Cockayne's syndrome is a rare and incurable hereditary

Question

Cockayne's syndrome is a rare and incurable hereditary disorder that,  like progeria and Werner's syndrome , is believed to accelerate and caricature the aging process.
(A) like progeria and Werner's syndrome
(B) as progeria and Werner's syndrome do
(C) like the case of progeria and Werner's syndrome
(D) as progeria and Werner's syndrome are
(E) such as is the case with progeria and Werner's syndrome

qhoc0010 · Answer

May be, may be not!! :-D

Please show some of your inside thought!!!

HongHu · Answer

(B) is definitely out for the use of "do".

I'd choose (E). But I'd appreciate other people's explanation too.

maaverick · Answer

I'll go with  (B) 

 do  in (B) refers to "accelerate and caricature the aging process"

qhoc0010 · Answer

In fact, OA is (A)
Can someone explain? This one seems easy but I messed it up.

vprabhala · Answer

i would select A.. by using POE..
(A) like progeria and Werner's syndrome 
(B) as progeria and Werner's syndrome do 
because of DO...
(C) like the case of progeria and Werner's syndrome 
the case of is unnecessary here.
(D) as progeria and Werner's syndrome are 
not plurlar so 'are' is not necessary

(E) such as is the case with progeria and Werner's syndrome
is the case with unnecessary..

qhoc0010 · Answer

What if (D) is like this:

(D) as progeria and Werner's syndrome  is 

Would it be correct?

HongHu · Answer

Is progeria and Werner's syndrome one thing or two things? I thought they are two things.

vprabhala · Answer

no it wouldn't because
Like is used to compare nouns.
As is used to compare actions.

between Like and Such As
Like is used when we want to say "similar to"
Such As is used when we want to give examples..

i hope this makes sense..

HongHu · Answer

Does it mean if we are saying one thing we can use like, if we are talking about more than two things we use such as?

Or can we use "like" even when we are talking about two things?

chunjuwu · Answer

Hello, in my opinion, A and D are the same. others are definitely wrong. But we all forget the supreme principle in AT test; that is, if answer choice A is right, why we don't pick. So, A is better than D, at least more concise.

Folaa3 · Answer

(A) because first, B , D and E are out. 
Only (A) and (C) are qualified as they use like to compare. Note that a comparison is the key thing tested here.

Out of A and C, of coure it is A because C is unnecessarily wordy

vprabhala · Answer

well look at this way..

its not about two things..

its like this..

fruit like Apples and Grapes
means you may not want apples and grapes but some other fruits similar.

where as
when you say Such as apples and grapes.
it means you need fruits and egs are apples and grapes..

banerjeea_98 · Answer

I am confused, to me "B" makes the most sense. As you said "as" is used to compare actions....I think in this stem we r comparing actions/effects of syndromes and not the syndromes themselves i.e. to accelerate and caricature the aging process. Shouldn't it be "as" in this case then ? Plz explain.

vprabhala · Answer

what follows Like is not actions but nouns.. thats why its like and not as...

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