Like any star of similar mass would do, once the Sun has

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81.   Like any star of similar mass would do, once the Sun has exhausted the hydrogen in its store, it expands into a red giant, eventually ejecting  its outer envelope of gases to become a white dwarf.

A. Like any star of similar mass would do, once the Sun has exhausted the hydrogen in its store, it expands into a red giant, eventually ejecting
B. Like any star of similar mass, once the hydrogen in the Sun’s core is exhausted, then it expands into a red giant and eventually ejects
C. As in the case of any star of similar mass, once the hydrogen in the Sun’s core is exhausted, it will expand into a red giant, and eventually ejecting
D. As any star of similar mass would, once the hydrogen in the Sun’s core is exhausted it will expand into a red giant and will eventually eject
E. As would be the case with any star of similar mass, once the Sun exhausts the hydrogen in its core, it will expand into a red giant and eventually eject

marcodonzelli · Answer

can you please clarify point. 1. like+noun? thanks a lot.

jay02 · Answer

"as" is used to compare actions of nouns whereas 'like' is used to compare nouns. In this case, sun is not compared with other planets, therefore, ABC are out.

D: got antecedent issues (sun's) and few other issues

E is the choice

hanumayamma · Answer

Sentence has possessive poison/pronoun reference and like usage issues

A. Like any star of similar mass would do, once the Sun has exhausted the hydrogen in its store, it expands into a red giant, eventually ejecting  Like is used to compare nouns not clauses – eliminate it ]

B. Like any star of similar mass, once the hydrogen in the Sun’s core is exhausted, then it expands into a red giant and eventually ejects  Like usage is OK, but possessive poison improperly referring it is the hydrogen that expands into a red giant - eliminate it ]

C. As in the case of any star of similar mass, once the hydrogen in the Sun’s core is exhausted, it will expand into a red giant, and eventually ejecting  As is used in comparing the clauses and possessive poison improperly referring it is the hydrogen that expands into a red giant - eliminate it ]

D. As any star of similar mass would, once the hydrogen in the Sun’s core is exhausted it will expand into a red giant and will eventually eject  possessive poison improperly referring it is the hydrogen that expands into a red giant - eliminate it ]

E. As would be the case with any star of similar mass, once the Sun exhausts the hydrogen in its core, it will expand into a red giant and eventually eject Hold it ]

Answer: E

noboru · Answer

OA is E.
However, in E the Sun will expand, not its core. What is the intended meaning?
Thanks.

namisharma · Answer

I think 'it' should refer to the sun only. It doesn't make sense to say that the core would turn into a white dwarf.

Like any star of similar mass would do, once the Sun has

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