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Comment on Smartphone Owners
Why "owning a smartphone" isn
You are correct; "owning a
You are correct; "owning a smartphone" is a noun phrase (aka gerund phrase).
So, in "...owning a smartphone does not make one smart...", the phrase "owning a smartphone" behaves as the subject for the verb phrase "does not make."
Does that help?
Cheers,
Brent
Yes, thank you!
Hi Brent,
For eliminating Choice(C),I used the logic that people is a noun which is being modified by the relative clause Who....
And if we remove this modifier,we have a noun people which should be compared by a LIKE hence eliminate.
Is this logic correct?
Regards.
There are several things
There are several things wrong with answer choice C.
I'm reluctant to agree with your rationale, because that strategy can lead to problems with other SC questions.
In MANY case, we can use the rule that says:
- use LIKE to compare nouns
- use AS to compare verbs
There hard part is determining what we're actually comparing. For example, many people would argue that, in answer choice C, we're comparing OWNING with MAKING.
I discuss this (and a solution) at 1:15 in the following video: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat-sentence-correction/video/1175
Cheers,
Brent
Hi Brent, Please, change the
Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for the heads up.
I changed that video thumbnail.
Cheers,
Brent
Hi Brent, in deciding between
That's a good idea, but
That's a good idea, but "smartphone ownership does not make one fast" IS a clause.
OWNERSHIP is the subject, and MAKE is the verb.
Cheers,
Brent
I got thrown by the "Just as.
Is it correct to assume that for a SC question, it will never be correct to have "just as" without a subsequent "so"?
You're not alone. I think
You're not alone. I think most native English speakers are surprised to learn about the JUST AS X, SO Y idiomatic construction.
That said, the GMAT will test you on it.
We use this construction when we're describing two related/similar things. For example:
JUST AS Joe mows his lawn daily, SO Sue plucks her eyebrows every day.
There are also times when JUST AS may appear on its own. These are times when we aren't describing two related/similar things.
In these cases, JUST AS is synonymous with AT THE SAME TIME.
For example:
Joe returned home JUST AS Frank began singing.
Hi Brent,
Can you help me understand how to identify a clause against how to identify a noun phrase? While solving this question, I considered A and B to be in the gerund format, and since like was followe by gerund, I thought it was correctly phrased.
There isn't a big difference
There isn't a big difference between a gerund, a noun phrase (aka gerund phrase) and a noun clause.
- If a gerund appears on its own (without any helping words), then it's just a gerund (which functions as a noun)
- If a gerund has " helper words" (but no verb), then we have a noun phrase.
- If a gerund is part of a clause (with subject and verb), then we have a noun clause.
Some examples:
GERUND: EATING is Joe's favorite pastime.
NOUN PHRASE: EATING GRAPES is Joe's favorite pastime.
NOUN CLAUSE: Everyone knows that EATING GRAPES AT THE LIBRARY IS CONSIDERED RUDE.
did it in 30s, pretty sure I
I'd place this in the 500-650
I'd place this in the 500-650 range, since many native English speakers aren't familiar with the JUST AS X, SO Y idiom.