请教两题关于LIKE和AS

1.        Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.

(A) Like Haydn, Schubert

(B) Like Haydn, Schubert also

(C) As has Haydn, Schubert

(D) As did Haydn, Schubert also（A）

(E) As Haydn did, Schubert also

1.        Like many self-taught artists, Perle Hessing did not begin to paint until she was well into middle age.

(A) Like

(B) As have

(C) Just as with

(D) Just like（A）

(E) As did

这两题我考虑问题的出发点都是一样的.因为主句有两个谓语动词,用like就可能弄不清和谁比较了,而用as补出助动词的方式可以避免这情况,但答案却都选了like,

困惑!!!!!!1

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I have seen the link posted above. In most of the cases, the analysis in the post is right. However, there are some exceptions.

The first may have nothing to do with GMAT. I just want to say, that in informal English, "like" is often used as a conjunction to replace "as" in sentences. The most famous use of "like" as a conjunction was in the 1950s slogan for Winston Cigarettes:  "Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should." Such usage was also used by Churchill in informal speech:  "We are overrun by them, like the Australians are by rabbits."

The second I need to add some comments to is:

Sometimes, "as" introduces a noun phrase with no following verb. When it does, it does not signify a qualitative comparison, but rather may:

a) indicate a role being played.  "They fell on the supplies as men starving" means that they were actually starving men; in "They fell on the supplies like men starving", one is *comparing* them to starving men.  "You're acting as a fool" might be appropriate if you obtained the job of court jester; "You're acting like a fool" expresses the more usual meaning.

b) introduce examples.  ("Some animals, as the fox and the squirrel, have bushy tails.")  "Such as" and "like" are more common in this use.

c) be short for "as ... as":  "He's deaf as a post" means "He's as deaf as a post" (a quantitative comparison).

Question for everybody to think:

1) "like" may work as a conjunction in informal English.

2) "like" may work like a conjunction in informal English.

Are both of these sentences right?