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03 Mar 2012, 01:41
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Teachers in this country have generally been trained either to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should force students to memorize rules and principles without truly understanding how to apply them.
(A) to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should force students to memorize rules and principles
(B) to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force students to memorize rules and principles
(C) to approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force students to memorize rules and principles
(D) that they should approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force students to memorize rules and principles
(E) that they should approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should force students to memorize rules and principles
(A) to approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should force students to memorize rules and principles
(B) to approach mathematics like a creative activity or to force students to memorize rules and principles
(C) to approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force students to memorize rules and principles
(D) that they should approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force students to memorize rules and principles
(E) that they should approach mathematics like a creative activity or that they should force students to memorize rules and principles
I chose choice B over the correct choice C.
I don't really understand the explanation from manhattan, so would anyone please help clarify with other explanation?
As I googled I found a thread in this board about LIKE vs AS answered by a manhattan's instructor saying:
A few rules of thumb:
(1) you should have two verbs in a sentence with an As comparison, one verb in a sentence with a Like comparison.
But I think this rule doesn't work with this question, or did I misunderstand something?
I don't really understand the explanation from manhattan, so would anyone please help clarify with other explanation?
As I googled I found a thread in this board about LIKE vs AS answered by a manhattan's instructor saying:
A few rules of thumb:
(1) you should have two verbs in a sentence with an As comparison, one verb in a sentence with a Like comparison.
But I think this rule doesn't work with this question, or did I misunderstand something?
10 Apr 2016, 02:34
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A prepositional phrase using "like" is a modifier used to modify a noun, thereby creating a comparison.
Like other creative activities, Mathematics is fun.
"Like other creative activities" is a modifier, which modifies "mathematics" and thereby creates a comparison between " mathematics" and "other creating activities".
However "like" cannot be used unless it is part of prepositional phrase modifier.
I approach Mathematics like a creative activity. .. this sentence is wrong because "like a creative activity" is NOT a prepositional phrase modifier used to modify "Mathematics".
Now let us consider the following:
I approach Mathematics as a creative activity.
The original sentence would be as follows (before omission of the repeated parts):
I approach Mathematics as (I approach) a creative activity.
The comparison is between the two ways of approach, not the two nouns directly.
Therefore "as" is correct, and not "like".
03 Mar 2012, 08:59
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Like - used to compare two nouns. As - used to compare two clauses. (A clause is a phrase that includes a verb).
During an ice age, the buildup of ice at the poles and the drop in water levels near the equator speed up the Earth’s rotation, like a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn in.
(A) like a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn in
(B) like the increased speed of a figure skater when her arms are drawn in
(C) like a figure skater who increases speed while spinning with her arms drawn in
(D) just as a spinning figure skater who increases speed by drawing in her arms
(E) just as a spinning figure skater increases speed by drawing in her arms
Ans. E
More than thirty years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can “jump” as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.
(A) as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(C) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(D) like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(E) as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one
Ans. B
During an ice age, the buildup of ice at the poles and the drop in water levels near the equator speed up the Earth’s rotation, like a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn in.
(A) like a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn in
(B) like the increased speed of a figure skater when her arms are drawn in
(C) like a figure skater who increases speed while spinning with her arms drawn in
(D) just as a spinning figure skater who increases speed by drawing in her arms
(E) just as a spinning figure skater increases speed by drawing in her arms
Ans. E
More than thirty years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can “jump” as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.
(A) as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(C) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(D) like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(E) as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one
Ans. B
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