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As literally all the popular classics are, Robinson Crusoe was written for an age of eloquent prose and poetic narration.

(A) As literally all the popular classics are
(B) As with literally all of the popular classics
(C) Like literally all of the popular classics
(D) Like the cities where literally all the popular classics are
(E) Like other cities where literally all the popular classics are


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What is the source of this question? Doesn't seem to be an official GMAT question.
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What is the source of this question? Doesn't seem to be an official GMAT question.
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This question was picked up from PREP4GMAT. You can find them here --> https://www.prep4gmat.com/for-students-prep4-gmat/
Test Prep companies usually try to emulate real GMAT questions. Sometimes they do a great job, sometimes their efforts suck.
PS -- Options D and E made me cringe.
But I have solved a few questions from their Q bank. They really have some good questions as well that help you learn some basic concepts along the way.
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I would pick the first question that doesn't have "literally" in it out of principle.
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Why can't the answer be A? The action if being written for an age of eloquent prose and poetic narration can be compared with "As" Whereas C compares the noun classics.
Please help me understand where I am wrong.

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Can anyone please help with this question? How is A incorrect? Perhaps there is some gap in my understanding. Will be great if someone can explain how C is the correct answer here.

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Why can't the answer be A? The action if being written for an age of eloquent prose and poetic narration can be compared with "As" Whereas C compares the noun classics.
Please help me understand where I am wrong.

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As literally all the popular classics are Updated on: 13 Dec 2020, 01:03
Originally posted by akshatmishra46 on 12 Dec 2020, 03:18.
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OPTIONS D & E can be dumped easily.

A: Verb error
As literally all the popular classics were (written), Robinson Crusoe was written for an age of eloquent prose and poetic narration.

B: The intended meaning creates an error as it equates two unequal objects.
As (it is the case) with literally all of the popular classics, Robinson Crusoe was written for an age of eloquent prose and poetic narration.

'Robinson Crusoe' is made parallel to 'the case with literally all of the popular classics'. Ambiguous meaning.

C: Compares 'all of the popular classics' and 'Robinson Crusoe'
No error.
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First of all the sentence is trying to point out similarity and not compare, So the use of like is the ideal.
Secondly,the sentence is between All Popular Classics and Robinson Crusoe and not between the writing styles or any other feature.
Let me explain with an example:
Like John, Steve is also a genius.

If one had written As John is, Steve is also a genius. Does it mean that we are comparing the form of John with Steve.Does it make any sense .No, we are actually comparing or in better words pointing out the similarity between John and Steve.

Hence, option C does satisfy all the parameters.

Hope I am able to clarify all the gaps here.
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First of all the sentence is trying to point out similarity and not compare, So the use of like is the ideal.
Secondly,the sentence is between All Popular Classics and Robinson Crusoe and not between the writing styles or any other feature.
Let me explain with an example:
Like John, Steve is also a genius.

If one had written As John is, Steve is also a genius. Does it mean that we are comparing the form of John with Steve.Does it make any sense .No, we are actually comparing or in better words pointing out the similarity between John and Steve.

Hence, option C does satisfy all the parameters.

Hope I am able to clarify all the gaps here.
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Compare does not necessarily mean differentiating. It also means weighing up or equating.

Could you help me understand if and why you find the following statement correct or incorrect.
As John is, Steve is also a genius.
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