajasthan village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed throu [#permalink] New post   13 Jan 2022, 10:21
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Rajasthan village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through the principle that form follows function and incorporate readily available materials fashioned using traditional skills.

A. as with : Incorrect. crafts are wrongly compared to other cultures. the comparison is between rajasthan crafts and crafts of other cultures.
B. as did those of : Incorrect. 'did' displays a wrong meaning. had it been 'as have those of other cultures', this option would have been okay.
C. as they have in : Incorrect. 'they' don't introduce a new entity. 'that' and 'those' do.
D. like in : Incorrect. 'like' is a preposition and a preposition cannot be followed by a preposition phrase.
E. like those of : Correct. The comparison is correct here.
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Re: Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2022, 17:21
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Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through the principle that form follows function and incorporate readily available materials fashioned using traditional skills

(A) as with
(B) as did those of
(C) as they have in
(D) like in
(E) like those of


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in 2 nd phase there is no verb so use LIKE and we are comparing so those of required rather than IN
So E straight away
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Re: Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through [#permalink] New post   31 Aug 2022, 21:40
I have seen several comments said if option B were “as have those of”， it would be wrong as well. The reason supporting the comment is helping verb cannot show up before the REAL verb. But, I also found a sentence in Manhattan SC book " As her brother DID, Aca aced the test". Who am I going to trust with?
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Re: Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through [#permalink] New post   31 Aug 2022, 23:29
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Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through the principle that form follows function and incorporate readily available materials fashioned using traditional skills

(A) as with
(B) as did those of
(C) as they have in
(D) like in
(E) like those of


Concepts tested here: Comparison + Idioms

A: This answer choice incorrectly compares "Thai village crafts" to "other cultures"; please remember, a comparison must always be made between similar elements. Further, Option A incorrectly uses "as" to compare the noun phrases "Thai village crafts" and "other cultures"; please remember, “like” is used for comparing nouns, “as” is used for comparing actions/clauses, and “such as” is used for giving examples.

B: This answer choice incorrectly compares the noun phrase "Thai village crafts" to the verb phrase "did those of other cultures"; please remember, a comparison must always be made between similar elements.

C: This answer choice incorrectly compares the noun phrase "Thai village crafts" to the clause "they have in"; please remember, a comparison must always be made between similar elements.

D: This answer choice incorrectly compares the noun phrase "Thai village crafts" to the prepositional phrase "in other cultures"; please remember, a comparison must always be made between similar elements.

E: Correct. This answer choice correctly compares "Thai village crafts" with "those (village crafts) of other cultures". Further, Option E correctly uses "like" to compare the noun phrases "Thai village crafts" with "those of other cultures".

Hence, E is the best answer choice.

To understand the concept of "Like" vs "As" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~2 minutes):



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Can you please clear my doubt!

I was actually comparing the “Thai village crafts getting developed” with “the development of crafts in other cultures”.

So i thought “did or some other verbs” should be used for comparison.

What am i missing here??!!??

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Re: Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through [#permalink] New post   01 Sep 2022, 00:16
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The problem with using "as did" or "as have" in the underlined modifier is that we are interrupting a clause to modify it, and the modifier we are using relies on another clause we haven't even provided yet. That creates a very confusing construction! IT's one thing to preface a simple clause with "As her brother did." It's another thing entirely to put "as have those of other cultures" in between the subject and verb, and just expect the reader to hold tight and see what we are trying to say. It's too much to ask, and it doesn't do anything that we can't accomplish in a simpler way.
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Re: Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2022, 18:08
I was confused as to why "those of other cultures" does not refer back to the entire noun phrase "Thai village crafts". How do we know to just grab the "cultures"?

In other words, I read the correct answer choice as follows: "Thai village crafts, like the Thai village crafts of other cultures...".
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Re: Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through [#permalink] New post   10 Sep 2022, 05:39
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I was confused as to why "those of other cultures" does not refer back to the entire noun phrase "Thai village crafts". How do we know to just grab the "cultures"?

In other words, I read the correct answer choice as follows: "Thai village crafts, like the Thai village crafts of other cultures...".

This is a bit of a "special thing" about that/those in comparison sentences: that/those can refer to the "subset" of the noun-phrase, based on what is the most logical interpretation.

This property is used extensively by GMAT in numerous official sentences. For example:

If enacted, the proposed tax revisions will adversely affect all homeowners, although moderately priced homes are likely to suffer less of a drop in value than those at the top of the market.
- Notice that "those" is not referring to "moderately priced homes" but to "homes".
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Re: Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through [#permalink] New post   25 May 2023, 19:46
Use of as is incorrect to compare two nouns. Like is the correct use. D is incorrect as it compares a noun Village Crafts with prepositional phrase in other culture. E is the correct choice as those implies crafts of other cultures.
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Re: Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through [#permalink] New post   28 May 2023, 00:09
Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through the principle that form follows function and incorporate readily available materials fashioned using traditional skills

(A) as with
Comparison is wrong
(B) as did those of
Verb usage is unnecessary - did. We only look for noun comparison
(C) as they have in
Same as B
(D) like in
Wrong comparison. Keep D
(E) like those of
Like those(some other type of crafts) of other cultures - Noun comparison ( like) - Right. Meaning is correct . I go with E by dumping D

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