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Hi AndrewN - i eliminated D because i thought the comparison marker "Like" should compare Noun to Noun only and not clause to clause.

Insn't there a clause to the left of "LIKE" in option D, given the word "was" ?

option D) The earthquake that caused most of Port Royal to sink into the Caribbean was, in its effects, like the eruption that buried ancient Pompeii

Option D seems to be comparing how the earthquake was to the eruption ?

Hence i eliminated D.

Analogy of option D

The 2000 Tsunami WAS like the 1990 Tsunami = I thought this would be wrong as you are comparing a clause (The 2000 Tsunami WAS) to a noun (1990 Tsunami)
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Hi AndrewN - i eliminated D because i thought the comparison marker "Like" should compare Noun to Noun only and not clause to clause.

Insn't there a clause to the left of "LIKE" in option D, given the word "was" ?

option D) The earthquake that caused most of Port Royal to sink into the Caribbean was, in its effects, like the eruption that buried ancient Pompeii

Option D seems to be comparing how the earthquake was to the eruption ?

Hence i eliminated D.

Analogy of option D

The 2000 Tsunami WAS like the 1990 Tsunami = I thought this would be wrong as you are comparing a clause (The 2000 Tsunami WAS) to a noun (1990 Tsunami)
Hello, jabhatta2. I think you are applying the clause label a little loosely. Sure, The earthquake was begins a clause, but it could not stand on its own to make a sentence: was is an intransitive verb. You need a what, some form of noun, to complete the predicate. The predicate in this sentence happens to be the second element in the comparison, one that involves two nouns: The earthquake was like the eruption. Furthermore, the two embedded clauses immediately follow the nouns they modify—The earthquake that... and the eruption that...—and you know how the GMAT™ likes parallelism.

The takeaway? Do not be too quick to write off an answer choice. There may be more to the picture than meets the eye. I hope that helps resolve your concerns. Thank you for thinking to ask me.

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