Turtles, as with other reptiles, can endure long fast

Question

Turtles,  as with other reptiles , can endure long fasts because they can survive on weekly or even monthly feedings; however, when food is readily available, they may eat frequently and grow very fat.

A as with other reptiles
B as other reptiles are able to
C as other reptiles do
D like other reptiles
E like other reptiles are able to do

There is nothing grammatically wrong with C but we pick D because its concise? Because As + clause can also function as comparison.

blueseas · Answer

no that is not why option C is wrong.
meaning is changed in option C
ACCORDING TO original question we are comparing capabilty of turtles with capability of reptile....
reptiles can ENDURE....and REPTILES DO ENDURE....they both have different meaning....

if option is like this:
as other reptiles CAN...===>then this option would have been correct.

hope it helps

nt2010 · Answer

IMO answer is D

The sentence is comparing Turtles with other reptiles in terms of feeding frequency.

A, B, C are wrong since  As  requires clause or describing a function. Here the sentence is comparing  Turtles  to  other reptiles 
E is wrong since like requires a noun /pronoun and not a clause.

fameatop · Answer

Turtles,  as with other reptiles , can endure long fasts because they can survive on weekly or even monthly feedings; however, when food is readily available, they may eat frequently and grow very fat.
 The opening of the sentence starts with a Noun "Turtle" & because we are comparing two NOUNS we must use Like as AS is not possible option here.  
A as with other reptiles  - AS can't be followed by noun or noun phrase. Incorrect 
B as other reptiles are able to  - We can not use AS because the comparison is between two nouns. Incorrect 
C as other reptiles do  - We can not use AS because the comparison is between two nouns. Incorrect 
D like other reptiles  - Correct 
E like other reptiles are able to do  - LIKE can't be followed by Clause. Incorrect

dshuvendu · Answer

Turtles,  as with other reptiles , can endure long fasts because they can survive on weekly or even monthly feedings; however, when food is readily available, they may eat frequently and grow very fat.

A as with other reptiles
B as other reptiles are able to
C as other reptiles do
D like other reptiles
E like other reptiles are able to do

POE plz .. OA to follow in the next 24 hours

One question- I am confused between the parts of comparision .. is it the turtle and reptiles being compared OR the endurance of turtle or reptiles ?

pqhai · Answer

Turtles,  as with other reptiles , can endure long fasts because they can survive on weekly or even monthly feedings; however, when food is readily available, they may eat frequently and grow very fat.

A as with other reptiles 
Wrong.  As + clause, Not noun phrase.

B as other reptiles are  able to 
 Wrong.  "able to what?"

C as other reptiles do
 Wrong.  Attractive but wrong. You are comparing turtles and other reptiles, so the structure "like X, Y do....." is enough. In addition, " do " and " can  endure" are not parallel.

D like other reptiles
 Correct.

E like other reptiles are able to do
 Wrong.  Like + noun/noun phrase, not clause.

You are comparing turtles and other reptiles.

Hope it helps.

rohitrawat9990 · Answer

A. incorrect

as with other reptiles (unnecessarily wordy)

B. same as A

C. as other reptiles do (what?)

D. correct 
like followed by a noun E.

E. incorrect 
Like folllowed by a clause

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Nirekshitha · Answer

"like" used for noun to noun comparisions

abhishekdadarwal2009 · Answer

Turtles, as with other reptiles, can endure long fasts because they can survive on weekly or even monthly feedings; however, when food is readily available, they may eat frequently and grow very fat.

A as with other reptiles
B as other reptiles are able to
C as other reptiles do
D like other reptiles
E like other reptiles are able to do

between C and d, c means that the reptile endure,while D means that reptiles have the ability to endure.

D is the correct sentence.

Abhishek009 · Answer

Correct idiomatic & Comparison usage is : X like Y

Turtles,  like other reptiles , can endure long fasts because they can survive on weekly or even monthly feedings; however, when food is readily available, they may eat frequently and grow very fat.

Thus, the correct answer must be (D)

sallysea · Answer

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hero_with_1000_faces · Answer

The problem with  C  is that "Turtle as other reptiles do" sounds awkwardy, I understand for comparision using  As  the noun should be followed by a clause.

But  do  and  Can   sounds awkwardy or might be redudant too ...  D  makes it much more clearer.

Pritishd · Answer

The thumb rule is that we use 'Like' to compare nouns and 'As' to compare actions (verbs). Looking at the answer choices the only option that compares Turtles (a noun that requires another noun to be compared to) to another noun is option D.

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